Facing the same issue ... This is worked for me as a workaround -> Set an URL with an empty file path:
player?.url = URL(fileURLWithPath: "") // file URL with empty string prevents player from playing when app goes into foreground
This one also worked for me:
player?.remove()
alek261
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This also worked, call this once the VC get dismissed:
player?.remove()