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Picture in Picture in Swift

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1. **Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Mode**:      - You can use the `AVPlayerViewController` class which supports PiP mode¹.     - If you're building a custom video player, you can use `AVPictureInPictureController`².     - To enable PiP mode automatically from inline, you can use `pictureInPictureController.canStartPictureInPictureAutomaticallyFromInline = true`⁴. 2. **Background Mode**:     - To allow your app to perform tasks in the background, you need to enable the background capabilities in Xcode⁶.     - You can use `BGAppRefreshTask` for short-duration tasks that expect quick results, such as downloading a stock quote⁶.     - For tasks that might be time-consuming, such as downloading a large file or synchronizing data, you can use `BGProcessingTask`⁶.     - You can also use the `application:performFetchWithCompletionHandler()` function which is invoked by the system every time the app is launched in the backgrou...