Feature: Add minimized video service (YouTube-style PiP)

[aliIsazadeh]

What’s Changed

• Introduced a minimized video service, similar to YouTube’s PiP experience.
• Allows users to keep watching videos while navigating the app.
• Designed within Element X’s architecture constraints, since implementing it like Telegram/WhatsApp is not straightforward.
• Ensures smooth transitions between fullscreen and minimized modes.

Why This Matters

Many modern messengers (e.g. Telegram, WhatsApp) already support minimized video.
Element X’s structure makes this challenging, but this approach provides a practical way to implement it while staying close to the app’s design principles.

Demo

Closes #5421

Notes

This was really fun to implement, and I believe it can improve the user experience a lot. 🚀
Also — I’m open to remote Android opportunities. If anyone is interested in collaborating or has a project/position where I can contribute, feel free to reach out: [[email protected]]

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[aliIsazadeh]

such a cool checks

[aliIsazadeh]

for play and pause just tap on the video

[aliIsazadeh]

Thanks for the detailed review. I’ll apply these changes and I really appreciate the explanations.

[aliIsazadeh]

I wanted to give you a quick update on the minimized-video branch. While trying to merge develop into minimized-video and handle conflicts, I accidentally merged the two branches. Now both branches are identical.

I also tried to fix the history via rebase, but it didn’t work as expected. I plan to attempt a proper rebase and cleanup later to restore a clean commit history.

I’ll update you once it’s resolved.

Thanks for your understanding.