CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

[0.30.0] - 2024-10-31

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.90.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.77.0

Added

• WebUiConfig.variant to set the UI variant that should be used by the Bitmovin Web UI

Fixed

• Spatial navigation in the Web UI does not work properly

[0.29.0] - 2024-09-09

Added

• Android: AdaptationConfig.initialBandwidthEstimateOverride to override the selection of the optimal media tracks before actual bandwidth data is available

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.82.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.71.0
• Update IMA SDK dependency on Android to 3.33.0

Changed

[0.28.0] - 2024-08-07

Added

• Android: AdItem.preloadOffset to control when ad manifest gets loaded

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.78.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.67.0

[0.27.1] - 2024-07-05

Fixed

• player.setMaxSelectableBitrate(null) does not reset the maximum selectable bitrate on iOS and tvOS
• Building with Xcode 16 beta due to negative integer overflow error with UInt type

[0.27.0] - 2024-06-21

Changed

• Update Google IMA SDK dependencies to 3.23.0 for iOS, and to 4.13.0 for tvOS
• Update example app dependency: Google Cast iOS sender SDK to 4.8.1
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.74.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.66.0

[0.26.0] - 2024-06-14

Added

• Support for Player.setVideoQuality() API to enable video quality selection on Android

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.73.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.65.0

Fixed

• Missing parameter documentations in the API reference

[0.25.0] - 2024-06-07

Added

• viewRef property to PlayerView to allow setting a reference to the native view

Fixed

• iOS: Possible crash on hot-reload

[0.24.0] - 2024-06-04

Added

• NetworkConfig to configure the network request manipulation functionality
  • preprocessHttpRequest(type, request) => Promise<HttpRequest> to pre-process an HTTP request before the request is executed by the player
  • preprocessHttpResponse(type, response) => Promise<HttpResponse> to pre-process an HTTP response before it gets passed to the player

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.72.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.64.0

Fixed

• Android: Can't create a new Player with an existing NativeID (to bind to the same native Player)
• iOS: Performance problem with large WebVTT thumbnail or subtitle tracks

[0.23.0] - 2024-05-08

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.68.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.62.0

Fixed

• Android: Player Web UI freezing sometimes, under excessive WebUI-RN code messaging

[0.22.0] - 2024-04-15

Added

• iOS: TweaksConfig.updatesNowPlayingInfoCenter to decide whether AVKit should update Now Playing information automatically when using System UI. You may want to disable automatic updates in case they are interfering with manual updates you are performing

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.60.0
• Update IMA SDK dependency on iOS to 3.19.1, respectively 4.9.2 for tvOS

[0.21.0] - 2024-04-08

Fixed

• Android: Entering Picture-in-Picture automatically when navigating the app to the background after activating Picture-in-Picture mode once
• Android: Example app Toolbar not visible after going into PiP mode -> Dismissing PiP window (stopping the app) -> Opening the app again

Changed

• Android: Default Picture-in-Picture implementation doesn't automatically hide/show the Toolbar anymore. This should be handled by the app itself, check out the sample app for an example implementation
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.65.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.59.0

[0.20.0] - 2024-03-29

Added

• preferSoftwareDecodingForAds in TweaksConfig to use software decoding for ads, which can be useful for low-end Android devices
• hideFirstFrame in PlayerViewConfig to ensure no frame of the main content is shown before pre-roll ads

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.64.0

[0.19.0] - 2024-03-22

Added

• CueEnterEvent and CueExitEvent to signal when a subtitle entry transitions into an active or inactive status respectively

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.63.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.57.2

Fixed

• Fix potential event name conflicts with other 3rd party libraries

[0.18.0] - 2024-03-06

Changed

• React Native version to 0.73.4
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.61.0
• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.56.3

Fixed

• Android: Subtitles appear out of frame

[0.17.0] - 2024-01-26

Added

• Support for side-loaded SRT (SubRip) subtitles

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.55.0

Fixed

• Remove patch-package usage from released product

[0.16.0] - 2024-01-17

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.56.0
• Android: Kotlin version to 1.9.21

