Video not playing in background (staysActiveInBackground)

Summary

Hi, I’m not able to use expo-av to play videos in background using the staysActiveInBackground feature.

It’s working properly with the <Audio /> component, but it doesn’t work for the <Video /> component.

I was able to create a snack, but because of the nature of Expo Go, it’s not possible to reproduce with that. I’ve tested using the iOS simulator.

Managed or bare workflow? If you have ios/ or android/ directories in your project, the answer is bare!

managed

What platform(s) does this occur on?

iOS

SDK Version (managed workflow only)

No response

Environment

Expo CLI 4.4.4 environment info: System: OS: macOS 11.2.3 Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash Binaries: Node: 14.13.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.13.0/bin/node Yarn: 1.22.10 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.13.0/bin/yarn npm: 6.14.8 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.13.0/bin/npm SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 14.4, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2 IDEs: Xcode: 12.4/12D4e - /usr/bin/xcodebuild npmPackages: expo: ^39.0.0 => 39.0.5 react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 react-native: https://github.com/expo/react-native/archive/sdk-39.0.3.tar.gz => 0.63.2 npmGlobalPackages: expo-cli: 4.4.4 Expo Workflow: managed

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

https://snack.expo.io/@leocaseiro/video-play-in-background

[matt-oakes]

Not stale

[elliotdickison]

Not stale