diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33d1d1885..813d9f418 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 1.8.0
+* 🛠️ [#814](https://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie/pull/814): Refactor VideoPlayerController initialization to adhere to video_player ^2.8.2 guidelines. Thanks [ishworpanta10](https://github.com/ishworpanta10).
+* 🛠️ [#815](https://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie/pull/815): Fix the Safe area conflict for material controls in Android. Thanks [MadGeorge](https://github.com/MadGeorge).
+* 🛠️ [#821](https://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie/pull/821): Upgrade chewie's dependency package. Thanks [ycv005](https://github.com/ycv005).
+* 🛠️ [#824](https://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie/pull/824): Flutter 3.19 enforcement. Thanks [diegotori](https://github.com/diegotori).
+* **BREAKING CHANGE**: Library now requires at least Flutter and Dart versions `3.19.0` and `3.3` respectively.
+
+
 ## 1.7.5
 * 🛠️ [#810](https://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie/pull/810): Fixed : Web full screen issue (#790 #688). Thanks [ToddZeil](https://github.com/ToddZeil).
 * 🛠️ [#802](https://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie/pull/802): Update chewie_player.dart. Thanks [B0yma](https://github.com/B0yma).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f3f365d5..7819647b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ dependencies:
 
 ```dart
 import 'package:chewie/chewie.dart';
-final videoPlayerController = VideoPlayerController.network(
-    'https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/butterfly.mp4');
+final videoPlayerController = VideoPlayerController.networkUrl(Uri.parse(
+    'https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/butterfly.mp4'));
 
 await videoPlayerController.initialize();
 
diff --git a/example/lib/app/app.dart b/example/lib/app/app.dart
index 479079832..f337442ec 100644
--- a/example/lib/app/app.dart
+++ b/example/lib/app/app.dart
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:chewie/chewie.dart';
 import 'package:chewie_example/app/theme.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-// ignore: depend_on_referenced_packages
 import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
 
 class ChewieDemo extends StatefulWidget {
   const ChewieDemo({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     this.title = 'Chewie Demo',
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  });
 
   final String title;
 
@@ -336,8 +335,7 @@ class _ChewieDemoState extends State<ChewieDemo> {
 }
 
 class DelaySlider extends StatefulWidget {
-  const DelaySlider({Key? key, required this.delay, required this.onSave})
-      : super(key: key);
+  const DelaySlider({super.key, required this.delay, required this.onSave});
 
   final int? delay;
   final void Function(int?) onSave;
diff --git a/example/pubspec.yaml b/example/pubspec.yaml
index b55303e75..0647d555c 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/example/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version: 1.0.0
 publish_to: none
 
 environment:
-  sdk: '>=2.18.0 <4.0.0'
-  flutter: ">=3.10.0"
+  sdk: '>=3.3.0 <4.0.0'
+  flutter: ">=3.19.0"
 
 dependencies:
   chewie:
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
 
+  video_player: any
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test:
     sdk: flutter
-  flutter_lints: ^2.0.1
+  flutter_lints: ^3.0.2
 
 # For information on the generic Dart part of this file, see the
 # following page: https://www.dartlang.org/tools/pub/pubspec
diff --git a/lib/src/animated_play_pause.dart b/lib/src/animated_play_pause.dart
index bef2dc3cf..e41111b7a 100644
--- a/lib/src/animated_play_pause.dart
+++ b/lib/src/animated_play_pause.dart
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 /// A widget that animates implicitly between a play and a pause icon.
 class AnimatedPlayPause extends StatefulWidget {
   const AnimatedPlayPause({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.playing,
     this.size,
     this.color,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  });
 
   final double? size;
   final bool playing;
diff --git a/lib/src/center_play_button.dart b/lib/src/center_play_button.dart
index 0f23d4f77..2b1656497 100644
--- a/lib/src/center_play_button.dart
+++ b/lib/src/center_play_button.dart
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 class CenterPlayButton extends StatelessWidget {
   const CenterPlayButton({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.backgroundColor,
     this.iconColor,
     required this.show,
     required this.isPlaying,
     required this.isFinished,
     this.onPressed,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  });
 
   final Color backgroundColor;
   final Color? iconColor;
diff --git a/lib/src/chewie_player.dart b/lib/src/chewie_player.dart
index a63f5104e..dfa6f0041 100644
--- a/lib/src/chewie_player.dart
+++ b/lib/src/chewie_player.dart
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ typedef ChewieRoutePageBuilder = Widget Function(
 /// make it easy to use!
