Removing UIVisualEffect from AVPlayerViewController.customoverlayViewController

Question

I am implementing AVPlayerViewController.customOverlayViewController and I was wondering if there is a way to remove the UIVisualEffect and apply a clear background on the presentation. I am attaching a screenshot with the view Hirechay.

Answer 1

According to the view hierarchy, the ChannelViewController is part of the AVxCustomOverlayHostViewController, and its view of type AVxHostView includes the UIVisualEffectView. So:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    
    // Remove UIVisualEffectView
    if let parent = parent {
        parent.view.subviews.filter({ $0 is UIVisualEffectView }).forEach({ $0.alpha = 0 })
    }
}

If you want you can also remove it.