[BUG]: type VideoPlayerRef Import Not Available in react-native-video-player

[AndyDesign999]

Version

0.15.0

What platforms are you having the problem on?

iOS, Android

On what device are you experiencing the issue?

Real device

Architecture

New architecture

What happened?

I am using the react-native-video-player library in my project, and I encountered an issue with the VideoPlayerRef type. According to the example in the documentation, it is imported as:
import VideoPlayer, { type VideoPlayerRef } from 'react-native-video-player';
However, the type VideoPlayerRef is not available in the library, and it causes a red error in my IDE.

Reproduction

Steps to Reproduce:
Install the library: npm install react-native-video-player
Import VideoPlayer and type VideoPlayerRef as per the documentation example:
import VideoPlayer, { type VideoPlayerRef } from 'react-native-video-player';
Observe that the IDE (e.g., VSCode) highlights an error indicating VideoPlayerRef is not exported.

Expected Behavior:
The type VideoPlayerRef should be available for import as shown in the documentation, allowing proper type-checking and usage with useRef.

Actual Behavior:
An error occurs because type VideoPlayerRef is not exported by the library.

Workaround:
Currently, I am unable to use the VideoPlayerRef type, and there is no clear guidance on how to handle this.

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[moskalakamil]

do you have installed react-native-video library?

[AndyDesign999]

@moskalakamil Yes

[phazei]

I have a similar issue. We've been using react-native-video, it's been implemented for years, we just want better video controls in full screen on Android. I added this package, and I have:
import VideoPlayer from 'react-native-video-player'
But it doesn't detect any typing on it. I'm using VS Code, and I haven't had this issue with the other 300 some dependencies in our project. Clicking on the import doesn't find it's source either. I can click through on the import package and it takes me to the commonjs index.js. I don't know why it doesn't see the type files, our project is typescript ejs.