Subtitles are off by default and option to disable fully

example/lib/app/app.dart

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class _ChewieDemoState extends State<ChewieDemo> {
   late VideoPlayerController _videoPlayerController2;
   ChewieController? _chewieController;
   int? bufferDelay;
+  bool _showSubtitles = false;
 
   @override
   void initState() {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ class _ChewieDemoState extends State<ChewieDemo> {
       videoPlayerController: _videoPlayerController1,
       autoPlay: true,
       looping: true,
+      showSubtitle: _showSubtitles,
       progressIndicatorDelay:
           bufferDelay != null ? Duration(milliseconds: bufferDelay!) : null,
 
@@ -198,11 +200,27 @@ class _ChewieDemoState extends State<ChewieDemo> {
                       ),
               ),
             ),
-            TextButton(
-              onPressed: () {
-                _chewieController?.enterFullScreen();
-              },
-              child: const Text('Fullscreen'),
+            Row(
+              children: <Widget>[
+                Expanded(
+                  child: TextButton(
+                    onPressed: () {
+                      _chewieController?.enterFullScreen();
+                    },
+                    child: const Text('Fullscreen'),
+                  ),
+                ),
+                Expanded(
+                  child: TextButton(
+                    onPressed: () {
+                      setState(() {
+                        _showSubtitles = !_showSubtitles;
+                      });
+                    },
+                    child: const Text('Toggle Subtitles'),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ],
             ),
             Row(
               children: <Widget>[

lib/src/chewie_player.dart

@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ class ChewieController extends ChangeNotifier {
     this.zoomAndPan = false,
     this.maxScale = 2.5,
     this.subtitle,
+    this.showSubtitle = false,
     this.subtitleBuilder,
     this.customControls,
     this.errorBuilder,
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ class ChewieController extends ChangeNotifier {
     bool? zoomAndPan,
     double? maxScale,
     Subtitles? subtitle,
+    bool? showSubtitle,
     Widget Function(BuildContext, dynamic)? subtitleBuilder,
     Widget? customControls,
     WidgetBuilder? bufferingBuilder,
@@ -392,6 +394,7 @@ class ChewieController extends ChangeNotifier {
       additionalOptions: additionalOptions ?? this.additionalOptions,
       showControls: showControls ?? this.showControls,
       subtitle: subtitle ?? this.subtitle,
+      showSubtitle: showSubtitle ?? this.showSubtitle,
       subtitleBuilder: subtitleBuilder ?? this.subtitleBuilder,
       customControls: customControls ?? this.customControls,
       errorBuilder: errorBuilder ?? this.errorBuilder,
@@ -454,6 +457,13 @@ class ChewieController extends ChangeNotifier {
   /// Add a List of Subtitles here in `Subtitles.subtitle`
   Subtitles? subtitle;
 
+  ///
+  /// Whether to display subtitles.
+  ///
+  /// By default, this is set to `false`, which hides them.
+  ///
+  final bool showSubtitle;
+
   /// The controller for the video you want to play
   final VideoPlayerController videoPlayerController;
 

lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_controls.dart

@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ class _CupertinoControlsState extends State<CupertinoControls>
   }
 
   Future<void> _initialize() async {
-    _subtitleOn = chewieController.subtitle?.isNotEmpty ?? false;
     controller.addListener(_updateState);
 
     _updateState();

lib/src/helpers/adaptive_controls.dart

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ class AdaptiveControls extends StatelessWidget {
     super.key,
   });
 
+
   @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+  Widget build(
+    BuildContext context,
+  ) {
     switch (Theme.of(context).platform) {
       case TargetPlatform.android:
       case TargetPlatform.fuchsia:

lib/src/material/material_controls.dart

@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ class _MaterialControlsState extends State<MaterialControls>
                         0.0,
                         notifier.hideStuff ? barHeight * 0.8 : 0.0,
                       ),
-                      child:
-                          _buildSubtitles(context, chewieController.subtitle!),
+                      child: chewieController.showSubtitle
+                          ? _buildSubtitles(context, chewieController.subtitle!)
+                          : const SizedBox(),
                     ),
                   _buildBottomBar(context),
                 ],
@@ -524,7 +525,6 @@ class _MaterialControlsState extends State<MaterialControls>
   }
 
   Future<void> _initialize() async {
-    _subtitleOn = chewieController.subtitle?.isNotEmpty ?? false;
     controller.addListener(_updateState);
 
     _updateState();

lib/src/material/material_desktop_controls.dart

@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ class _MaterialDesktopControlsState extends State<MaterialDesktopControls>
                         0.0,
                         notifier.hideStuff ? barHeight * 0.8 : 0.0,
                       ),
-                      child:
-                          _buildSubtitles(context, chewieController.subtitle!),
+                      child: chewieController.showSubtitle
+                          ? _buildSubtitles(context, chewieController.subtitle!)
+                          : Container(),
                     ),
                   _buildBottomBar(context),
                 ],
@@ -466,7 +467,6 @@ class _MaterialDesktopControlsState extends State<MaterialDesktopControls>
   }
 
   Future<void> _initialize() async {
-    _subtitleOn = chewieController.subtitle?.isNotEmpty ?? false;
     controller.addListener(_updateState);
 
     _updateState();

lib/src/player_with_controls.dart

@@ -35,17 +35,15 @@ class PlayerWithControls extends StatelessWidget {
     ) {
       return Stack(
         children: <Widget>[
-          if (chewieController.placeholder != null)
-            chewieController.placeholder!,
+          if (chewieController.placeholder != null) chewieController.placeholder!,
           InteractiveViewer(
             transformationController: chewieController.transformationController,
             maxScale: chewieController.maxScale,
             panEnabled: chewieController.zoomAndPan,
             scaleEnabled: chewieController.zoomAndPan,
             child: Center(
               child: AspectRatio(
-                aspectRatio: chewieController.aspectRatio ??
-                    chewieController.videoPlayerController.value.aspectRatio,
+                aspectRatio: chewieController.aspectRatio ?? chewieController.videoPlayerController.value.aspectRatio,
                 child: VideoPlayer(chewieController.videoPlayerController),
               ),
             ),
@@ -83,8 +81,7 @@ class PlayerWithControls extends StatelessWidget {
       );
     }
 
-    return LayoutBuilder(
-        builder: (BuildContext context, BoxConstraints constraints) {
+    return LayoutBuilder(builder: (BuildContext context, BoxConstraints constraints) {
       return Center(
         child: SizedBox(
           height: constraints.maxHeight,