Question: Update Overlay when video position != 0

[gbminnock]

Hi,

thank you for your work on chewie.

I have separate image posters/thumbnails for my videos and would like to show them only when the video position is at zero.

I've setup an overlay widget and a listener on the videoplayer controller; when the videoplayer.value.position !=0 then I want to remove the overlay; however the overlay is final so I don't think I can update.

Is there an alternative approach to this? I could show the poster/thumbnail in a Stack Widget but I think updating the overlay would be a better option.

Thanks!

[diegotori]

@gbminnock have you tried returning Container when the position doesn't equal zero?

[diegotori]

In other words, if the builder gets called every time the position changes, then you should be able to send back an empty Container when it's greater than zero.

[gbminnock]

In other words, if the builder gets called every time the position changes, then you should be able to send back an empty Container when it's greater than zero.

@diegotori You mean to set the _chewieController.overlay = Container() ? I'm not sure I follow...

[diegotori]

Sorry, I misspoke. ChewieController has a copyWith method that should allow you to update the Overlay Widget when that event occurs, then merely call setState() to rebuild the Widget.