[IOS] Native PIP Not working

[SindhujaKanukolanu]

I have updated JitsiSDK with latest PIP changes. PIP is not working at all. Are there any properties need to be set? This is the latest commit i consumed for PIP https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/commit/7f2fec756d8095000dd6976e2cc4f6906cf9d32e

[saghul]

We have released SDK 6.0.0, please test that release.

[SindhujaKanukolanu]

I have added below code by incorporating latest changes. Jitsi meet view delegate is not calling the methods. Please let me know if anything is missing

let sampleBufferVideoCallView = SampleBufferVideoCallView()
      sampleBufferVideoCallView.sampleBufferDisplayLayer.preventsCapture = false
      pipVideoCallViewController = AVPictureInPictureVideoCallViewController()
      pipVideoCallViewController?.preferredContentSize = CGSize(width: 500, height: 500)
      pipVideoCallViewController?.view.addSubview(sampleBufferVideoCallView)
      let pipContentSource = AVPictureInPictureController.ContentSource(activeVideoCallSourceView: jitsiMeetView,contentViewController: pipVideoCallViewController!)

      pipController = AVPictureInPictureController(contentSource: pipContentSource)
      pipController?.canStartPictureInPictureAutomaticallyFromInline = true
      pipController?.delegate = self
      DispatchQueue.main.async {
        self.pipController?.startPictureInPicture()
      }

[saghul]

We tried using the native PiP API, but alas it looks like that approach won't work. @alexbumbu do you remember the details?

[alexbumbu]

@saghul that's where we're at too. Similar implementation to @SindhujaKanukolanu's and the delegate methods are not called.

[SindhujaKanukolanu]

Yes we are also facing the same issue

[saghul]

As far as we know it might not be possible to implement that easily. We do provide a PiP implementation which doesn't work outside of the host app.

[SindhujaKanukolanu]

Okay thanks for the update. But is it in Pipe to support outside the app @saghul

[saghul]

It is in our roadmap, yeah.

[SindhujaKanukolanu]

Any timeline update you can give

[saghul]

Not at the moment, sorry.

[MahmoudMamdoouh]

Hello, is there any progress in this issue ?? in either SDK or The APP ??

[saghul]

We are not aware of any PiP issues on our latest SDK, 7.0.0.

Can you reproduce the problem with the sample app?

[MahmoudMamdoouh]

I meant the ios pip outside the app

[saghul]

Ah no, sorry. We tried it but we need to implement it se lowest level, in the WebRTC plugin, so it went back to the TODO list.

[MahmoudMamdoouh]

is there any expected time for it?

I really appreciate your hard work.

[saghul]

I'll be honest: no there isn't.

Thanks for your kind words!

[tmbiOS]

@saghul Hi! Any updates? Or when do you plan to integrate this feature?

[saghul]

No updates. We have no short term plans to tackle this, sorry.

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