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Audio playback in background
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Brent Vatne
this is now partially supported, but you cannot control the audio playback with operating system controls yet
Axel Delafosse
Hi everyone!
You can now use React Native Track Player with Expo.
Start by creating a custom development client for your Expo app and then install React Native Track Player.
Here is the configuration required for audio playback in background:
- iOS: Enable audio playback in background via your app.jsonhttps://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/audio/#playing-or-recording-audio-in-background-ios
- Android: Stop playback when the app is closed https://react-native-track-player.js.org/background/#android
And don't forget to register a playback service.
Enjoy :)
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Berk Coker
Audio recording on Android is not supported as well. Need a foreground service to keep recording for anything longer than 15 seconds in the background
Axel Delafosse
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Zach Reed
Yeah, can we not mark this
COMPLETE
just yet, since it isn't full support.David Talbot
Probably shouldn't be marked as complete until https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/4850 is closed
Axel Delafosse
David Talbot: I wasn't aware of this issue with
expo-av
. I'll take a look. Thanks David!By the way, you shouldn't experience this issue when using
react-native-track-player
so the pinned comment solution is still valid.David Talbot
Axel Delafosse: Awesome, thanks so much!
Tomasz Sapeta
complete
Axel Delafosse
Hi everyone!
You can now use React Native Track Player with Expo.
Start by creating a custom development client for your Expo app and then install React Native Track Player.
Here is the configuration required for audio playback in background:
- iOS: Enable audio playback in background via your app.jsonhttps://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/audio/#playing-or-recording-audio-in-background-ios
- Android: Stop playback when the app is closed https://react-native-track-player.js.org/background/#android
And don't forget to register a playback service.
Enjoy :)
Axel Delafosse
I can also share an example if needed.
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Lishar
Axel Delafosse: Having hard time installing react-native-track-player with expo sdk 42. All kinds of dependencies issues. Can you please share an example?
Michael Wood
Lishar: Probably best to ask about this on https://forums.expo.dev under the Third Party Software section. When you do, post more details/error messages about your dependency issues.
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Lishar
Michael Wood: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/14642
Sajid Islam
Axel Delafosse: please do.
Xavier Duchesne
Axel Delafosse: How do I register the playback service? I don<t have an index file in my project (and it works). Do I have to go into the expo module? I put this in AppEntry in the "expo" package :
import registerRootComponent from 'expo/build/launch/registerRootComponent';
import TrackPlayer from 'react-native-track-player';
import App from '../../App';
registerRootComponent(App);
TrackPlayer.registerPlaybackService(()=>require('../../service'))
It doesn't work though... Please help !
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Titor
Xavier Duchesne: Doesn't work for me either. Any example?
Xavier Duchesne
Titor: I'm so sorry, I don't remember! It did play in the background in the end though, so it's possible. I don't think I had changed anything. Maybe just restart your node?
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Colin D
Where is the documentation for the partial support? Noting on the expo-av page that I can see.
_chidiebere
This feature is only what is missing to make the expo-av or video perfect!. Please release it as soon as you can :)
Ivan Dario Roldan Pamplona - Contratista
Sorry expo i cant wait more, i leave you, bye!
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Lishar
There is no way this feature has been waiting for more than 4 years! It is so mandatory and much needed for a huge portion of apps.
PLEASE - Let's work on it ASAP, I've got few clients wanting apps that supports the control panel - I AM WILLING TO PAY FOR THIS TO WORK
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