How to play a video from file path in AVPlayer? - ios

Question

I have recorded a video from my app which saves the video in Photos app in iPhone. The file path of the video saved is:
file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/0A8F1D57-7336-4D52-8B64-928C381DBC4F/Documents/2022-04-14#14-26-59GMT+05:00ARVideo.mp4
How can I play the video from the file path in AVPlayer?
class SecondViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
playVideo()
}
private func playVideo() {
guard let filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/0A8F1D57-7336-4D52-8B64-928C381DBC4F/Documents/2022-04-14#14-26-59GMT+05:00ARVideo.mp4", ofType: "mp4") else { return}
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: filePath))
let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
vc.player = player
present(vc, animated: true)
}
}

Answer 1

import AVKit
func playVideo(){
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(video url string) ?? URL(fileURLWithPath: "") )
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.player = player
self.addChild(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = self.view.frame
playerController.exitsFullScreenWhenPlaybackEnds = true
player.play()
}

Answer 2

class SecondViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
playVideo()
}
// if u have video in app directory/ document directory
private func playVideo() {
guard let url = URL(string: "file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/0A8F1D57-7336-4D52-8B64-928C381DBC4F/Documents/2022-04-14#14-26-59GMT+05:00ARVideo.mp4")
else {
print("url not exist")
return
}
let player = AVPlayer(url: url)
let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
vc.player = player
present(vc, animated: true)
}
// if u have video locally that u put in ur project then
private func playVideoFromLocal() {
guard let fileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "file_example_MOV_480_700kB", withExtension: "mov") else {return}
let player = AVPlayer(url: fileURL)
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
vc.player = player
present(vc, animated: true)
}
}

Answer 3

The path of the documents changes for the app each time it is launched, which changes the first part of the URL.
Try the following updated function to get the current location of the file:
private func playVideo() {
let documentsPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0]
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: documentsPath.appendingFormat("/your-video-name-here.mp4")))
let player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
vc.player = player
present(vc, animated: true)
}