VideoPlayer view prevents SwiftUI Navigation Bar from hiding - swiftui

Question

The problem occurs when I put VideoPlayer view inside NavigationView's parent view or child view. In this example the child view will show navigation bar:
struct ParentView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack {
Text("Parent View")
NavigationLink(destination: ChildView().navigationBarHidden(true)) {
Text("Child View")
}
}
.navigationBarHidden(true)
}
}
}
struct ChildView: View {
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Child View")
VideoPlayer(player: AVPlayer())
}
}
}

Answer 1

I was having the same issue. Not sure what's causing it but I ended up replacing the VideoPlayer with a custom one. That removed the space on top.
struct CustomPlayer: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
let src: String
func makeUIViewController(context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<CustomPlayer>) -> AVPlayerViewController {
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(string: src)!)
controller.player = player
player.play()
return controller
}
func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: AVPlayerViewController, context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<CustomPlayer>) { }
}
And in your view where you want to use it, do:
CustomPlayer(src: "<the source to the video>")

Answer 2

if you want a custom player with the same initializer as the native one and that updates along with the current state of the application:
struct CustomPlayer: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
let player: AVPlayer
func makeUIViewController(context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<CustomPlayer>) -> AVPlayerViewController {
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
controller.player = player
return controller
}
func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: AVPlayerViewController, context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<CustomPlayer>) {
uiViewController.player = player
}
}
note that on updateUIViewController(_: context:) you should update the view with every variable you declared and expect to update