avplayerviewcontroller

Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints Warnings with AVPlayerViewController embedded in storyboard

September 23, 2023 by Tarik

In fact, I think it’s bug on Apple side. I found a workaround : set showsPlaybackControls to YES after the AVPlayerViewController.player have been set. I modify your sample with the following lines and no more Constraint error appears : @interface ViewController () @property(weak, nonatomic) AVPlayerViewController * playerViewController; @end @implementation ViewController – (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; … Read more

Swift: AVPlayer playing video is showing this error: [AVOutputContext] WARNING: AVF context unavailable for sharedAudioPresentationContext

September 4, 2023 by Tarik

I had similar issue with mp4 file stored on device which got fixed by prepending “file://” to the file path guard let strPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: “demo”, ofType: “mp4”), let url = URL(string: “file://\(strPath)”) else { print(“Umm, looks like an invalid URL!”) return } Inspired by this post

No AVPlayer Delegate? How to track when song finished playing? Objective C iPhone development

January 22, 2023 by Tarik

Yes, the AVPlayer class does not have a delegate protocol like the AVAudioPlayer. You need to subscribe to notifications on an AVPlayerItem. You can create an AVPlayerItem using the same URL that you would otherwise pass to -initWithURL: on AVPlayer. -(void)startPlaybackForItemWithURL:(NSURL*)url { // First create an AVPlayerItem AVPlayerItem* playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:url]; // Subscribe to … Read more

How to play a local video with Swift?

November 12, 2022 by Tarik

Sure you can use Swift! 1. Adding the video file Add the video (lets call it video.m4v) to your Xcode project 2. Checking your video is into the Bundle Open the Project Navigator cmd + 1 Then select your project root > your Target > Build Phases > Copy Bundle Resources. Your video MUST be … Read more

How to play video with AVPlayerViewController (AVKit) in Swift

October 21, 2022 by Tarik

Swift 3.x – 5.x Necessary: import AVKit, import AVFoundation AVFoundation framework is needed even if you use AVPlayer If you want to use AVPlayerViewController: let videoURL = URL(string: “https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4”) let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL!) let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController() playerViewController.player = player self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) { playerViewController.player!.play() } or just AVPlayer: let videoURL = URL(string: “https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4”) … Read more