flutter_cached_video 1.0.0

An enhanced version of the video_player package that adds caching functionality for Android to improve video performance and offline access.

flutter_cached_video

A modified version of video_player with caching functionality for Android.

📚 Features

• Video caching for offline access.
• Same API as the original video_player.

🚀 Getting Started

Add the package to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  flutter_cached_video: ^1.0.0


## Setup

### iOS

If you need to access videos using `http` (rather than `https`) URLs, you will need to add
the appropriate `NSAppTransportSecurity` permissions to your app's _Info.plist_ file, located
in `<project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist`. See
[Apple's documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/nsapptransportsecurity)
to determine the right combination of entries for your use case and supported iOS versions.

### Android

If you are using network-based videos, ensure that the following permission is present in your
Android Manifest file, located in `<project root>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml`:

```xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

macOS

If you are using network-based videos, you will need to add the com.apple.security.network.client entitlement

Web

The Web platform does not support dart:io, so avoid using the VideoPlayerController.file constructor for the plugin. Using the constructor attempts to create a VideoPlayerController.file that will throw an UnimplementedError.

* Different web browsers may have different video-playback capabilities (supported formats, autoplay...). Check package:video_player_web for more web-specific information.

The VideoPlayerOptions.mixWithOthers option can't be implemented in web, at least at the moment. If you use this option in web it will be silently ignored.

Supported Formats

• On iOS and macOS, the backing player is AVPlayer. The supported formats vary depending on the version of iOS, AVURLAsset class has audiovisualTypes that you can query for supported av formats.
• On Android, the backing player is ExoPlayer, please refer here for list of supported formats.
• On Web, available formats depend on your users' browsers (vendor and version). Check package:video_player_web for more specific information.

Example

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_cached_video/video_player.dart';

void main() => runApp(const VideoApp());

/// Stateful widget to fetch and then display video content.
class VideoApp extends StatefulWidget {
  const VideoApp({super.key});

  @override
  _VideoAppState createState() => _VideoAppState();
}

class _VideoAppState extends State<VideoApp> {
  late VideoPlayerController _controller;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _controller = VideoPlayerController.networkUrl(Uri.parse(
        'http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4'))
      ..initialize().then((_) {
        // Ensure the first frame is shown after the video is initialized, even before the play button has been pressed.
        setState(() {});
      });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Video Demo',
      home: Scaffold(
        body: Center(
          child: _controller.value.isInitialized
              ? AspectRatio(
                  aspectRatio: _controller.value.aspectRatio,
                  child: VideoPlayer(_controller),
                )
              : Container(),
        ),
        floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
          onPressed: () {
            setState(() {
              _controller.value.isPlaying
                  ? _controller.pause()
                  : _controller.play();
            });
          },
          child: Icon(
            _controller.value.isPlaying ? Icons.pause : Icons.play_arrow,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    _controller.dispose();
    super.dispose();
  }
}

Attribution

This package is based on the Flutter video_player package, which is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. The original copyright belongs to the Flutter Authors.

Modifications by Raghav Garg are licensed under the MIT License.