Added #

• 🚫 Enhanced Share button hiding with comprehensive CSS and JavaScript
  • Added extensive CSS selectors to hide all YouTube UI elements
  • Added JavaScript function that runs every 100ms to force-hide elements
  • Covers all possible YouTube player overlays and buttons
  • Includes wildcard selectors for dynamic class names
  • Works in both normal and fullscreen modes

Improved #

• 🎯 More reliable element hiding - Now uses multiple hiding strategies:
  • CSS display: none !important
  • CSS visibility: hidden !important
  • CSS opacity: 0 !important
  • CSS pointer-events: none !important
  • CSS positioning off-screen (left: -9999px)
  • JavaScript interval checking every 100ms
• 🛡️ Future-proof hiding - Uses wildcard selectors to catch new YouTube UI elements

Changed #

• 🎯 BREAKING CHANGE: Changed default value of showControls from true to false
  • This hides YouTube's native controls (including Share button) by default
  • Encourages using the beautiful custom controls instead
  • Users can still enable YouTube controls by setting showControls: true
• 📝 Updated documentation to reflect the new default
• 💡 Added helpful tip about custom controls in README

Added #

• 🚫 Force-hide YouTube Share button using CSS
  • Added custom CSS rules to hide Share, Watch Later, and other YouTube buttons
  • Works even when showControls: true
  • Hides: Share button, Watch Later, Cards, Watermark, Title overlay
  • Provides cleaner player interface
• 🎨 Enhanced player appearance with removed YouTube branding elements

Why This Change? #

• ✅ Removes YouTube's Share button completely (as requested by users)
• ✅ Provides cleaner, more customizable UI
• ✅ Custom controls are more beautiful and feature-rich
• ✅ Users have full control over the player appearance
• ✅ No unwanted YouTube UI elements interfering with custom design

Changed #

• 📹 Updated README with YouTube preview video instead of local file (saves space)
• 🔗 Added clickable demo video thumbnail
• 📝 Improved documentation with embedded YouTube Shorts demo

Fixed #

• Optimized package size by using YouTube-hosted preview video

🎉 First Stable Release #

This is the first stable release of YouTube Player Pro!

Features #

• ✅ Stable and production-ready
• ✅ Full documentation and examples
• ✅ Comprehensive error handling
• ✅ Cross-platform support (iOS, Android, Web, macOS, Linux, Windows)

Changed #

• Updated version to 1.0.0 (stable release)
• Finalized API and documentation

Added #

• Initial release of YouTube Player Pro package
• YouTube video playback with WebView integration
• Fullscreen mode support with landscape orientation
• Custom player controls with beautiful UI
• Volume control (mute/unmute)
• Playback controls (play, pause, stop)
• Seek controls (forward/backward 10 seconds)
• Progress bar with real-time position tracking
• Player state management (playing, paused, buffering, etc.)
• Video thumbnail generation
• Video ID extraction from YouTube URLs
• Error handling and loading states
• Customizable player controls visibility
• YouTube native controls customization options
• Always-visible exit button in fullscreen mode
• Support for iOS, Android, Web, macOS, Linux, and Windows

Features #

• Fullscreen Support: Seamless fullscreen experience with landscape orientation
• Custom Controls: Beautiful, customizable player controls
• Volume Control: Easy mute/unmute functionality
• Progress Tracking: Real-time video position and duration display
• YouTube Settings: Control native YouTube player features
• Cross-Platform: Works on all Flutter-supported platforms

Dependencies #

• webview_flutter: ^4.10.0
• webview_flutter_android: ^4.0.0
• webview_flutter_wkwebview: ^3.16.0

Known Issues #

• None at this time

Coming Soon #

• Playlist support
• Quality selection
• Playback speed control
• Picture-in-picture mode
• Chromecast support