Gerald Versluis

After much consideration I have decided not to still merge this PR. While I think it definitely makes sense to get rid of the obsolete APIs, at this point in...

I think at this point it's safe to say that this won't be making it's way into Xamarin.Essentials anymore. Keep your eye on .NET MAUI for all new development! Thanks...

I'm on the fence about this one to still include it in this stage of the Essentials lifetime. Technically it's a breaking change, we need to update docs, etc. As...

I know @janusw so sorry! We're doing better with .NET MAUI! Let's not do this for Essentials anymore. It's a breaking change and a bigger one. I see you brought...

I'm on the fence about still adding this one. It seems safe enough, on the other hand, it has been open for some time without too much traction from other...

Please remember that this is work in progress. One of the things that is very much in progress is the reporting of the states, so please don't focus on that...

> Just wanted to drop a comment that I am unable to see the playback controls on iOS, even with `ShowsPlaybackControls` set to `True`. Thanks for all your hard work...

That's strange because on iOS 16.2 and the latest code in this PR it works fine for me.

@AnthonyIacono With just this the playback controls show fine for me ```xml ``` Can you please provide a reproduction where you don't see the playback controls where they should be...

> in toolkit:MediaPlayer ShouldShowPlaybackControls="True" blocks swipe gestures. Disabling playback controls remediates the issue. On which platform? Does that also happen on the platform without using .NET MAUI?