Add AVPlayer subview to UIView - ios

Question

I am using the following code to create a vertical scrollview with paging enabled which works perfectly fine. Now I would like to add a subview of the type AVPlayer (?) to homeView, view2, view3. I can put setupCustomPlayer() in the initiateScrollView() function which works very well, too. However, it is not attached to any of the previously-mentioned views. If I try to add a subview using the function addSubview(anything) it tells me a UIView is expected. I need the UIViews as the vertical sliding feed is very important. Does someone know how to add it as a subview? The video is going to cover the entire screen and going to serve as kind of a background video one could say (if you would like to know)
Code:
func setupCustomPlayer() {
print("check")
AVPlayerVC.view.frame = self.view.frame
AVPlayerVC.view.sizeToFit()
AVPlayerVC.showsPlaybackControls = false
self.view.addSubview(AVPlayerVC.view)
let videoURL = NSURL(string: "http://URL")
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL! as URL)
AVPlayerVC.player = player
AVPlayerVC.player?.play()
}
func initiateScrollView() {
//create scrollView with paging enabled
let scrollView = UIScrollView(frame: view.bounds)
scrollView.isPagingEnabled = true
view.addSubview(scrollView)
//do not show vertical scroll indicator
scrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = false;
//get page size
let pageSize = view.bounds.size
//individual views
let homeView = UIView()
homeView.backgroundColor = .green
let view2 = UIView()
view2.backgroundColor = .blue
let view3 = UIView()
view3.backgroundColor = .red
//array with individual views
let pagesViews = [homeView, view2, view3]
//amount of views
let numberOfPages = pagesViews.count
//add subviews (pages)
for (pageIndex, page) in pagesViews.enumerated(){
page.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x:0 , y:CGFloat(pageIndex) * pageSize.height), size: pageSize)
scrollView.addSubview(page)
}
//define size of scrollView
scrollView.contentSize = CGSize(width: pageSize.width, height: pageSize.height * CGFloat(numberOfPages))
}

Answer 1

Could you try this?
func setupCustomPlayer() {
print("check")
let player = AVPlayer(url: yourFileUrl)
var playerLayer: AVPlayerLayer?
playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
playerLayer?.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravity.resizeAspectFill
playerLayer!.frame = self.view.frame
self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer!)
player.play()
}