[Improvement] Modernize loadPlaylist function with types and logic

android/src/main/java/com/jwplayer/rnjwplayer/RNJWPlayerModule.java

@@ -82,6 +82,45 @@ public void execute (NativeViewHierarchyManager nvhm) {
     }
   }
 
+  @ReactMethod
+  public void loadPlaylist(final int reactTag, final String playlistUrl) {
+    try {
+      UIManagerModule uiManager = mReactContext.getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class);
+      uiManager.addUIBlock(new UIBlock() {
+        public void execute (NativeViewHierarchyManager nvhm) {
+          RNJWPlayerView playerView = (RNJWPlayerView) nvhm.resolveView(reactTag);
+
+          if (playerView != null && playerView.mPlayerView != null) {
+            JWPlayer player = playerView.mPlayerView.getPlayer();
+
+            PlayerConfig oldConfig = player.getConfig();
+            PlayerConfig config = new PlayerConfig.Builder()
+                    .autostart(oldConfig.getAutostart())
+                    .nextUpOffset(oldConfig.getNextUpOffset())
+                    .repeat(oldConfig.getRepeat())
+                    .relatedConfig(oldConfig.getRelatedConfig())
+                    .displayDescription(oldConfig.getDisplayDescription())
+                    .displayTitle(oldConfig.getDisplayTitle())
+                    .advertisingConfig(oldConfig.getAdvertisingConfig())
+                    .stretching(oldConfig.getStretching())
+                    .uiConfig(oldConfig.getUiConfig())
+                    .playlistUrl(playlistUrl)
+                    .allowCrossProtocolRedirects(oldConfig.getAllowCrossProtocolRedirects())
+                    .preload(oldConfig.getPreload())
+                    .useTextureView(oldConfig.useTextureView())
+                    .thumbnailPreview(oldConfig.getThumbnailPreview())
+                    .mute(oldConfig.getMute())
+                    .build();
+
+            player.setup(config);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    } catch (IllegalViewOperationException e) {
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
   @ReactMethod
   public void play(final int reactTag) {
     try {

android/src/main/java/com/jwplayer/rnjwplayer/Util.java

@@ -2,26 +2,30 @@
 
 import static androidx.media3.common.util.Util.toByteArray;
 
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.Patterns;
 import android.webkit.URLUtil;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
+import com.jwplayer.pub.api.JsonHelper;
 import com.jwplayer.pub.api.media.ads.AdBreak;
 import com.jwplayer.pub.api.media.captions.Caption;
 import com.jwplayer.pub.api.media.captions.CaptionType;
 import com.jwplayer.pub.api.media.playlists.MediaSource;
 import com.jwplayer.pub.api.media.playlists.PlaylistItem;
 
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class Util {
 
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ public static byte[] executePost(String url, byte[] data, Map<String, String> re
         }
     }
 
-    public static boolean isValidURL(String url){
+    public static boolean isValidURL(String url) {
         return URLUtil.isValidUrl(url) && Patterns.WEB_URL.matcher(url).matches();
     }
 
@@ -75,14 +79,28 @@ public static List<PlaylistItem> createPlaylist(ReadableArray playlistItems) {
         while (playlistItems.size() > j) {
             ReadableMap playlistItem = playlistItems.getMap(j);
 
-            PlaylistItem newPlayListItem = getPlaylistItem((playlistItem));
-            playlist.add(newPlayListItem);
+            JSONObject obj;
+            PlaylistItem item = null;
+            // Try since legacy config may or may not conform to this standard
+            try {
+                obj = MapUtil.toJSONObject(playlistItem);
+                item = JsonHelper.parsePlaylistItemJson(obj);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                Log.e("createPlaylist", ex.toString());
+            }
+            if (item != null) {
+                playlist.add(item);
+            } else {
+                // Try to use the legacy format
+                PlaylistItem newPlayListItem = getPlaylistItem((playlistItem));
+                playlist.add(newPlayListItem);
+            }
             j++;
         }
         return playlist;
     }
 