[0.15.0] - 2023-12-18

Added

• Player (E2E) tests for Android and iOS can now be executed via yarn integration-test test:android and yarn integration-test test:ios respectively

Changed

• React Native version to 0.72.6
• React Native peer dependency version to 0.65.0+
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.54.0
• Android: Kotlin version to 1.8.20

[0.14.2] - 2023-11-27

Fixed

• Android: onEvent callback not being called on PlayerView
• iOS: onEvent on iOS has incomplete payload information
• tvOS: Picture in Picture sample screen has unwanted padding
• iOS: hide home indicator when entering fullscreen mode in the example application
• iOS: invalid loadingState value in SeekEvent, SourceLoadEvent, SourceLoadedEvent and in SourceUnloadedEvent

[0.14.1] - 2023-11-16

Fixed

• Android: PlayerView destroys attached Player instance on destroy. Player lifecycle must be handled on the creation side

[0.14.0] - 2023-11-14

Added

• LiveConfig.minTimeshiftBufferDepth to control the minimum buffer depth of a stream needed to enable time shifting
• Player.buffer to control buffer preferences and to query the current buffer state
• DownloadFinishedEvent to signal when the download of specific content has finished
• Player.videoQuality, Player.availableVideoQualities, and VideoDownloadQualityChangedEvent to query current video qualities and listen to related changes
• Player.playbackSpeed, Player.canPlayAtPlaybackSpeed, PlaybackSpeedChangedEvent to query, control, and listen to changes to the speed of the playback
• Support for UserInterfaceType.Subtitle on Android

Fixed

• Android: Playback doesn't pause when app goes to background
• Android: PlayerView.onDestroy not being called when the view is detached from the view hierarchy

[0.13.0] - 2023-10-20

Added

• API Reference now can be found here
• PlayerViewConfig with a UiConfig to the PlayerView to enable configuration of the visual presentation and behaviour
• PictureInPictureConfig to PlayerViewConfig to allow configuring the Picture in Picture behavior
• PictureInPictureConfig.isEnabled to enable configuring if Picture in Picture is enabled
• PictureInPictureConfig.shouldEnterOnBackground to start Picture in Picture automatically when the app transitions to background
• onPictureInPictureAvailabilityChanged event is now emitted on iOS and tvOS in addition to Android
• BufferConfig to configure player buffer depth
• PlayerView.isPictureInPictureRequested to programmatically create a Picture in Picture request
• PlayerView.scalingMode to allow changing the video scaling mode

Changed

• Update IMA SDK dependency on Android to 3.31.0
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.47.0

Deprecated

• PlaybackConfig.isPictureInPictureEnabled in favor of PictureInPictureConfig.isEnabled

[0.12.0] - 2023-09-25

Added

• DefaultMetadata for configuration of the bundled analytics collector
• Player.analytics to access the AnalyticsApi and interact with the bundled analytics collector
• SourceConfig.analyticsSourceMetadata for extended configuration of the bundled analytics collector
• Google Cast SDK support for Android and iOS

Changed

• AnalyticsConfig properties to match the Bitmovin analytics v3 API
• Use jason build of Bitmovin's native Android SDK
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.44.0

Removed

• AnalyticsCollector in favor of the bundled analytics functionality
• CdnProvider, as the property on the AnalyticsConfig is now a string

[0.11.0] - 2023-09-11

Added

• Player.getAudioTrack and Player.getSubtitleTrack APIs to get currently selected audio and subtitle tracks
• SourceConfig.description property to allow setting a description for the source
• Player.getThumbnail and Source.getThumbnail APIs to get thumbnail images

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.43.0

[0.10.0] - 2023-09-04

Added

• Offline playback support on Android and iOS
• SourceConfig.options to enable configuring stream start position
• PlayerConfig.adaptationConfig to allow configuring the player's adaptation behavior
• Player.setMaxSelectableBitrate to allow setting the maximum selectable bitrate on the Player

[0.9.2] - 2023-08-24

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.43.1

[0.9.1] - 2023-08-17

Fixed

• Android: Player sometimes plays sound but doesn't display video nor controls.

