React Native Track Player
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Introduction

React Native Track Player is the most capable audio library for React Native — built on the New Architecture with synchronous native calls, no bridge overhead, no jitter.

What’s included

  • Playback control — play, pause, seek, skip, speed, volume
  • Queue management — add, remove, reorder, replace tracks at any index
  • Background playback — audio continues when the app is backgrounded or screen is off
  • Preloading — upcoming tracks are buffered before the user asks for them
  • Audio caching — reduce bandwidth and enable offline playback
  • Remote controls — lock screen and notification controls on iOS and Android
  • Android Auto — native car dashboard integration
  • React hooks — usePlaybackState, useIsPlaying, useProgress, useActiveMediaItem
  • TypeScript — fully typed from the ground up

New Architecture

V5 is built on JSI with full Fabric and TurboModule support. Native calls are synchronous — state reads like getProgress(), getQueue(), and isPlaying() return immediately without a round-trip across the bridge.

V5 vs V4

V5 is a complete rewrite and is not backwards-compatible with V4. The API has been simplified and restructured around the New Architecture and the latest advances in audio — but if you’ve used V4, it will feel familiar.

V4 is frozen on the v4 branch under Apache-2.0 and will not receive further updates. All new development happens in V5.

License

V5 is dual-licensed. Personal use and educational use are free. All other use — including for-profit companies, freelancers, non-profits, and revenue-generating apps — requires a commercial license.

See Pricing for plans and details.

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