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Hey guys, I was using the iOS app on iPad and noticed it doesn’t seem to support picture in picture mode (maybe I didn’t find it?)
Are there any plans to implement this feature? Is it just that no one got around to doing it yet, or is there a more serious issue going on?

Hi,

It's definitely something we would like to integrate in the app.

Thanks for the report!

Where can I go to donate specifically for this feature request?

Hi,

It's definitely something we would like to integrate in the app.

Thanks for the report!

I found this from the Apple developer page: https://developer.apple.com/documentati ... tom_player

Isn't the AVkit what you need to implement the PiP in your custom player? Hope so.

AVKit does only enable PiP for video supported by it. So this would work for a very small subset of files only, but not everything VLC supports let alone network streams.

Where can I go to donate specifically for this feature request?

You cannot donate for any specific features (or feature requests). You can donate to the VLC project in general and the organization will make sure that it's used in the right way for further development of VLC on all platforms. So ultimately, donating makes sure, VLC developers continue the great work they do and if this feature is on the roadmap, it will eventually land in a future release.

https://www.videolan.org/contribute.html

Any news on pic in pic mode in IOS for the VLC please ?
Now 2020
Regards Rob

No, Apple did not change their mind in the meantime

Infuse has PiP and uses VLC technology to play videos. How can they do it?

Infuse has PiP and uses VLC technology to play videos. How can they do it?

Exactly. I can share to infuse and then pip play through that, albeit sans controls except for pause. But works fine.
Please implement!!

Infuse has PiP and uses VLC technology to play videos. How can they do it?

Exactly. I can share to infuse and then pip play through that, albeit sans controls except for pause. But works fine.
Please implement!!

I am reasonably sure that Infuse has it's own video engine and does not use VLC to play videos.
I too however am interested in PIP control from VLC especially from VLCKit for iOS.

Infuse has PiP and uses VLC technology to play videos. How can they do it?

Exactly. I can share to infuse and then pip play through that, albeit sans controls except for pause. But works fine.
Please implement!!

I am reasonably sure that Infuse has it's own video engine and does not use VLC to play videos.
I too however am interested in PIP control from VLC especially from VLCKit for iOS.

Be that as it may, wouldn't it be good to offer pip under vlc for the formats that support it, at least?

Yes, Apple finally added an API in iOS 15 to allow this for players like VLC. Work was not started yet, but at least we can do it now.

Any update on PiP for iOS and iPadOS? Has development started on this? If so, is there a GitHub issue or branch I can track?

You can find the ticket here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-ios/-/issues/942 what the ticket does not show is that most of the code is ready.