From 4d33bb0f698ebe6ad7cd6ebf8c1ed5187d54efd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alma Madsen <madsenat@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:48:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] prevent 'cover' resizeMode animation (#307)

---
 RCTVideo.m | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RCTVideo.m b/RCTVideo.m
index 304e6537..6964bf34 100644
--- a/RCTVideo.m
+++ b/RCTVideo.m
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ static NSString *const playbackRate = @"rate";
     if( _player )
     {
         _playerViewController = [self createPlayerViewController:_player withPlayerItem:_playerItem];
+        // to prevent video from being animated when resizeMode is 'cover'
+        // resize mode must be set before subview is added
+        [self setResizeMode:_resizeMode];
         [self addSubview:_playerViewController.view];
     }
 }
@@ -592,6 +595,9 @@ static NSString *const playbackRate = @"rate";
       _playerLayer.frame = self.bounds;
       _playerLayer.needsDisplayOnBoundsChange = YES;
 
+      // to prevent video from being animated when resizeMode is 'cover'
+      // resize mode must be set before layer is added
+      [self setResizeMode:_resizeMode];
       [_playerLayer addObserver:self forKeyPath:readyForDisplayKeyPath options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:nil];
 
       [self.layer addSublayer:_playerLayer];