I think a work around for this issue can be adding if #available(iOS 16.0, *) { avPlayerViewController.setValue(false, forKey: "canHidePlaybackControls") } and removing it after one second. So the code will look like something like this: let avPlayer: AVPlayer = AVPlayer(url: newURL) avPlayerViewController = AVPlayerViewController() if let avPlayerViewController = avPlayerViewController { avPlayerViewController.delegate = self avPlayerViewController.player = avPlayer if #available(iOS 16.0, *) { avPlayerViewController.setValue(false, forKey: "canHidePlaybackControls") } addChild(avPlayerViewController) view.addSubview(avPlayerViewController.view) } if #available(iOS 16.0, *) { DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1, execute: { self.avPlayerViewController?.setValue(true, forKey: "canHidePlaybackControls") }) }