How to disable Picture in Picture mode for default video player

Question

How can I disable Picture in Picture button/mode using Swift in iOS9 on iPad when user tries to play a video in my app?

Sorry for not being clear. My application runs within WKWebView and I'm referring to "default video player" as to the player that is being opened by WKWebView — Daniil Harik, Sep 22 '15 at 21:15
If it's in WKWebView, I guess you need https://stackoverflow.com/a/54469523/276648 — user276648, Jan 02 '23 at 02:39

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '15 at 20:41

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Default AVPlayerLayers won't use PiP unless you use an AVPictureInPictureController.

AVPlayerViewController has a property allowsPictureInPicture which you can set to false.

answered Sep 22 '15 at 20:41

jtbandes

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '23 at 10:58

In iOS 16.4, You can hide picture-in-picture button by using below code:

We have AVPlayerViewController which has property allowsPictureInPicturePlayback and we can set it false so that the PIP Button will not show.

self.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback = false

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