How do I dismiss the AVPlayer automatically when playback has completed? - ios

Question

I have an app that plays local videos using the AVPlayerViewController.
But when the video has finished playing I want it to close automatically (like the MPMoviePlayerViewController used to do).
After posting this question, I managed to solve this partially thanks to the answers below and partially from Apples "Guides and Sample code".
This is the code that worked for me:
#import "ViewController.h"
#import AVFoundation;
#import AVKit;
#interface ViewController ()
#property(nonatomic, readonly) AVPlayerItem *currentItem;
#end
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
-(void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *) notification {
//remove the player
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
- (IBAction)playVideo:(id)sender {
// grab a local URL to our video
NSURL *videoURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle]URLForResource:#"bagare" withExtension:#"mp4"];
// create an AVPlayer
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:videoURL];
// create a player view controller
AVPlayerViewController *controller = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc]init];
controller.player = player;
[player play];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
// show the view controller
controller.view.frame = self.view.frame;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:)
name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
object:_currentItem];
}
#end

Answer 1

NSURL *url=[NSURL URLWithString:#"URLLINK"];
AVAsset *avAsset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:url];
AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc]initWithAsset:avAsset];
Subscribe to the AVPlayerItem's DidPlayToEndTime notification.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(itemDidFinishPlaying:) name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification object:playerItem];
Pass the AVPlayerItem to a new player
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:videoURL]
AVPlayerViewController *controller=[[AVPlayerViewController alloc]init];
controller.player=player;
[player play];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
Here remove Player dismiss or Player added view
-(void)itemDidFinishPlaying:(NSNotification *) notification {
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]removeObserver:self name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification object:playerItem];
}

Answer 2

This should work:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(videoDidFinish:)
name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
object:[controller.player currentItem]];
- (void)videoDidFinish:(id)notification
{
AVPlayerItem *p = [notification object];
//do something with player if you want
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
//fade out / remove subview
}

Answer 3

In .h file
#property(nonatomic, strong)AVPlayerViewController *controller;
In .m file:
- (IBAction)playVideo:(id)sender {
// grab a local URL to our video
NSURL *videoURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle]URLForResource:#"bagare" withExtension:#"mp4"];
// create an AVPlayer
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:videoURL];
// create a player view controller
self.controller = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc]init];
controller.player = player;
[player play];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
// show the view controller
controller.view.frame = self.view.frame;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:)
name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
object:_currentItem];
}
And for dismiss:
- (void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *)notification {
[self.controller dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}