[ZEUS-4591] Fix video playing in background when switching

Sources/PlaybackSDK/PlayBackSDKManager.swift

@@ -146,8 +146,20 @@ public class PlayBackSDKManager {
      ```swift
      let playerView = loadPlayer(entryID: "exampleEntryID", authorizationToken: "exampleToken")
      */
-    public func loadPlayer(entryID: String, authorizationToken: String? = nil, mediaTitle: String? = nil, onError: ((PlayBackAPIError) -> Void)?) -> some View {
-        return PlaybackUIView(entryId: entryID, authorizationToken: authorizationToken, mediaTitle: mediaTitle, onError: onError)
+    public func loadPlayer(
+        entryID: String,
+        authorizationToken: String? = nil,
+        mediaTitle: String? = nil,
+        onError: ((PlayBackAPIError) -> Void)?
+    ) -> some View {
+
+        PlaybackUIView(
+            entryId: entryID,
+            authorizationToken: authorizationToken,
+            mediaTitle: mediaTitle,
+            onError: onError
+        )
+        .id(entryID)
     }
 
     // MARK: Private fuctions

Sources/PlaybackSDK/Player Plugin/BitMovinPlugin/BitMovinPlayerView.swift

@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ import BitmovinPlayer
 import MediaPlayer
 
 public struct BitMovinPlayerView: View {
-    internal let player: Player
-    private let playerViewConfig: PlayerViewConfig
+    // These targets are used by the MPRemoteCommandCenter,
+    // to remove the command event handlers from memory.
+    @State private var playEventTarget: Any?
+    @State private var pauseEventTarget: Any?
+
+    private let player: Player
+    private let playerViewConfig = PlayerViewConfig()
     private let hlsURLString: String
-    
+
     private var sourceConfig: SourceConfig? {
         guard let hlsURL = URL(string: hlsURLString) else {
             return nil
@@ -22,7 +27,34 @@ public struct BitMovinPlayerView: View {
 
         return sConfig
     }
-
+
+    /// Initializes the view with the player passed from outside.
+    ///
+    /// This version of the initializer does not modify the `player`'s configuration, so any additional configuration steps 
+    /// like setting `userInterfaceConfig` should be performed externally.
+    ///
+    /// - parameter hlsURLString: Full URL of the HLS video stream that will be loaded by the player as the video source
+    /// - parameter player: Instance of the player that was created and configured outside of this view.
+    /// - parameter title: Video source title that will be set in playback metadata for the "now playing" source
+    public init(hlsURLString: String, player: Player, title: String) {
+
+        self.hlsURLString = hlsURLString
+
+        self.player = player
+
+        setup(title: title)
+    }
+
+    /// Initializes the view with an instance of player created inside of it, upon initialization.
+    ///
+    /// In this version of the initializer, a `userInterfaceConfig` is being added to the `playerConfig`'s style configuration.
+    ///
+    /// - Note: If the player config had `userInterfaceConfig` already modified before passing into this `init`,
+    /// those changes will take no effect sicne they will get overwritten here.
+    ///
+    /// - parameter hlsURLString: Full URL of the HLS video stream that will be loaded by the player as the video source
+    /// - parameter playerConfig: Configuration that will be passed into the player upon creation, with an additional update in this initializer.
+    /// - parameter title: Video source title that will be set in playback metadata for the "now playing" source
     public init(hlsURLString: String, playerConfig: PlayerConfig, title: String) {
 
         self.hlsURLString = hlsURLString
@@ -35,21 +67,10 @@ public struct BitMovinPlayerView: View {
         self.player = PlayerFactory.createPlayer(
             playerConfig: playerConfig
         )
-
-        // Create player view configuration
-        self.playerViewConfig = PlayerViewConfig()
-
-        // Setup remote control commands to be able to control playback from Control Center
-        setupRemoteTransportControls()
-
-        // Set playback metadata. Updates to the other metadata values are done in the specific listeners
-        setupNowPlayingMetadata(key: MPMediaItemPropertyTitle, value: title)
-
-        // Make sure that the correct audio session category is set to allow for background playback.
-        handleAudioSessionCategorySetting()
+
+        setup(title: title)
     }
-
-
+
     public var body: some View {
         ZStack {
             Color.black
@@ -65,7 +86,6 @@ public struct BitMovinPlayerView: View {
                 dump(event, name: "[Source Event]", maxDepth: 1)
             }
         }
-       // .padding()
         .onAppear {
             if let sourceConfig = self.sourceConfig {
                 player.load(sourceConfig: sourceConfig)
@@ -75,53 +95,47 @@ public struct BitMovinPlayerView: View {
             removeRemoteTransportControlsAndAudioSession()
         }
     }
-    
+
     func setupRemoteTransportControls() {
         // Get the shared MPRemoteCommandCenter
         let commandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared()
 
         // Add handler for Play Command
-        commandCenter.playCommand.addTarget(handler: playTarget)
+        playEventTarget = commandCenter.playCommand.addTarget(handler: handleRemotePlayEvent)
         commandCenter.playCommand.isEnabled = true
 
