[BUG] WebView stays visible briefly after closing the player (ghost overlay) + "AndroidInAppWebViewController used after being disposed"

[maysam-ite]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Package

youtube_player_flutter

What happened?

I’m experiencing a UI issue when using youtube_player_flutter on Android.
When I navigate back from the video screen (Get.back() or Navigator.pop()), the video WebView does not disappear immediately.

What happens

• The app navigates back normally.

• But the video continues to render for ~0.2–0.5 seconds on top of the new screen.

• A “ghost frame” of the YouTube video appears temporarily and then disappears.

• During this moment, the UI lags/stutters.

What is the expected behaviour?

The WebView should be immediately destroyed.

No video frame should remain briefly visible.

No asynchronous dispose errors should appear.

How to reproduce?

• make the video play
• navigate back to prev screen

Flutter Doctor Output

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.35.7, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.7019], locale en-US)
[√] Windows Version (11 Home 64-bit, 25H2, 2009)
[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0-rc5)
    ! Some Android licenses not accepted. To resolve this, run: flutter doctor --android-licenses
[√] Chrome - develop for the web
[√] Visual Studio - develop Windows apps (Visual Studio Community 2022 17.11.5)
[√] Android Studio (version 2024.1)
[√] VS Code (version 1.106.1)
[√] Connected device (4 available)
[√] Network resources

[enriquenisimp]

Any news here? it also happens to me on latest flutter version

[abayomiAkanji]

@maysam-ite @enriquenisimp You can consider hiding the Player before popping the screen. That should fix the glitch.

Something like:

1. Set a flag that hides the screen (and probably switch to a placeholder like ProgressBar)
2. Delay for some microseconds
3. Finally pop.

setState(() {
      _showPlayer = false;
    });

    // Give RenderThread time to release EGL surface
    await Future.delayed(delay);

    if (mounted) pop();

If that resolves the issue, you can also consider using it for the device back-menu using PopScope.