I am playing video from the url using AVPlayer. AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification is not firing. I have put the breakpoints to check. Below is my code snippet:-
#IBAction func playButtonClicked(sender: UIButton) {
let url:NSURL = NSURL(string: self.currentSelectedContent.link)!
moviePlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)
playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = moviePlayer
self.presentViewController(playerViewController, animated: true) {
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "moviePlayBackFinished", name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: self.moviePlayer)
self.playerViewController.player?.play()
}
}
func moviePlayBackFinished() {
self.playerViewController.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
According to the docs, the observed object must be the AVPlayerItem instance, not the AVPlayer itself. Try changing self.moviePlayer to self.moviePlayer.currentItem.
the property actionAtItemEnd of AVPlayer is KVO compliant:
moviePlayer.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "actionAtItemEnd", options: [], context: nil)
override func observeValueForKeyPath(keyPath: String?, ofObject object: AnyObject?, change: [String : AnyObject]?, context: UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>) {
if keyPath == "actionAtItemEnd"{
//
print("FINISH")
}
}
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avplayer/1387376-actionatitemend
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avplayeractionatitemend
This works for me:
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
selector:#selector(didEndPlayback),
name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object:nil)
Related
Is there any method to identify when we close the AVPlayerViewController when the video is still playing?
Attached the image as to which 'Close' button I am referring to.
try this :-
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
class VC: UIViewController {
var video_Url:String = String()
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
//MARK:- ViewDidload
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(string: video_Url)!)
playerController.player = player
self.present(playerController, animated: false) {
player.play()
self.playerController.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: #keyPath(UIViewController.view.frame), options: [.old, .new], context: nil)
}
}
override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime)
}
//MARK:- All Method
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated: false)
}
override func observeValue(forKeyPath keyPath: String?, of object: Any?, change: [NSKeyValueChangeKey : Any]?, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
self.playerController.removeObserver(self, forKeyPath: #keyPath(UIViewController.view.frame))
self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated: false)
}
}
When my video completes, I want it to pull down the AVPlayer and return to the Main View Controller.
I also want to pull the video down from my external screen/display when that's connected.
How do I do this?
I've tried a few different answers on here and none of them have worked so far.
NOTE: Four is the name of my video
#IBAction func fourVideoPlayButton(_ sender: Any) {
if let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "Four", ofType: "mp4") {
let fourVideo = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path))
let fourVideoPlayer = AVPlayerViewController()
fourVideoPlayer.player = fourVideo
present(fourVideoPlayer, animated: true, completion: {
fourVideo.play()
})
}
}
You need to add observer to detect when player is finished playing by
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("playerDidFinishPlaying:")),
name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: fourVideoPlayer.player.currentItem)
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
fourVideoPlayer.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
Hope this help!
In Swift 4.2,
let fourPlayerController = AVPlayerViewController()
#IBAction func fourVideoPlayButton(_ sender: Any) {
guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "Four", ofType:"mp4") else {
return
}
let fourVideoPlayer = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path))
fourPlayerController.player = fourVideoPlayer
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(playerDidFinishPlaying), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: fourPlayerController.player?.currentItem)
present(fourPlayerController, animated: true) {
fourVideoPlayer.play()
}
}
#objc func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
fourPlayerController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
fourPlayerController.dismiss(true, completion: nil)
fourPlayerController.view.removeFromSuperview()
self.presentedViewController?. dismiss(true, completion: nil)
}
I'm extremely new to Swift and iOS development, so please forgive my ignorance.
I'm trying to have the AVPlayer close automatically when the video is done playing. I've thought to attach the "playerDidFinishPlaying" listener to receive the notification, but once I have it, I can't find the method/event to close the Controller. I'm looking to mimic the action of clicking the "Done" button.
Here is a small snippet of code. Hopefully this is enough information. If not, I can provide further info
let destination = segue.destinationViewController as! AVPlayerViewController
let url = NSURL(string: "video url")
destination.player = AVPlayer(URL: url!)
destination.player?.play()
I've added the following notification, but again, I'm not sure what to do with it once I have it...
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "playerDidFinishPlaying:",
name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification,
object: destination.player!.currentItem)
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note:NSNotification){
print("finished")
// close window/controller
}
Lastly, I know I'll need to remove the observer, but I'm not sure when or where to do so. Any help is greatly appreciated.