         // Add handler for Pause Command
-        commandCenter.pauseCommand.addTarget(handler: pauseTarget)
+        pauseEventTarget = commandCenter.pauseCommand.addTarget(handler: handleRemotePauseEvent)
         commandCenter.pauseCommand.isEnabled = true
     }
-    
+
     /// Remove RemoteCommandCenter and AudioSession
     func removeRemoteTransportControlsAndAudioSession() {
         let commandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared()
+
         commandCenter.playCommand.isEnabled = false
-        commandCenter.playCommand.removeTarget(playTarget)
+        commandCenter.playCommand.removeTarget(playEventTarget)
+        playEventTarget = nil
+
         commandCenter.pauseCommand.isEnabled = false
-        commandCenter.pauseCommand.removeTarget(pauseTarget)
-
+        commandCenter.pauseCommand.removeTarget(pauseEventTarget)
+        pauseEventTarget = nil
+
         let sessionAV = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
         try? sessionAV.setActive(false, options: AVAudioSession.SetActiveOptions.notifyOthersOnDeactivation)
         MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = [:]
         UIApplication.shared.endReceivingRemoteControlEvents()
     }
-    /// Play Target for RemoteCommandCenter
-    func playTarget(_: MPRemoteCommandEvent) -> MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatus {
-        guard let player = self.player as? Player else { return .commandFailed }
-
+    /// Play event handler for RemoteCommandCenter
+    func handleRemotePlayEvent(_: MPRemoteCommandEvent) -> MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatus {
         player.play()
-        if player.isPlaying {
-            return .success
-        }
-        return .commandFailed
+        return player.isPlaying ? .success : .commandFailed
     }
 
-    /// Pause Target for RemoteCommandCenter
-    func pauseTarget(_: MPRemoteCommandEvent) -> MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatus {
-        guard let player = self.player as? Player else { return .commandFailed }
-
+    /// Pause event handler for RemoteCommandCenter
+    func handleRemotePauseEvent(_: MPRemoteCommandEvent) -> MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatus {
         player.pause()
-        if player.isPaused {
-            return .success
-        }
-        return .commandFailed
+        return player.isPaused ? .success : .commandFailed
     }
 
     func setupNowPlayingMetadata(key: String, value: Any) {
@@ -150,6 +164,17 @@ public struct BitMovinPlayerView: View {
             print("Setting category to AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback failed.")
         }
     }
-
+
+    private func setup(title: String) {
+
+        // Setup remote control commands to be able to control playback from Control Center
+        setupRemoteTransportControls()
+
+        // Set playback metadata. Updates to the other metadata values are done in the specific listeners
+        setupNowPlayingMetadata(key: MPMediaItemPropertyTitle, value: title)
+
+        // Make sure that the correct audio session category is set to allow for background playback.
+        handleAudioSessionCategorySetting()
+    }
 }
 #endif

Sources/PlaybackSDK/Player Plugin/BitMovinPlugin/BitmovinPlayerPlugin.swift

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import SwiftUI
 public class BitmovinPlayerPlugin: VideoPlayerPlugin {
 
     private let playerConfig: PlayerConfig
-    private var player: BitMovinPlayerView?
-    
+    private weak var player: Player?
+
     // Required properties
     public let name: String
     public let version: String
@@ -29,36 +29,49 @@ public class BitmovinPlayerPlugin: VideoPlayerPlugin {
         self.version = "1.0.1"
     }
 
-    func getPlayer() -> Player? {
-        return player?.player
-    }
-
     // MARK: VideoPlayerPlugin protocol implementation
     public func setup(config: VideoPlayerConfig) {
         playerConfig.playbackConfig.isAutoplayEnabled = config.playbackConfig.autoplayEnabled
         playerConfig.playbackConfig.isBackgroundPlaybackEnabled = config.playbackConfig.backgroundPlaybackEnabled
+
+        let uiConfig = BitmovinUserInterfaceConfig()
+        uiConfig.hideFirstFrame = true
+        playerConfig.styleConfig.userInterfaceConfig = uiConfig
     }
 
     public func playerView(hlsURLString: String, title: String = "") -> AnyView {
-        let videoPlayerView = BitMovinPlayerView(hlsURLString: hlsURLString, playerConfig: playerConfig, title: title)
-
-        self.player = videoPlayerView
-
-        return AnyView(videoPlayerView)
+
+        // Create player based on player and analytics configurations
+        let player = PlayerFactory.createPlayer(
+            playerConfig: playerConfig
+        )
+
+        self.player = player
+
+        return AnyView(
+            BitMovinPlayerView(
+                hlsURLString: hlsURLString,
+                player: player,
+                title: title
+            )
+        )
     }
-    
+
     public func play() {
-        getPlayer()?.play()
+        player?.play()
     }
-    
+
     public func pause() {
-        getPlayer()?.pause()
+        player?.pause()
     }
-
+
+    public func unload() {
+        player?.unload()
+    }
+
     public func removePlayer() {
-        player?.player.unload()
-        player?.player.destroy()
-        player = nil
+        player?.unload()
+        player?.destroy()
     }
 }
 

Sources/PlaybackSDK/Player Plugin/VideoPlayerPluginManager.swift

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ public class VideoPlayerPluginManager: ObservableObject {
     }
 
     public func removePlugin() {
-           DispatchQueue.main.async {
-               self.selectedPlugin = nil
-           }
-       }
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            self.selectedPlugin = nil
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #endif

Sources/PlaybackSDK/PlayerUIView/PlaybackUIView.swift

@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ internal struct PlaybackUIView: View {
             switch result {
             case .success(let hlsURL):
                 print("HLS URL: \(hlsURL)")
-                self.videoURL = hlsURL
-                self.hasFetchedVideoDetails = true
+                DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                    self.videoURL = hlsURL
+                    self.hasFetchedVideoDetails = true
+                }
             case .failure(let error):
                 // Trow error to the app
                 onError?(error)