[BUG] Fullscreen also toogle the whole app to landscape

[WWZ90]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Package

youtube_player_flutter

What happened?

When you click to view in fullscreen, the entire app rotates to landscape.

What is the expected behaviour?

Only landscape the video to see it in fullscreen, not the whole app.

How to reproduce?

youtube_player_flutter: ^9.1.1

class YouTubeVideoPlayer extends StatefulWidget {
  final String youtubeId;

  const YouTubeVideoPlayer({required this.youtubeId, super.key});

  @override
  State<YouTubeVideoPlayer> createState() => _YouTubeVideoPlayerState();
}

class _YouTubeVideoPlayerState extends State<YouTubeVideoPlayer> {
  late YoutubePlayerController _controller;
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _controller = YoutubePlayerController(
      initialVideoId: widget.youtubeId,
      flags: YoutubePlayerFlags(autoPlay: true),
    );
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return YoutubePlayerBuilder(
      player: YoutubePlayer(controller: _controller),
      builder: (context, player) {
        return Column(
          children: [
            player,
          ],
        );
      },
    );
  }
}

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[Fudal]

I have the same issue

[tihomir-kit]

same

[MaddieThms]

same issue

[Fudal]

@sarbagyastha do you know how to fix it?

[WWZ90]

It's really a shame no one has a solution for this.
This plugin isn't the best of the bunch, simply because of this shortcoming. I've tried every possible method and haven't found a stable solution.

[WWZ90]

@sarbagyastha any update here? :)

[leonardmatasel]

You could give omni_video_player a try — supports YouTube, Vimeo, and more

[graeme-verticalscope]

It looks like this issue is for youtube_player_flutter not youtube_player_iframe, so I don't know if the following will help.

However, for YoutubePlayerScaffold in youtube_player_iframe, you can prevent the youtube player from changing your app to landscape mode by forcing fullscreen videos to show in portrait mode:

YoutubePlayerScaffold(
  defaultOrientations: const [
    DeviceOrientation.portraitUp,
    DeviceOrientation.portraitDown,
  ],
);

Not great, but better then having your app switch to landscape mode.