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Yandex Cloud Video
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      • Overview
        • Getting started
          • Environment
          • PictureInPictureController
          • VideoSurface
          • YaPlayer
    • Browser autoplay policy
  • Access management
  • Pricing policy
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  • Troubleshooting

In this article:

  • Contents
  • Discussion
  • Inheritance
  • Notes
  • Initializers
  • Methods
  • Examples
  1. Video Player
  2. SDK
  3. iOS
  4. CloudVideoPlayer
  5. VideoSurface

VideoSurface

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at May 28, 2026
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  • Contents
  • Discussion
  • Inheritance
  • Notes
  • Initializers
  • Methods
  • Examples
public final class VideoSurface: UIView

UIView component for displaying videos.

ContentsContents

  • Methods
  • Initializers

DiscussionDiscussion

Add VideoSurface to the view hierarchy and attach a YaPlayer instance to the component. The surface automatically scales to fit its bounds.

To use VideoSurface in SwiftUI, wrap it in UIViewRepresentable.

InheritanceInheritance

  • UIView

NotesNotes

If you need a built-in player skin, use VideoView from CloudVideoPlayerUI.

InitializersInitializers

public init()

Creates a surface for the video.

MethodsMethods

public func reset()

Disconnects the player from the surface.


public func getPipController() -> PictureInPictureController?

Returns the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode controller, if available.

Returns: PictureInPictureController instance, or nil if the device does not support PiP.

ExamplesExamples

let surface = VideoSurface()
view.addSubview(surface)
surface.frame = UIScreen.main.bounds

surface.attach(player: player)

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