better_player_ios 1.9.0

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

1.9.0

• Fixed: Forwarded data source HTTP headers to native iOS playback, with and without caching (by @by291).
• Added: Native pre-cache progress reporting in CacheManager via BetterPlayerPreCacheCallback.

1.8.0

• Fixed: Added fallback matching by displayName, language, and index in setAudioTrack to support HLS audio tracks lacking common title metadata.

1.7.0

• Added: setTextTrack method on BetterPlayer to select or disable legible media selection group tracks in AVPlayerItem (#1066).
• Added: AVPlayerItemLegibleOutput push delegate and onCues callback on BetterPlayerCallback emitting parsed subtitle cues.
• Fixed: Forwarded dynamic presentation size changes to Flutter to resolve black screen on HLS playback with delayed track resolution (#1595).

1.6.1

• Added: Better Player logo screenshot and branding metadata for pub.dev package listing.

1.6.0

• Fixed: Guarded getAbsolutePosition against out-of-range epoch values on live streams (#1206) (by @RtypeStudios).
• Fixed: Forwarded videoExtension as customFileExtension when creating uncached CachingPlayerItem instances in CacheManager (#990) (by @ajzome).
• Fixed: Passed assetId instead of the full URL string as contentIdentifier in BetterPlayerEzDrmAssetsLoaderDelegate (#866) (by @aeonmine).

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.