From bfa1ef85bd8ce0bc3c678666e9f2268cec0f8b6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jhomlala <jhomlala@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:21:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added setControlsAlwaysVisible in BetterPlayerController.

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                          | 2 +-
 README.md                                             | 5 +++++
 example/lib/pages/welcome_page.dart                   | 4 ++++
 lib/src/controls/better_player_material_controls.dart | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1f11d6bd..bde401e2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## 0.0.47
 * Fixed Android loading indicator issue.
-
+* Added setControlsAlwaysVisible in BetterPlayerController.
 
 ## 0.0.46
 * Fixed iOS AVPlayer observer issue.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 603a44000..68b64648e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -897,6 +897,11 @@ Android: When PiP is enabled, Better Player will open full screen mode to play v
 user disables PiP, Better Player will back to the previous settings and for a half of second your device
 will have incorrect orientation.
 
+### Set controls always visible
+```dart
+    betterPlayerController.setControlsAlwaysVisible(true);
+```
+
 
 ### More documentation
 https://pub.dev/documentation/better_player/latest/better_player/better_player-library.html
diff --git a/example/lib/pages/welcome_page.dart b/example/lib/pages/welcome_page.dart
index 94aad8f23..1832462b1 100644
--- a/example/lib/pages/welcome_page.dart
+++ b/example/lib/pages/welcome_page.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:better_player_example/pages/basic_player_page.dart';
 import 'package:better_player_example/pages/cache_page.dart';
 import 'package:better_player_example/pages/change_player_theme_page.dart';
 import 'package:better_player_example/pages/controller_controls_page.dart';
+import 'package:better_player_example/pages/controls_always_visible_page.dart';
 import 'package:better_player_example/pages/controls_configuration_page.dart';
 import 'package:better_player_example/pages/event_listener_page.dart';
 import 'package:better_player_example/pages/fade_placeholder_page.dart';
@@ -144,6 +145,9 @@ class _WelcomePageState extends State<WelcomePage> {
       _buildExampleElementWidget("Picture in Picture page", () {
         _navigateToPage(PictureInPicturePage());
       }),
+      _buildExampleElementWidget("Controls always visible page", () {
+        _navigateToPage(ControlsAlwaysVisiblePage());
+      }),
     ];
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/controls/better_player_material_controls.dart b/lib/src/controls/better_player_material_controls.dart
index ff943656a..f5e08c32a 100644
--- a/lib/src/controls/better_player_material_controls.dart
+++ b/lib/src/controls/better_player_material_controls.dart
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ class _BetterPlayerMaterialControlsState
   }
 
   void _startHideTimer() {
+    if (_betterPlayerController.controlsAlwaysVisible) {
+      return;
+    }
     _hideTimer = Timer(const Duration(seconds: 3), () {
       setState(() {
         _hideStuff = true;