 class Chewie extends StatefulWidget {
   const Chewie({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.controller,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  });
 
   /// The [ChewieController]
   final ChewieController controller;
@@ -662,10 +662,10 @@ class ChewieController extends ChangeNotifier {
 
 class ChewieControllerProvider extends InheritedWidget {
   const ChewieControllerProvider({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.controller,
-    required Widget child,
-  }) : super(key: key, child: child);
+    required super.child,
+  });
 
   final ChewieController controller;
 
diff --git a/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_controls.dart b/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_controls.dart
index 6fd319e43..df1475274 100644
--- a/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_controls.dart
+++ b/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_controls.dart
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ class CupertinoControls extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.backgroundColor,
     required this.iconColor,
     this.showPlayButton = true,
-    Key? key,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+    super.key,
+  });
 
   final Color backgroundColor;
   final Color iconColor;
@@ -822,12 +822,10 @@ class _CupertinoControlsState extends State<CupertinoControls>
 
 class _PlaybackSpeedDialog extends StatelessWidget {
   const _PlaybackSpeedDialog({
-    Key? key,
     required List<double> speeds,
     required double selected,
   })  : _speeds = speeds,
-        _selected = selected,
-        super(key: key);
+        _selected = selected;
 
   final List<double> _speeds;
   final double _selected;
diff --git a/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_progress_bar.dart b/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_progress_bar.dart
index 8e14962bc..04ca99f59 100644
--- a/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_progress_bar.dart
+++ b/lib/src/cupertino/cupertino_progress_bar.dart
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ class CupertinoVideoProgressBar extends StatelessWidget {
     this.onDragEnd,
     this.onDragStart,
     this.onDragUpdate,
-    Key? key,
-  })  : colors = colors ?? ChewieProgressColors(),
-        super(key: key);
+    super.key,
+  }) : colors = colors ?? ChewieProgressColors();
 
   final VideoPlayerController controller;
   final ChewieProgressColors colors;
diff --git a/lib/src/cupertino/widgets/cupertino_options_dialog.dart b/lib/src/cupertino/widgets/cupertino_options_dialog.dart
index 0dbf27801..1fa07aa52 100644
--- a/lib/src/cupertino/widgets/cupertino_options_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/src/cupertino/widgets/cupertino_options_dialog.dart
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
 
 class CupertinoOptionsDialog extends StatefulWidget {
   const CupertinoOptionsDialog({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.options,
     this.cancelButtonText,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  });
 
   final List<OptionItem> options;
   final String? cancelButtonText;
diff --git a/lib/src/helpers/adaptive_controls.dart b/lib/src/helpers/adaptive_controls.dart
index be59a7f66..e8dbdef4f 100644
--- a/lib/src/helpers/adaptive_controls.dart
+++ b/lib/src/helpers/adaptive_controls.dart
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 class AdaptiveControls extends StatelessWidget {
   const AdaptiveControls({
-    Key? key,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+    super.key,
+  });
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
diff --git a/lib/src/material/material_controls.dart b/lib/src/material/material_controls.dart
index 92be36fbe..70711173b 100644
--- a/lib/src/material/material_controls.dart
+++ b/lib/src/material/material_controls.dart
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
 class MaterialControls extends StatefulWidget {
   const MaterialControls({
     this.showPlayButton = true,
-    Key? key,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+    super.key,
+  });
 
   final bool showPlayButton;
 
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ class _MaterialControlsState extends State<MaterialControls>
           bottom: !chewieController.isFullScreen ? 10.0 : 0,
         ),
         child: SafeArea(
+          top: false,
           bottom: chewieController.isFullScreen,
           minimum: chewieController.controlsSafeAreaMinimum,
           child: Column(
diff --git a/lib/src/material/material_desktop_controls.dart b/lib/src/material/material_desktop_controls.dart
index 2e1a92d9c..41ab86906 100644
--- a/lib/src/material/material_desktop_controls.dart
+++ b/lib/src/material/material_desktop_controls.dart
