🐛 iOS video playback, shows the video controls in "Now Playing" (lock screen/control center)

[erenkulaksiz]

Describe the bug

While viewing a paywall with a background video, lock your device or open the control center, you can see the paywall video's controls like play pause etc. Paywall video controls should not appear on control center and lock screen.

Platform

iOS

SDK version

5.53.0

SDK integration method

CocoaPods

StoreKit version

StoreKit 2 (default on versions >=5.0.0)

OS version

iOS 26.1

Xcode version

16.4

Device and/or simulator

Device

Environment

TestFlight

How widespread is the issue

100%

Debug logs

No logs needed.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a paywall that has background video
2. Navigate to Revenuecat's official app or your own app for preview
3. View the paywall
4. Lock your device / open control center
5. See your app's name with video controls (play/pause)

Other information

Additional context

I have discovered this issue while using react-native-purchases and react-native-purchases-ui sdk's, both of them in latest `9.6.13` version. Issue also seems to be affecting RevenueCat's iOS app.

[RCGitBot]

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[erenkulaksiz]

Here is two screenshots that shows the bug in action (says Revenuecat on control center because tested on the official app):

[rickvdl]

Thanks for reporting this issue @erenkulaksiz, we'll be taking a look and get back to you shortly!