Native video controls disappear in full-screen mode when using Viro on IOS

[dawidmatyjasik]

When I add a video player to my app alongside Viro, the buttons to control the video (like play, pause, and the timeline) completely disappear when I make the video full-screen on IOS

This happens no matter which video library I use. I have tested it with both expo-video and react-native-video, and the result is the same.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a project with Viro and a video library (like react-native-video or expo-video).
2. Add a video player to the screen and turn on the native controls (e.g., controls={true}).
3. Open the app and play the video.
4. Click the button to make the video full-screen.

[AyrW]

Any updates or potential workarounds?
I have the same issue on iOS.

[oliedis]

Quick update: We're looking into this at the moment

[AyrW]

Quick update: We're looking into this at the moment

Hi @oliedis, I got curious and tried connecting Claude code to the MCP server you guys published in the official Claude Connectors Directory right before you posted yesterday.

From the testing done on this project, the workaround resolved my issue, with no new or unexpected issues so far. Note that libViroReact was not rebuilt from source with the patch applied — the fix was verified through the app-side config plugin described in the attached file.

I have attached a file with the report of the findings. Hope it can be of use.

UPSTREAM-COMMENT.md

[oliedis]

Hey @AyrW - great to here the MCP was able to help you get a workaround to this issue and the logs will help us to ensure in future updates you won't need a workaround, it'll just work.

[dawidmatyjasik]

Hey! Thanks for the update. Do you have an ETA for when this will be fixed properly, without needing the workaround?