From f3382f97f4879daa129ecdcf02f422ae3a26bcf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Kamil=20Moska=C5=82a?=
 <91079590+moskalakamil@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:40:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: video in fullscreen freeze after swiping (#4858)

* fix: video in fullscreen freezing after swiping

* fix(ios): use optional chainin
---
 .../ios/view/VideoComponentViewObserver.swift          | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentViewObserver.swift b/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentViewObserver.swift
index 2b36c813..b6d4f936 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentViewObserver.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentViewObserver.swift
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ class VideoComponentViewObserver: NSObject, AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate {
       guard let self = self else { return }
         
       if context.isCancelled {
+        // iOS bug: window.isUserInteractionEnabled is left as false after cancelled fullscreen dismiss
+        if let window = self.playerViewController?.view.window, !window.isUserInteractionEnabled {
+          window.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
+        }
+
         self.delegate?.willEnterFullscreen()
 
         return
@@ -155,6 +160,11 @@ class VideoComponentViewObserver: NSObject, AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate {
       guard let self = self else { return }
 
       if context.isCancelled {
+        // iOS bug: window.isUserInteractionEnabled is left as false after cancelled fullscreen transition
+        if let window = self.playerViewController?.view.window, !window.isUserInteractionEnabled {
+          window.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
+        }
+
         self.delegate?.willExitFullscreen()
 
         return