@videodock/capacitor-media-session

capacitor-media-session

Capacitor plugin which manages the media session and fire media events for Android TV.

Install

yarn add @videodock/capacitor-media-session
npx cap sync

Usage

All API methods are exposed on the CapacitorMediaSession plugin. Import the plugin like so:

import { CapacitorMediaSession } from '@videodock/capacitor-media-session';

You can now call any API method:

// call when player gets mounted
CapacitorMediaSession.initMediaSession(mediaState);

// call when player gets unmounted/stopped
CapacitorMediaSession.releaseMediaSession();

// call when media state changes (one of the MediaState properties) 
CapacitorMediaSession.releaseMediaSession(mediaState);

API

• initMediaSession(...)
• releaseMediaSession()
• setMediaState(...)
• addListener('mediaSessionEvent', ...)
• Interfaces
• Type Aliases

initMediaSession(...)

initMediaSession(mediaState: MediaState) => Promise<{ call: string; }>

Param	Type
mediaState	MediaState

Returns: Promise<{ call: string; }>

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releaseMediaSession()

releaseMediaSession() => Promise<{ call: string; }>

Returns: Promise<{ call: string; }>

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setMediaState(...)

setMediaState(mediaState: MediaState) => Promise<{ call: string; mediaState: MediaState; }>

Param	Type
mediaState	MediaState

Returns: Promise<{ call: string; mediaState: MediaState; }>

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addListener('mediaSessionEvent', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'mediaSessionEvent', listenerFunc: MediaSessionListenerFunc) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Param	Type
eventName	'mediaSessionEvent'
listenerFunc	MediaSessionListenerFunc

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

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Interfaces

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => Promise<void>

Type Aliases

MediaState

{ isPlaying: boolean; isActive: boolean; title: string; subtitle: string; artworkUri: string; position: number; }

MediaSessionListenerFunc

(event: MediaSessionEvent): void

MediaSessionEvent

{ eventName: MediaSessionEventType }

MediaSessionEventType

'onPlay' | 'onPause' | 'onPausePlay' | 'onStop' | 'onNext' | 'onPrev' | 'onFastForward' | 'onRewind'