AVKit provides the SwiftUI view VideoPlayer, and allows you to add an interactive overlay. But that overlay is normally placed behind the system-provided playback controls.
Is there any way to suppress those controls, without resorting to wrapping AVPlayerView?
It sounds like you're looking for AVPlayerViewController's showsPlaybackControls.
It sounds like you're looking for AVPlayerViewController's showsPlaybackControls.
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