Avkit

This gives Claude the reference patterns for building media playback UIs with AVKit, the standard framework for video players on iOS. You'd reach for this when implementing video playback, whether that's a full-screen player with AVPlayerViewController, an inline SwiftUI VideoPlayer, or Picture-in-Picture support. The skill covers the setup most developers miss (audio session configuration and background modes), shows both UIKit and SwiftUI approaches, and includes the delegate callbacks needed for PiP restore flows. It's opinionated about not subclassing AVPlayerViewController and emphasizes checking isReadyForDisplay to avoid the black flash on load. The custom PiP controller patterns are useful if you're building non-standard playback UIs that still need system-level PiP integration.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills --skill avkit --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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AVKit

High-level media playback UI built on AVFoundation. Provides system-standard video players, Picture-in-Picture, AirPlay routing, transport controls, and subtitle/caption display. Targets Swift 6.3 / iOS 26+.

Setup
AVPlayerViewController
SwiftUI VideoPlayer
Picture-in-Picture
AirPlay
Transport Controls and Playback Speed
Subtitles and Closed Captions
Common Mistakes
Review Checklist
References

Setup

Audio Session Configuration

Playback apps need an audio session category and the matching background mode when they support background audio, AirPlay, or PiP.

Enable Background Modes > Audio, AirPlay, and Picture in Picture (the audio value in UIBackgroundModes)
Set the audio session category to .playback
Defer setActive(true) until playback begins so you do not interrupt other audio prematurely