[BUG] Media Element - Platform Controls Hidden on iOS 16+

[bradencohen]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Did you read the "Reporting a bug" section on Contributing file?

• I have read the "Reporting a bug" section on Contributing file: https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#reporting-a-bug

Current Behavior

The platform controls are hidden when deploying to iOS 16+.

Using the following XAML:

<toolkit:MediaElement Source="https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4"
                      ShouldAutoPlay="True"
                      ShouldShowPlaybackControls="True"
                      HeightRequest="300"
                      WidthRequest="400" />

iOS 15.5, when tapped the controls show:

iOS 16, when tapped the controls don't show:

Tapping the direct center of the video seems to work as a play/pause, but that seems to just be residue of this bug.

Expected Behavior

The platform controls should be working in new versions of iOS.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Add a MediaElement to a page:

<toolkit:MediaElement Source="https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4"
                      ShouldAutoPlay="True"
                      ShouldShowPlaybackControls="True"
                      HeightRequest="300"
                      WidthRequest="400" />

2. See differences when deploying to iOS 16+ devices

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui/tree/main/samples/CommunityToolkit.Maui.Sample

Environment

- .NET MAUI CommunityToolkit: 5.2.0
- OS: iOS 16+
- .NET MAUI: .net 7

Anything else?

No response

[bradencohen]

Could be related: xamarin/XamarinCommunityToolkit#1927

[jfversluis]

Would you be able to test the resulting NuGet package from this PR and see if that revolves your issue?

If you're not sure how to do that, please review this wiki article.

[bradencohen]

Working like a charm, thanks so much! The controls look a little different, so I thought that was worth mentioning, but definitely seems to be fully functional over here:

Thanks again!