SubtitlesAPI Protocol

public protocol SubtitlesAPI

Loads and displays subtitles.

  • Called when text segment have parsed a content. This is a callback where one can modify / fix segment content on the client side.

    Declaration

    Swift

    var onTextSegmentContent: StringModifierHandler? { get set }

    Parameters

    content

    Incoming content text.
    format

    Text format of the content.

  • Custom Subtitle Style. It can be used to override (ignore) style properties specified in media.

    Declaration

    Swift

    var subtitlesStyle: SubtitlesStyle? { get set }

  • Side-load subtitles content from a URL.

    Downloads and parses the subtitles content (if a supported format types). Creates a new subtitle track appended after any existing subtitle tracks. This requires the Subtitles Plugin. Subtitle tracks exist only during playback, therefore this function can only create tracks during that time-frame. Text track should define:

    • sourceUrl: location where to download the subtitle content file.
    • format: type of subtitle (webvtt, ttml etc).
    • language: string defined in RFC5646.

    • label: Display name of the track.

    Remark

    The player must be at least in PlaybackState.ready for this to have effect.

    Remark

    Sideloaded subtitles will not render in Airplay and Picture in Picture modes.

    Declaration

    Swift

    func addTextTrack(_ track: TextTrack, completionHandler: CompletionHandler?)

    Parameters

    track

    Text track.
    completionHandler

    Called when track has been downloaded, parsed and is ready to use.

  • Deletes all sideloaded subtitle tracks and resets internal state.

    Declaration

    Swift

    func reset()

  • Show a preview of the last loaded subtitles track on a UIView, useful for quickly showing the effect of changing style settings.

    Call sideloadTrack() before using this, to load a custom track to display. The last track loaded will always be the one displayed. This will only display the first subtitle cue in the track and keep it onscreen permanently.

    Declaration

    Swift

    func previewSubtitles(withStyle style: SubtitlesStyle, onView view: UIView)

    Parameters

    style

    The style to use when displaying the preview.
    view

    UIView on which to draw the subtitles preview. It should have an aspect ratio roughly equivalent to a video for accurate results.