[Feature]: Add support for visionOS full screen resize on immersive spaces

[j6alvarez]

Description

I am developing a react-native-visionos app and using the immersive space I cannot resize the screen while on immersive mode. This seems possible on native environment on other apps.

Here is a screenshot of the app on immersive mode and fullscreen:

And here is a screenshot of the app on fullscreen without an immersive space:

Why it is needed ?

The resize and movement of the screen would be a nice feature for the videoplayer to have.

Possible implementation

I have look into some documentation and I am not certain but I think what would be needed is to implement the use of AVPlayerViewController in the RCTVideo.swift file for visionOS. According to documentation this AVPlayerViewController is the one that gets on the DockingRegionComponent being unable to move it or resize it. Seems that per default the videoplayer is being placed on this section and we have no way to edit this.

Here are other resources:

• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos/destination-video
• https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/immersive-experiences/
• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avkit/adopting-the-system-player-interface-in-visionos

Code sample

Code sample

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[KrzysztofMoch]

Hey @j6alvarez, It seems we cannot resize fullscreen videos with react-native-video. It's probably possible with SwiftUI using RealityKit or SceneKit, but we probably can't do it within library.

[j6alvarez]

Hello @KrzysztofMoch , thanks for the answer! I see what you mean. But do you have an idea of how it is possible to do when you are not on an immersive space to resize? In the example, I can resize the fullscreen video (second screenshot). What I am asking is to be able to have the behavior of the player without an immersive space (second screenshot) inside an immersive space (first screenshot) to be able to resize and move it in the immersive space.

[moskalakamil]

Hey @j6alvarez, do you still have this chalange? Did something changed?

[j6alvarez]

Hello @moskalakamil, the situation has not changed. We have this issue in backlog since it's not a priority for now. But it stills being an issue. I'll be happy to provide more context if needed. I think this would be a nice feature to have for react-native-video in visionOS

[moskalakamil]

I get it @j6alvarez, I completely agree. Personally, I haven’t delved into the topic, but as @KrzysztofMoch mentioned, there is a possibility that it can’t be done in the library and it's not currently on the roadmap. However, if this is very valuable for you, please reach out to us ([email protected]) – we could investigate the matter further and offer commercial support