Is there a way to disable the default video controls (play/pause/scrubber/etc) on the new SwiftUI VideoPlayer in iOS14, so I could create a custom one?
SwiftUI VideoPlayer (Video Controls) in iOS14
You can use disabled modifier:
Code Block ` VideoPlayer(player: player) .disabled(true)
I tried the .disabled modifier, but I still see the controls appear for the 1st three seconds before disappearing.
Did you ever find a solution for this?
I found this article https://www.createwithswift.com/custom-video-player-with-avkit-and-swiftui-supporting-picture-in-picture/
it explains how to create a custom player.
This code resolved it for me, but it will change the behavior of all AVPlayerViewControllers in the app.
extension AVPlayerViewController {
override open func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.showsPlaybackControls = false
}
}
If you want to only affect a particular instance, you may want to subclass AVPlayerViewController and use UIViewRepresentable to wrap it for SwiftUI.