[expo-video] Fullscreen on Android is locked by orientation, while iOS can rotate to landscape

Why was this issue closed? => https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/6864 I added my “Hotfix”-Code for the bug but I think this issue should be fixed as the native controls of the video-player should also support rotating without manually unlocking the orientation-mode

My hotfix for now (for anyone who is interested):

New working version inspired by @bapjiws (typescript):

import * as ScreenOrientation from 'expo-screen-orientation';
import {Platform} from 'react-native';

const videoRef = useRef<any>() // Note: No idea which type i should use here

const onFullscreenUpdate = async ({fullscreenUpdate}: VideoFullscreenUpdateEvent) => {
    if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
        switch (fullscreenUpdate) {
            case Video.FULLSCREEN_UPDATE_PLAYER_DID_PRESENT:
                await ScreenOrientation.unlockAsync()
                break;
            case Video.FULLSCREEN_UPDATE_PLAYER_WILL_DISMISS:
                await ScreenOrientation.lockAsync(ScreenOrientation.OrientationLock.PORTRAIT)
                break;
        }
}

const showVideoInFullscreen = async () => { await videoRef.current.presentFullscreenPlayer() }

<Button title="Play video" onPress={showVideoInFullscreen} />

<Video
    ref={videoRef}
    source={{uri: videoSource}}
    resizeMode={ResizeMode.CONTAIN}
    useNativeControls={true}
    onFullscreenUpdate={onFullscreenUpdate}
/>

Anyways, I think this is a bug and should be fixed.

[chishing96]

this issue still exist

[trentcowden]

Are there any updates on a fix for this? I have a screen that isn’t designed to be in landscape but I want to be able to have fullscreen in landscape on android. The workaround by @mleister97 is ok but causes some janky/buggy behavior. Ideally, on Android, it would behave the same as iOS and override the orientation lock when fullscreen is active.