Removing the QuickTime icon from AVPlayerViewController - ios

Question

I am building a screen where users can play audio files using an AVPlayerViewController. The problem is that I can't get rid of the QuickTime logo in the player view, see screenshot:
My code:
do {
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback)
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
guard let url = URL(string: filePath!) else {
return
}
let player = AVPlayer(url: url)
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
controller.modalPresentationStyle = .overFullScreen
controller.player = player
self.present(controller, animated: true) {
player.play()
}
} catch {
}
I've tried adding an UIImageView using controller.contentOverlayView?.addSubView(), but I can't center that properly. How do I customize the layout of the player without having to build my own interface from scratch?

Answer 1

What you tried is correct: just add a subview to the content overlay view. But you left out one step: you must give both the subview and the content overlay view constraints, to make them cover the player controller’s view completely.
Example (my av is your controller):
let iv = UIView()
iv.backgroundColor = .white
av.contentOverlayView!.addSubview(iv)
let v = av.contentOverlayView!
iv.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
iv.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo:v.bottomAnchor),
iv.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo:v.topAnchor),
iv.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo:v.leadingAnchor),
iv.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo:v.trailingAnchor),
])
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
v.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo:av.view.bottomAnchor),
v.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo:av.view.topAnchor),
v.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo:av.view.leadingAnchor),
v.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo:av.view.trailingAnchor),
])

Answer 2

If all you want to do is remove the "Q" logo without replacing it with anything, you can get rid of this way:
(avPlayerViewController?.view.subviews.first?.subviews.first as? UIImageView)?.image = nil
But, at least for me, the "Q" logo usually only appears about 2 seconds after I've set up the player view controller. So you might need to use a timer to get the above code to run about 2 seconds after creating the player.