[0.9.0] - 2023-08-11

Added

• Support for Player.analyticsCollector.addSourceMetadata to allow updating metadata assigned to the current source
• Support for CustomData.experimentName for the A/B testing support with Bitmovin Analytics
• iOS, tvOS: Support for configuring UI type via StyleConfig.userInterfaceType

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.42.0

Fixed

• Android: Player sometimes plays sound but no video

[0.8.0] - 2023-07-31

Added

• Support for programmatic fullscreen request (PlayerView.isFullscreenRequested)

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to 3.41.2
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to 3.40.0
• Update IMA SDK dependency on iOS to 3.18.4, respectively 4.8.2 for tvOS
• Update IMA SDK dependency on Android to 3.29.0

Fixed

• Android: Sporadic black screen after initialization

[0.7.2] - 2023-07-03

Fixed

• Android: None of the Player Web UI menu items work (anything that triggers a native UI pop up)

[0.7.1] - 2023-06-29

Added

• Support for Player.timeShift and timeShift related events

Fixed

• Project forces the usage of specific react-native version

[0.7.0] - 2023-06-26

Added

• Support for SourceConfig.metadata and Source.metadata to allow passing custom metadata to the Player UI
• Support for CustomMessageHandler to allow two-way communication between the Player UI and the React Native app

Fixed

• Android module build issues

[0.6.0] - 2023-03-27

Added

• Support for programmatic audio and subtitle track selection. (Thanks to @joornby-angel)
• Custom header support for DRM playback on Android.
• Support for keeping the DRM session alive for consecutive DRM protected sources on Android.

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to v3.36.0.
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to v3.35.0.

[0.5.1] - 2023-01-23

Fixed

• Fix missing export of FullscreenHandler to allow fullscreen support to be integrated.

[0.5.0] - 2023-01-13

This version introduces analytics integration, fullscreen support and customizing the Player UI.

Added

• Built-in Bitmovin Analytics integration.
• FullscreenHandler support.
• Bitmovin Player Web UI customization via styleConfig property on player creation.

0.4.0 - 2022-11-24

This version introduces the advertising API, full Picture in Picture support and exposes Stall events.

Added

• Advertising API support.
• Complete Picture in Picture support.
• onStallStarted/onStallEnded events support. (Thanks to @joornby-angel)

0.3.1 - 2022-10-26

Adds tweaks configuration support.

Added

• Support for setting TweaksConfig on both Android and iOS.

0.3.0 - 2022-10-13

Adds support for tvOS projects and ability to customize the default playback behavior of Player objects.

Added

• Custom playback configuration option as PlayerConfig.playbackConfig. (Thanks to @jonathanm-tkf)

Changed

• Update Bitmovin's native iOS SDK version to v3.28.0.
• Update Bitmovin's native Android SDK version to v3.24.2.
• Setup a new tvOS target on example app's .xcodeproj file.
• Replace react-native with react-native-tvos on the example app.

Fixed

• Fix pod installation error on tvOS projects by adding :tvos => 12.4 to the list of supported platforms.

0.2.1 - 2022-09-19

Fixes an NPM installation issue.

Fixed

• Fix installation error caused by wrong husky setup when fetching package from NPM.

0.2.0 - 2022-08-23

Adds support for DRM playback on Android (Widevine only) and iOS (FairPlay only), as well as configuring external subtitle tracks for a stream source.

Added

• Basic DRM playback support.
• External subtitle tracks option on the source configuration.
• Support for listening subtitle track events via PlayerView's component props.
• Player.getAvailableSubtitles() method for fetching the available subtitle tracks in the player's active source.

Changed

• Setup a list of examples in the example app using React Navigation.

Fixed

• Fix error caused when navigating back from screens containing a PlayerView child.

0.1.0 - 2022-07-11

Adds support for basic playback using Bitmovin's Web UI as the default (and only) player UI. No support for custom UI yet.

Added

• Native react component bridge to SDKs PlayerView.
• Minimal set of Player APIs through Player and usePlayer constructs.
• Support for listening most of Player and Source events via PlayerView's component props.
• Simple React Native app to exemplify and test library features in development.