MediaPlayerElement

See Microsoft API reference for MediaPlayerElement.

Media formats

Supported Formats	iOS	Android	Wasm	Skia GTK	Skia Desktop	Remarks
Local/Remote MP3 Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Local/Remote MPEG4 Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
HLSv3 Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
HLSv4 Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
3GP Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	3GP with AMR Narrow Band (SAMR) audio codec does not work on iOS (See notes)
FLV Support	-	✅	✅	✅	❌
MOV Support	✅	-	-	-	❌
MKV Support	-	✅	✅	✅	❌
AVI Support	-	✅	✅	✅	❌
OGG Support	-	-	✅	✅	❌
MPEG-Dash Support	-	-	-	-	❌
Smooth Streaming Support	-	-	-	-	❌

Notes

• Uno's MediaPlayerElement relies on AVPlayer for iOS and AndroidMediaPlayer for Android. Please, refer to those native players documentation for more information about supported audio and video formats.
• If you need to set source programmatically (i.e., using _mediaPlayerElement.Source = [source]), please note that only sources created with MediaSource.CreateFromUri() are currently supported.

Features

Section	Feature	iOS	Android	Wasm	Skia GTK	Skia Desktop	Remarks
MediaPlayerElement	AutoPlay	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Poster image	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	Does not show when playing music
	Enable/Disable MediaTransportControls	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Stretch	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	Stretch.None behave like Stretch.Fill on iOS
	Pause media when headphones unplugged	✅	✅	-	-	❌
TransportControls	Transport controls custom style	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Play/Pause	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Stop	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Seek	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Volume change	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Mute	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Show elapsed time	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Show remaining time	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Show/Hide MediaTransportControls automatically	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	MediaTransportControls compact mode	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Show/Hide MediaTransportControls commands	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Enable/Disable MediaTransportControls commands	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Skip forward	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Skip backward	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Show buffering progress	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Zoom mode	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Full-screen mode	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
	Playlists support	✅	✅	-	-	❌
	Change playback rate	-	-	✅	✅	❌
	Player controls on locked screen support	-	-	-	-	❌
	Subtitles support	-	-	-	-	❌
	Languages support	-	-	-	-	❌

Requirement

iOS

Add the following to your info.plist:

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSExceptionMinimumTLSVersion</key>
    <string>TLSv1.2</string>
</dict>

Note: Don't just copy/paste, but properly setup NSAppTransportSecurity as required by your project

Android

Add the following to your AndroidManifest.xml

<!-- Required to play remote media -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<!-- Required to keep the screen on while playing -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

WebAssembly

Using the MediaPlayerElement on WebAssembly head requires adding the Uno.WinUI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly package to the MyApp.Wasm project.

Important

The Uno.WinUI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly package version must use the same version as the other Uno.WinUI.* packages in your project.

Note

When using UWP APIs and the Uno.UI.* packages, you'll need to install the Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly package instead.

Skia.GTK

Using the MediaPlayerElement on the Skia+GTK head requires adding the Uno.WinUI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk package to the MyApp.Skia.Gtk project.

Important

The Uno.WinUI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk package version must use the same version as the other Uno.WinUI.* packages in your project.

Note

When using UWP APIs and the Uno.UI.* packages, you'll need to install the Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk package instead.

Skia+GTK on Linux

The MediaPlayerElement support is based on libVLC, and needs the system to provide the appropriate libraries to work properly.

You'll need to install the following packages (Debian based distros):

sudo apt-get install libvlc-dev libx11-dev vlc libgtk2.0-0 libx11dev

Skia+GTK on Windows

Running the MediaPlayerElement requires adding the VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows package to your application.

Future improvement

• Support for Skia Desktop net8.0-desktop
• React to audio focus changes (pause/stop playback or reduce audio volume)
• Subtitles support
• Languages support
• Buffering of next playlist element when using MediaPlaybackList
• Cast to device
• Playlist for Wasm
• Download option

Known issues

• [iOS] Volume flyout does not display (Uno issue)
• [All] Dynamic width/height not supported when playing audio
• [All] Sometimes flickers during resizing when using dynamic width/height