---
title: pause
framework: livephotoskitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/pause
---

# pause

Pauses playback at the current time.

## Declaration

```data
void pause();
```

## Discussion

Discussion This ensures that wantsToPlay is false, meaning that if loading activity completes, playback will not begin spuriously. If the Player is already not playing, then, aside from maintaining the wantsToPlay value, this does nothing. To resume playback, call the play or toggle method.

## See Also

### Instance Methods

- [beginFinishingPlaybackEarly](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/beginfinishingplaybackearly.md)
- [play](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/play.md)
- [stop](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/stop.md)
- [toggle](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/toggle.md)
- [updateSize](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/updatesize.md)