MediaPlayerElement

See MediaPlayerElement on MSDN

Media formats

Supported Formats	iOS	Android	Remarks
Local/Remote MP3 Support	X	X
Local/Remote MPEG4 Support	X	X
HLSv3 Support	X	X
HLSv4 Support	X	X
3GP Support	X	X	3GP with AMR Narrow Band (SAMR) audio codec does not work on iOS (See notes)
FLV Support	-	X
MOV Support	X	-
MKV Support	-	X
AVI Support	-	X
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	Remarks
MediaPlayerElement	AutoPlay	X	X
	Poster image	X	X	Does not show when playing music
	Enable/Disable MediaTransportControls	X	X
	Stretch	X	X	Stretch.None behave like Stretch.Fill on iOS
	Pause media when headphones unplugged	X	X
TransportControls	Transport controls custom style	X	X
	Play/Pause	X	X
	Stop	X	X
	Seek	X	X
	Volume change	X	X
	Mute	X	X
	Show elapsed time	X	X
	Show remaining time	X	X
	Show/Hide MediaTransportControls automatically	X	X
	MediaTransportControls compact mode	X	X
	Show/Hide MediaTransportControls commands	X	X
	Enable/Disable MediaTransportControls commands	X	X
	Skip forward	X	X
	Skip backward	X	X
	Show buffering progress	X	X
	Zoom mode	X	X
	Full-screen mode	X	X
	Playlists support	X	X
	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" />

Future improvement

• Playback rate support
• React to audio focus changes (pause/stop playback or reduce audio volume)
• Subtitles support
• Languages support
• Display poster for audio media
• Buffering of next playlist element when using MediaPlaybackList

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