Play video in view controller - ios

Question

FYI, I am using this Github Player: https://github.com/piemonte/Player
I am trying to play a video, but it wont work. On the View Controller's UIView i use background color blue, and when I run this project, I only see a bue background without a player. This is my code:
import UIKit
import Player
import AVFoundation
class ViewController: UIViewController, PlayerDelegate {
#IBOutlet var myView: UIView!
private var player: Player!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
let fileUrl = NSURL(string: "https://parseapi.back4app.com/files/SAQY2fBCiob9UMqITqAEMo7UxNsU6MCCUURf53Ee/d349a0bdd0962cb0f570c95621aee6df_video.mp4")
self.player = Player()
self.player.delegate = self
player.view.frame.size.width = UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.width
player.view.frame.size.height = player.view.frame.size.width
player.fillMode = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill
player.view.sizeToFit()
myView.addSubview(player.view)
let videoUrl: NSURL = fileUrl!
self.player.setUrl(videoUrl)
self.player.playFromBeginning()
self.player.playbackLoops = true
let tapGestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTapGestureRecognizer:")
tapGestureRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
self.player.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGestureRecognizer)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
// MARK: PlayerDelegate Start
func handleTapGestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
switch (self.player.playbackState.rawValue) {
case PlaybackState.Stopped.rawValue:
self.player.playFromBeginning()
case PlaybackState.Paused.rawValue:
self.player.playFromCurrentTime()
case PlaybackState.Playing.rawValue:
self.player.pause()
case PlaybackState.Failed.rawValue:
self.player.pause()
default:
self.player.pause()
}
}
func playerReady(player: Player) {
}
func playerPlaybackStateDidChange(player: Player) {
}
func playerBufferingStateDidChange(player: Player) {
}
func playerPlaybackWillStartFromBeginning(player: Player) {
}
func playerPlaybackDidEnd(player: Player) {
}
/* override func awakeFromNib() {
self.collectionView.autoresizesSubviews = true
self.collectionView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleWidth
self.collectionView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = true
}*/
// MARK: PlayerDelegate Stop
}
Attempt nr 2:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
let fileUrl = NSURL(string: "https://parseapi.back4app.com/files/SAQY2fBCiob9UMqITqAEMo7UxNsU6MCCUURf53Ee/d349a0bdd0962cb0f570c95621aee6df_video.mp4")
self.player = Player()
self.player.delegate = self
self.player.view.frame = self.view.bounds
self.addChildViewController(self.player)
self.view.addSubview(self.player.view)
self.player.didMoveToParentViewController(self)
let videoUrl: NSURL = fileUrl!
self.player.setUrl(videoUrl)
self.player.playFromBeginning()
self.player.playbackLoops = true
let tapGestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTapGestureRecognizer:")
tapGestureRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
self.player.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGestureRecognizer)
}
When I try to open the link in Safari, it doesn't work, but in Chrome it works fine.. Any suggestions what might be wrong?

Answer 1

Actually the player is not actually added to your view yet.
Please follow this to add this on your view as a sub-viewcontroller.
self.player = Player()
self.player.delegate = self
self.player.view.frame = self.view.bounds
self.addChildViewController(self.player)
self.view.addSubview(self.player.view)
self.player.didMoveToParentViewController(self)