-    public static PlaylistItem getPlaylistItem (ReadableMap playlistItem) {
+    public static PlaylistItem getPlaylistItem(ReadableMap playlistItem) {
         PlaylistItem.Builder itemBuilder = new PlaylistItem.Builder();
 
         if (playlistItem.hasKey("file")) {
@@ -194,11 +212,12 @@ public static PlaylistItem getPlaylistItem (ReadableMap playlistItem) {
 
     /**
      * Internal helper for parsing a caption type from a known string
+     *
      * @param type one of "CAPTIONS", "CHAPTERS", "THUMBNAILS"
      * @return the correct Enum CaptionType
      */
-    public static CaptionType getCaptionType(String type){
-        for (CaptionType captionType: CaptionType.values()) {
+    public static CaptionType getCaptionType(String type) {
+        for (CaptionType captionType : CaptionType.values()) {
             if (captionType.name().equals(type)) {
                 return CaptionType.valueOf(type);
             }

index.d.ts

@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ declare module "@jwplayer/jwplayer-react-native" {
     setControls(show: boolean): void;
     setLockScreenControls(show: boolean): void;
     seekTo(time: number): void;
-    loadPlaylist(playlistItems: PlaylistItem[]): void;
+    loadPlaylist(playlistItems: PlaylistItem[] | JwPlaylistItem[] | string): void;
     setFullscreen(fullScreen: boolean): void;
     position(): Promise<number>;
     setUpCastController(): void;

ios/RNJWPlayer/RNJWPlayerViewManager.m

@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ @interface RCT_EXTERN_MODULE(RNJWPlayerViewManager, RCTViewManager)
 
 RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(loadPlaylist: (nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag: (nonnull NSArray *)playlist)
 
+RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(loadPlaylist: (nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag: (nonnull NSString *)playlist)
+
 RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(setFullscreen: (nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag: (BOOL)fullscreen)
 
 @end

ios/RNJWPlayer/RNJWPlayerViewManager.swift

@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class RNJWPlayerViewManager: RCTViewManager {
         }
     }
 
-    @objc func loadPlaylist(_ reactTag: NSNumber, _ playlist: [Any]) {
+    @objc func loadPlaylist(_ reactTag: NSNumber, _ playlist: Any) {
         self.bridge.uiManager.addUIBlock { uiManager, viewRegistry in
             guard let view = viewRegistry?[reactTag] as? RNJWPlayerView else {
                 print("Invalid view returned from registry, expecting RNJWPlayerView, got: \(String(describing: viewRegistry?[reactTag]))")
@@ -466,17 +466,28 @@ class RNJWPlayerViewManager: RCTViewManager {
 
             var playlistArray = [JWPlayerItem]()
 
-            for item in playlist {
-                if let playerItem = try? view.getPlayerItem(item: item as! [String: Any]) {
-                    playlistArray.append(playerItem)
+            if playlist is NSArray {
+                for item in playlist as! [Any] {
+                    // TODO Update this to better parse JWP Playlist Items:
+                    // awaiting JWP SDK exposure of JWJSONParser.playlist
+                    if let playerItem = try? view.getPlayerItem(item: item as! [String: Any]) {
+                        playlistArray.append(playerItem)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if let playerView = view.playerView {
+                    playerView.player.loadPlaylist(items: playlistArray)
+                } else if let playerViewController = view.playerViewController {
+                    playerViewController.player.loadPlaylist(items: playlistArray)
+                }
+            } else {
+                if let playerView = view.playerView {
+                    playerView.player.loadPlaylist(url: URL(string: playlist as! String)!)
+                } else if let playerViewController = view.playerViewController {
+                    playerViewController.player.loadPlaylist(url: URL(string: playlist as! String)!)
                 }
             }
-
-            if let playerView = view.playerView {
-                playerView.player.loadPlaylist(items: playlistArray)
-            } else if let playerViewController = view.playerViewController {
-                playerViewController.player.loadPlaylist(items: playlistArray)
-            }
+
         }
     }