[video_player] Videos without audio pauses music and can be stopped by the system #30438
Description
I want to play a video as the background on the landing screen for our new app. While the video displays fine, I'm running into two issues which I think have the same root cause:
- As soon as the background video starts playing, the system music is stopped.
- Resuming the music (e.g. by swiping forward the control center and resuming, or telling Siri to resume the music) stops the video.
Steps to Reproduce
class Foobar extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_FoobarState createState() => _FoobarState();
}
class _FoobarState extends State<FoobarPage> {
final _controller = VideoPlayerController.asset('assets/foobar.mp4');
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
_controller.initialize().then((_) async {
await _controller.setVolume(0);
await _controller.play();
await _controller.setLooping(true);
});
}
@override
void dispose() {
_controller.dispose();
super.dispose();
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
body: Stack(
children: <Widget>[
Positioned(
top: 0,
left: 0,
right: 0,
bottom: 0,
child: VideoPlayer(_controller),
),
SafeArea(
child: Text('Content of the screen here...'),
),
],
),
);
}
}- Render that ☝️ widget in a
MaterialApp - Play some music on your iPhone
- Start the app
- Notice the music stopping and the video playing in the background
- Reveal the control center and resume the music
- Notice the video stopping in the background
Maybe a good solution could be a switch to the VideoPlayerController, e.g. Bool background, that when toggled disables audio and the system play/pause integration.
Logs
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