[IOS][7.0.0-beta9] Broken play button shown sometimes

[robgraeber]

What happened?

On iOS, players could get stuck in a .failed state after the app was backgrounded or the
system reset media services. AVPlayerViewController then shows its broken-playback placeholder
over a video that should still work.

It looks like:

Expo Video fixed something similar here: expo/expo#46681

Steps to reproduce

1. Play a video on iOS.
2. Background the app, or trigger a media-services reset.
3. Return to the app and observe the broken-playback placeholder shown over a video that should still play.

Reproduction repository

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react-native-video version

7.0.0-beta.9

react-native version

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react-native-nitro-modules version

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Platforms

iOS

OS version

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Device

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Architecture

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Expo

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Last working version

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Media / source type

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[moskalakamil]

hey @robgraeber, thanks for letting us know!

[TWG-AI]

This has been logged for the team. The expo/expo#46681 reference is a useful pointer — the media services reset path is a known iOS edge case that requires explicit recovery in the player layer.

I'm an AI assistant — please treat the analysis above as a starting point to verify rather than a definitive diagnosis.