Sorry if I am pointing the obvious but is there anything wrong with using a Stack with 2 video_players as its children?

@bparrishMines @xster @gaaclarke @amirh

I need a way to customize the UIView created by the engine for the texture and add AVPlayerLayer support to it.
Any suggestions on how can I contribute this feature to the plugin?

You don't need to "customize" the view per-say. Why not just get access to the root view controller (FlutterViewController) and add your own layer to that view, or add another view to it.

Something like:

UIViewController* vc = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] rootViewController];
MyPipView* pipView = [[MyPipView alloc] init];
[vc.view addSubview:pipView];

Thank you @gaaclarke
I think this doesn't worth a try, PiP is only supported on the iPad.

@p30arena please reopen, PiP is supported from iOS 14

@StefanLobbenmeier
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avkit/avplayerviewcontroller

Adopting Picture in Picture Playback
Use AVPlayerViewController to provide Picture in Picture (PiP) playback on supported iPad models. PiP playback lets users minimize your video player to a small floating window so they can perform other activities in the primary application or even in another application. This brings a new level of multitasking capabilities to the iPad allowing users to continue playback while performing other activities on their devices.

Use AVPlayerViewController to provide Picture in Picture (PiP) playback on supported iPad models.

This is the announcement at wwdc: https://youtu.be/GEZhD3J89ZE?t=11m44s . I will check the developer Information for iOS 14 Beta if they also mention it there, but I can confirm on my device (iPhone 7 iOS 14 beta 2) pip works

The best I could find in the documentation is https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avkit/adopting_picture_in_picture_in_a_custom_player Which mentions neither iPad nor iPhone, but that’s just a subpage of your page so I think o am not looking at the correct place

I'm also affected by this. My users will expect to be able to continue playing videos while the app is backgrounded wherever the platform supports it.

Please refer to my github: https://github.com/thanhit93/plugins/tree/master/packages/video_player/video_player

@thanhit93 thanks for sharing - have you also tested it on iPad? I am a bit unsure about the conditions in your source code / if they only work on iPhone or also iPad

Hello @StefanLobbenmeier This plugin I just developed. I only tested on iphone (iOS14), ipad hasn't been tested. I will check on the iPad and fix the error as soon as possible. I also look forward to contributing from anyone to make the plugin even better.

@thanhit93 This looks great. It would be better if it could be made into a plug-in package. Thank you

any updates?

very useful feature!
Any updates?

Please refer to my github: https://github.com/thanhit93/plugins/tree/master/packages/video_player/video_player

@thanhit93 How do I use it in my project?

Yes, it is important to use the setPictureInPictureOverlayRect because iOS needs to draw a native view where it should be shown. Otherwise it is not possible to automatically animate the video_player with the pip

I was trying everything but could not make it work, so i created an ios project and implemented the pip mode there, it was working perfectly, but the same code wasn't working in Flutter, i was so confused. But i think i got it now, when we attach the AVPictureInPictureController to a native component i guess it draws the required values automatically and hence it was working.

Hmm do you still have the code for that? Maybe it would help me to simplify the code for the pip as well

But from my testing I wasn't able to get it working. But again, I am not an iOS dev so maybe I am missing something. Tonight I will be opening my pull request again :D

https://github.com/developerinsider/Picture-in-Picture-iOS-14-Demo
I referred this repository, hope it helps you out.

Oeeeef!! Nice! :D thanks alot!

And also, while the pip is getting enabled automatically now, right after going into the pip mode, the video is getting paused. Whereas in the example project which you have provided, it continues playing, Have you explicitly handled it, or do you think it might have to do something with my code.
PS : I have used Flick Video Player, so i am having doubts if that is causing this behaviour.

It has been a while since I implemented it. I will double check this evening

Thanks a lot for your help :)
And please don't mind it, i will have a look and try to solve it myself, at least i can do this :P

@vanlooverenkoen I also want to help. Can you just mention a starting point so I can build for it?

Check out the pull request I made and run the example to start

@vanlooverenkoen @krishaajtak
Hello,
Aplogize for writing over hear. Just wanted to check, if you people can help with the issue we are facing.
We are using a framework of WebRTC to build an video call application. Client is asking us to implement the PIP in iOS.
Is there any solution or code snippet which is helpful for us to implement the same using [AVPlayerViewController] and we are developing using swift language.

You can checkout the PiP branch (pr) it is working for us in production for almost 2 years already

@vanlooverenkoen
Thanks for your response in short time.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avkit/adopting_picture_in_picture_for_video_calls
We are looking PIP feature for video calls which is being developed using webRTC.(RTCMTLvideoview). Please let us know, if you have any idea or way to implement this.

Hi @vanlooverenkoen ,
Did you get any chance to check on this? It will be very helpful, if you share your insight.

You can take a look at the PR I have open, that contains the full implementation for PIP using video_player flutter/packages#3500 maybe you can find something there

I want to use pip mode in video player with play push button in flotation

for alternative on ios use this package https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_to_airplay

@vanlooverenkoen Thanks for great contribution.
I have checked out example folder and run it on ios. Facing one issue, that if you move to other screen, (especially, when you back to previous screen), pip is being disposed and removed from screen.

i need a way, so user can switch between screens without removing pip screen. is that possible ?