[BUG]: Unmounting the Video component will also stop AVPlayer playing

[bumpingChris]

Version

6.9.1

What platforms are you having the problem on?

iOS

System Version

18.3

On what device are you experiencing the issue?

Real device

Architecture

Old architecture

What happened?

In my app, I have music playing using react-native-sound-player (AVPlayer).
I can play a video using react-native-video while the music continues to play in the background.
However, whenever I close unmount the video component (pop the page where the video resides) the music which is on a parent page also stops.

How do I prevent unmounting react-native-video from stopping AVPlayer from stopping as well?

Reproduction Link

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Reproduction

AppDelegate.m contains the sound settings:
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient withOptions:AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers error:nil];

The component code for the Video:
`const floatingVideo = React.useCallback(() => {

return (
showVideoPlayer ?

source={require('../Images/loading_logo_silent.mp4')}
style={styles.video}
resizeMode="contain"
paused={false}
mixWithOthers={'mix'}
disableFocus={true}
ignoreSilentSwitch="ignore"

: null
)
}, [showVideoPlayer])`

When setShowVideoPlayer(false), the component disappears, and the music from SoundPlayer, which resides in a parent component/page, also stops playing.

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[freeboub]

Hello, you should put it outside of you screen stack. This is the current expected behavior, if the component is unmounted, the playback stops (else we cannot control it anymore)

[bumpingChris]

@freeboub Thanks again. Let me clarify...

Let's say I have a parent screen and a child screen.
In the parent screen, I start playing music (say "Sound of Music") using react-native-sound-player (NOTHING to do with React-Native-Video) by:
useEffect(() => {SoundPlayer.play()}, []);

Then from the parent screen, I navigate to a child screen and open the react-native-video player. The video player plays a person talking on top of the "Sound of Music" playing from the soundplayer from the parent screen.

However, when I destroy or unmount the Video on the child screen (even without popping the screen), the music "Sound of Music" from the parent screen also stops.

Is that expected behavior?

Regards

[freeboub]

Ok, No I don't think this is the expected behavior. Do you have this issue only on ios ?

[bumpingChris]

I've only tested this on iOS

[bumpingChris]

I'll try to create a simple example.

[freeboub]

please check if the issue is reproduced on android ! with your description it is clean.
I think I saw a message from @KrzysztofMoch how will remove completelly the audio focus management, it should solve your issue (but I have to timeline to provide)