video freezes when Picture-in-Picture is hidden offscreen

tux_tina

I’m building an iOS app using Twilio Video 5.10 with Swift. The app supports video calls and works correctly in Picture in Picture (PiP) mode. However, I’ve noticed an issue: When I activate PiP, the local camera feed streams normally to the remote participant. If I swipe the PiP window offscreen (hidden at the edge of the display), the remote participant sees my video frozen. Audio continues working, but the video stays frozen until I bring the...

Originally asked by Crowsis on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Yea this is the expected behaviour. If you hide/minimise the PiP window, it turns into audio only feed and video feed stops. You can even notice the indicator on the native system toolbar turns from green (camera feed) to orange (mic feed).

Full answer by Amr ElZawawy: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/79755465 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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