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Version: 8.9.0

Getting started with Angular

A brief guide on how to build a THEOplayer in an Angular environment.

Note that this information is for a basic player in a local testing environment. Additional information may be needed for specific cases.

Step-by-step guide:​

  1. Make sure you have the Angular CLI installed
npm install -g @angular/cli

  1. If needed, create a new workspace and initial application ng new appname

  2. In the root project, create a new component for the player (in this case appname)

cd appname
ng generate component theoplayer
  1. add the THEOplayer.js files to the root project
  2. In index.html add the /THEOplayer.js as a script tag and /ui.css as a stylesheet
  3. In theoplayer.component.html add
<div class="theoplayer-container video-js theoplayer-skin"></div>
  1. In theoplayer.component.ts add
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import * as THEOplayer from '../../../THEOplayer.js';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-theoplayer',
  templateUrl: './theoplayer.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./theoplayer.component.css'],
})
export class TheoplayerComponent implements OnInit {
  constructor() {}

  ngOnInit() {
    this.createPlayer();
  }

  createPlayer() {
    const element = document.querySelector('.theoplayer-container');

    const player = new THEOplayer.Player(element, {
      libraryLocation: '',
    });

    player.source = {
      sources: [
        {
          src: '//cdn.theoplayer.com/video/elephants-dream/playlist.m3u8',
          type: 'application/x-mpegurl', // sets type to MPEG-DASH
        },
      ],
    };
  }
}

Then

import * as THEOplayer from '../../../THEOplayer.js';

will make sure to get everything needed from our sdk.

  1. In app.component.html add the following code to display the player in the app component.
<app-theoplayer></app-theoplayer>
  1. Profit.