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I recently tried to integrate the new expo-video package into Warpcast (currently using expo-av) but ran into an issue that blocked my progress:

rendering a single player instance into multiple VideoViews working in iOS but not Android

this is useful for building a press to expand full screen player with custom controls since using the same instance means the in feed player and full screen player stay in sync and don't use 2x the resources

I recently tried to integrate the new expo-video package into Warpcast (currently using expo-av) but ran into an issue that blocked my progress:

rendering a single player instance into multiple VideoViews working in iOS but not Android

this is useful for building a press to expand full screen player with custom controls since using the same instance means the in feed player and full screen player stay in sync and don't use 2x the resources

https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/31248

the second issue I ran into was starting playback at a specific time worked in iOS but not Android

this meant even if a second player instance was created and I wasn't able to keep it sync manually by opening the full screen player at a specific point

Building @warpcast and @farcaster, new dad, like making food

if there are any react-native ninjas who want to go deep these would be epic contributions :)

also see
https://warpcast.com/deodad/0xec9fa0bf

the second issue I ran into was starting playback at a specific time worked in iOS but not Android

this meant even if a second player instance was created and I wasn't able to keep it sync manually by opening the full screen player at a specific point

https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/31247