AVPlayerViewController Play Icon Removed in iOS 16

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In previous versions of iOS, loading AVPlayerViewController (as well as SwiftUI VideoPlayer) with a video would display the first frame and include a play icon in the center but this has gone away in iOS 16. I've been relying on that UI element as an affordance for "There's a video here, tap it".

Plus, now tapping the video shows the playback controls over the video for a few seconds instead of just starting playback.

Does anyone know if:

  • There's a property or configuration option to show the play icon?
  • I should be providing my own play icon overlay placed over the video manually?
  • This is a bug in iOS 16?

iOS 15.5 simulator with play icon, iOS 16 missing play icon

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