better_player_ios 1.5.2

The iOS implementation of the better_player plugin, providing high-performance video playback using AVPlayer and FFI for seamless integration in Flutter apps.

1.5.2

• Fixed: Disabled automatic native closed caption selection (appliesMediaSelectionCriteriaAutomatically = false) on AVPlayer to prevent duplicate subtitles on iOS (#1103).

1.5.1

• Fixed: Reset isInitialized when swapping AVPlayerItem data sources so the new stream emits onInitialized properly.

1.5.0

• Fixed: Blocked HLS pre-caching attempts. Pre-caching HLS streams natively caches only the playlist file (causing silent bypasses on iOS).
• Updated: Documented the fallback to mp4 in CacheManager for streams with unknown extensions.
• Fixed: Enhanced error logging to include NSError details in FlutterError payload for AVPlayerItem failures.
• Fixed: iOS player crash and freeze during seek operations (#1342).

1.4.0

• Updated: Increased playback speed limit to 4x and improved audio quality at high speeds using .timeDomain pitch algorithm.
• Fixed: Programmatic PiP dismissal no longer stops the parent media player.

1.3.1

• Updated: package metadata

1.3.0

• Fixed: Resolved a race condition where video duration was reported as zero on iOS for non-live sources.
• Fixed: Resolved CocoaPods build issues including protocol loading exceptions, static linking stripping, and podspec alignments.

1.2.0

• Added: Support for native-to-Dart log streaming (setupLogCallback) via FFI for AVPlayer.
• Added: Reintroduced example directory with documentation to the package.
• Updated: Enhanced package description in pubspec.yaml for better discoverability.

1.1.0

• Added: Migrated native implementation to Swift FFI using swiftgen, enabling direct AVPlayer interaction without MethodChannel overhead.

1.0.2

• Docs: Updated model name references in example.md.

1.0.1

• Add thin examples to platform packages and decoupled example app.

1.0.0

• Updated: Extracted iOS native code from the core package into a standalone federated plugin package (better_player_ios).
• Fixed: Restored remote notification (lock screen) controls by correctly storing data source information.