In order to "close" the controller, you should call dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
So the code will look like:
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "playerDidFinishPlaying:",
name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification,
object: destination.player!.currentItem)
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note:NSNotification){
print("finished")
dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
if your viewController is inside of a UINavigationController stack, you can also do:
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "playerDidFinishPlaying:",
name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification,
object: destination.player!.currentItem)
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note:NSNotification){
print("finished")
navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
}
And for remove the observer, you can do within deinit{}:
deinit {
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self)
}
for #iOS 11 and swift 4.2 dismiss controller are not work so just add this key in your player setup code
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
self.playerVC?.exitsFullScreenWhenPlaybackEnds = true
}
if you wan to allow #iOS 10 as well then write this line.
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
self.playerVC?.exitsFullScreenWhenPlaybackEnds = true
}
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.playerItemDidReachEnd(notification:)), name: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object:self.playerVC?.player!.currentItem)
func playerItemDidReachEnd(note:NSNotification){
print("finished")
dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
Update for SWIFT 3:
Notes: The viewController where you are playing the audio needs: AVAudioPlayerDelegate
Also you dont need an observer
class myViewController: UIViewController, AVAudioPlayerDelegate {
var audioplayer = AVAudioPlayer()
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
if soundsON{
let myFilePathString = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "backgroundSound", ofType: "mp3")
if let myFilePathString = myFilePathString
{
let myFilePathURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: myFilePathString)
do{
try audioplayer = AVAudioPlayer(contentsOf: myFilePathURL)
audioplayer.delegate = self
audioplayer.prepareToPlay()
audioplayer.play()
}catch{
print("error playing coin sound")
}
}
}
}
In this example the sound will play at viewDidAppear, and when it finishes it will call: audioPlayerDidFinishPlaying:
func audioPlayerDidFinishPlaying(_ player: AVAudioPlayer, successfully flag: Bool) {
//Check if the sound that finishes comes from a certain AVAudioPlayer
if player == audioplayer{
print("The sound from -audioplayer- has finished")
// If you need to dismiss the VC:
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
I am using the MPMoviePlayerController to play a video. I want to dismiss the video when it has finished playing. Here is my code:
import UIKit
import MediaPlayer
class programViewController: UIViewController {
var moviePlayer : MPMoviePlayerController?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
playVideo("video", type: "mov")
}
func playVideo(navn:String, type:String) {
let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource(navn, ofType: type)
let url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path!)
moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: url)
if let player = moviePlayer {
player.view.frame = self.view.bounds
player.prepareToPlay()
player.scalingMode = .AspectFit
player.shouldAutoplay = true
player.fullscreen = false
self.view.addSubview(player.view)
}
}
}
You should add in playVideo function
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "movieFinishedCallback:", name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification, object: player)
and in your classs:
func movieFinishedCallback(notif:NSNotification) {
// Obtain the reason why the movie playback finished
var userInfo:Dictionary<String,Int!> = notif.userInfo as! Dictionary<String,Int!>
let finishReason : Int = userInfo[MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishReasonUserInfoKey]!
// Dismiss the view controller ONLY when the reason is not "playback ended"
if ( finishReason == MPMovieFinishReason.PlaybackEnded.rawValue)
{
let moviePlayer:MPMoviePlayerController = notif.object as! MPMoviePlayerController
// Remove this class from the observers
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self, name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification, object: self.moviePlayerController!.moviePlayer)
// Dismiss the view controller
moviePlayer.view.removeFromSuperview()
}
}
updated version of #roman-barzyczak's answer:
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(movieFinishedCallback(_:)), name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification, object: moviePlayer)
then:
func movieFinishedCallback(notification: NSNotification) {
if let userInfo = notification.userInfo as? [String : NSNumber] {
let reason = userInfo[MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishReasonUserInfoKey]
let finishReason = MPMovieFinishReason(rawValue: reason!.integerValue)
if (finishReason != MPMovieFinishReason.PlaybackEnded),
let moviePlayer = notification.object as? MPMoviePlayerController {
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self, name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification, object: moviePlayer)
moviePlayer.view.removeFromSuperview()
}
}
}
You would need to listen for MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification notification.
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("playerPlaybackDidFinish"), name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification, object: nil)
// Present
self.presentViewController(moviePlayer, animated: ture, completion: nil)
// Dismiss
moviewPlayer.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
It is possible just to delete the view from subviews, and because the last made subview is the movie player view you can delete it just by using this code:
self.view.subviews[self.view.subviews.count-1].removeFromSuperview()
I'am using AVPlayer for playing local video file (mp4) in Swift.