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
 class MaterialDesktopControls extends StatefulWidget {
   const MaterialDesktopControls({
     this.showPlayButton = true,
-    Key? key,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+    super.key,
+  });
 
   final bool showPlayButton;
 
diff --git a/lib/src/material/material_progress_bar.dart b/lib/src/material/material_progress_bar.dart
index ebfee55b5..63b091c7d 100644
--- a/lib/src/material/material_progress_bar.dart
+++ b/lib/src/material/material_progress_bar.dart
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ class MaterialVideoProgressBar extends StatelessWidget {
     this.onDragEnd,
     this.onDragStart,
     this.onDragUpdate,
-    Key? key,
-  })  : colors = colors ?? ChewieProgressColors(),
-        super(key: key);
+    super.key,
+  }) : colors = colors ?? ChewieProgressColors();
 
   final double height;
   final VideoPlayerController controller;
diff --git a/lib/src/material/widgets/options_dialog.dart b/lib/src/material/widgets/options_dialog.dart
index bca7a9a2d..41a206319 100644
--- a/lib/src/material/widgets/options_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/src/material/widgets/options_dialog.dart
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 class OptionsDialog extends StatefulWidget {
   const OptionsDialog({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.options,
     this.cancelButtonText,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  });
 
   final List<OptionItem> options;
   final String? cancelButtonText;
diff --git a/lib/src/material/widgets/playback_speed_dialog.dart b/lib/src/material/widgets/playback_speed_dialog.dart
index 84ff79f73..0525a8f3b 100644
--- a/lib/src/material/widgets/playback_speed_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/src/material/widgets/playback_speed_dialog.dart
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 class PlaybackSpeedDialog extends StatelessWidget {
   const PlaybackSpeedDialog({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required List<double> speeds,
     required double selected,
   })  : _speeds = speeds,
-        _selected = selected,
-        super(key: key);
+        _selected = selected;
 
   final List<double> _speeds;
   final double _selected;
diff --git a/lib/src/player_with_controls.dart b/lib/src/player_with_controls.dart
index a6294bcc0..98de90f68 100644
--- a/lib/src/player_with_controls.dart
+++ b/lib/src/player_with_controls.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
 
 class PlayerWithControls extends StatelessWidget {
-  const PlayerWithControls({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
+  const PlayerWithControls({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
diff --git a/lib/src/progress_bar.dart b/lib/src/progress_bar.dart
index 80cd23375..2494abf36 100644
--- a/lib/src/progress_bar.dart
+++ b/lib/src/progress_bar.dart
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ class VideoProgressBar extends StatefulWidget {
     this.onDragEnd,
     this.onDragStart,
     this.onDragUpdate,
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.barHeight,
     required this.handleHeight,
     required this.drawShadow,
-  })  : colors = colors ?? ChewieProgressColors(),
-        super(key: key);
+  }) : colors = colors ?? ChewieProgressColors();
 
   final VideoPlayerController controller;
   final ChewieProgressColors colors;
@@ -126,14 +125,14 @@ class _VideoProgressBarState extends State<VideoProgressBar> {
 
 class StaticProgressBar extends StatelessWidget {
   const StaticProgressBar({
-    Key? key,
+    super.key,
     required this.value,
     required this.colors,
     required this.barHeight,
     required this.handleHeight,
     required this.drawShadow,
     this.latestDraggableOffset,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  });
 
   final Offset? latestDraggableOffset;
   final VideoPlayerValue value;
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index cbd1057f6..136bf22d9 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 name: chewie
 description: A video player for Flutter with Cupertino and Material play controls
-version: 1.7.5
-homepage: http://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie
+version: 1.8.0
+homepage: https://github.com/fluttercommunity/chewie
 
 environment:
-  sdk: '>=2.18.0 <4.0.0'
-  flutter: ">=3.3.0"
+  sdk: '>=3.3.0 <4.0.0'
+  flutter: ">=3.19.0"
 
 dependencies:
   cupertino_icons: ^1.0.5
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
-  provider: ^6.0.5
-  video_player: ^2.7.0
-  wakelock_plus: ^1.1.0
+  provider: ^6.1.2
+  video_player: ^2.8.3
+  wakelock_plus: ^1.2.1
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test:
     sdk: flutter
-  flutter_lints: ^2.0.2
+  flutter_lints: ^3.0.2
 
 flutter:
   uses-material-design: true