VideoPlayer Autoplay SwiftUI Issue - swift

Question

I am trying to get the VideoPlayer to autoplay with the video controller but I can't seem to figure it out! What should I do? I am fairly new to SwiftUI.
struct VideoView: View {
// MARK: - PROPERTIES
//: BINDING
#Binding var videoView: Bool
//: STATE
#State var player = AVPlayer()
#State var isplaying = true
#State var showcontrols = true
//: VAR
var allowsPictureInPicturePlayback : Bool = true
var wrkflw: Wrkflw
// MARK: - BODY
var body: some View {
VideoPlayer(wrkflw: wrkflw, player: $player)
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
.onAppear {
player.play()
}
}
}
MARK: - VIDEO CONTROLLER
struct VideoPlayer : UIViewControllerRepresentable {
var wrkflw: Wrkflw
#Binding var player : AVPlayer
func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> UIViewController {
let player = AVPlayer(url: wrkflw.wrkvideo)
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
controller.player = player
controller.showsPlaybackControls = true
controller.exitsFullScreenWhenPlaybackEnds = true
controller.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback = true
return controller
}
func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: UIViewController, context: Context) {
}
}

Answer 1

The simplest solution would be to just pass the AVPlayer reference from your VideoView to the VideoPlayer. You can use player.replaceCurrentItem so that you can set the correct URL but maintain the same player reference.
Make sure you remove the let player... lines in VideoPlayer
struct VideoView: View { // MARK: - PROPERTIES
//: BINDING
#Binding var videoView: Bool
//: STATE
#State var player = AVPlayer()
#State var isplaying = true
#State var showcontrols = true
//: VAR
var allowsPictureInPicturePlayback : Bool = true
var wrkflw: Wrkflw
// MARK: - BODY
var body: some View {
VideoPlayer(wrkflw: wrkflw, player: player)
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
.onAppear {
player.replaceCurrentItem(with: AVPlayerItem(url: wrkflw.wrkvideo)) //<-- Here
player.play()
}
}
}
// MARK: - VIDEO CONTROLLER
struct VideoPlayer : UIViewControllerRepresentable {
var wrkflw: Wrkflw
var player : AVPlayer
func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> UIViewController {
//<-- Here
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
controller.player = player
controller.showsPlaybackControls = true
controller.exitsFullScreenWhenPlaybackEnds = true
controller.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback = true
return controller
}
func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: UIViewController, context: Context) {
}
}