Does anyone know how to detect when video finish with playing?
Thanks
To get the AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification your object needs to be an AVPlayerItem.
To do so, just use the .currentItem property on your AVPlayer
Now you will get a notification once the video ends!
See my example:
let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "playerDidFinishPlaying:",
name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: videoPlayer.currentItem)
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
print("Video Finished")
}
Swift 3
let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("playerDidFinishPlaying:")),
name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: videoPlayer.currentItem)
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
print("Video Finished")
}
Don't forget to remove the Observer in your deinit
Swift 4, 5
NotificationCenter.default
.addObserver(self,
selector: #selector(playerDidFinishPlaying),
name: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime,
object: videoPlayer.currentItem
)
Swift 3.0
let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:#selector(self.playerDidFinishPlaying(note:)),name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)
#objc func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification){
print("Video Finished")
}
Swift 4.2 Version:
var player: AVPlayer!
//
//
// Configure Player
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
let filepath: String? = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "selectedFileName", ofType: "mp4")
if let filepath = filepath {
let fileURL = URL.init(fileURLWithPath: filepath)
player = AVPlayer(url: fileURL)
let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
// Register for notification
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
selector: #selector(playerItemDidReachEnd),
name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime,
object: nil) // Add observer
playerLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
player.play()
}
}
// Notification Handling
#objc func playerItemDidReachEnd(notification: NSNotification) {
player.seek(to: CMTime.zero)
player.play()
}
// Remove Observer
deinit {
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}
For SWIFT 3.0
This is working fine
class PlayVideoViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(PlayVideoViewController.finishVideo), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: nil)
}
func finishVideo()
{
print("Video Finished")
}
}
Swift 4.0
This one works for me. Thanks to #Channel
private func playVideo(fileURL: String) {
// Create RUL object
let url = URL(string: fileURL)
// Create Player Item object
let playerItem: AVPlayerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url!)
// Assign Item to Player
let player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
// Prepare AVPlayerViewController
let videoPlayer = AVPlayerViewController()
// Assign Video to AVPlayerViewController
videoPlayer.player = player
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(myViewController.finishVideo), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil)
// Present the AVPlayerViewController
present(videoPlayer, animated: true, completion: {
// Play the Video
player.play()
})
}
#objc func finishVideo()
{
print("Video Finished")
}
If you fancy using Combine:
private var cancelBag: Set<AnyCancellable> = []
NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime)
.sink { _ in
player.seek(to: CMTime.zero)
player.play()
}
.store(in: &cancelBag)
2019
It's really this simple
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
self,
selector: #selector(fileComplete),
name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime,
object: nil
)
(It's fine for the object to be nil.)
and then
#objc func fileComplete() {
print("IT'S DONE!")
}
SWIFT 5 Update
The observer method with #objc function is not native. It is better to use event publisher in swift 5. Very simple.
Declare the following in the struct:
var pub = NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime)
Then on any view, add
.onReceive(pub) { (output) in
print("Video Finished")
}
Swift 3.0
let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:#selector(self.playerDidFinishPlaying(note:)),name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification){
//Called when player finished playing
}
For SWIFT 3.0
Here 'fullUrl' is the URL of the video and make sure that there would be no space in the URL, You should replace 'Space' with '%20' so that URL will work file.
let videoURL = NSURL(string: fullUrl)
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL! as URL)
playerViewController.delegate = self
playerViewController.player = player
self.present(playerViewController, animated: false) {
self.playerViewController.player!.play()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(yourViewControllerName.playerDidFinishPlaying), name: Notification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: self.player?.currentItem)
}
Add this below given method in your view controller.
func playerDidFinishPlaying(){
print("Video Finished playing in style")
}
I know there are a lot of accepted answers here...
But, another route might be to add a boundary time observer to your AVPlayer. You would have to have the duration of the video, which you can get from your player.currentItem, and then add it as your desired time boundary.
fileprivate var videoEndObserver: Any?
func addVideoEndObserver() {
guard let player = YOUR_VIDEO_PLAYER else { return }
// This is just in case you are loading a video from a URL.
guard let duration = player.currentItem?.duration, duration.value != 0 else {
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5, execute: { [weak self] in
self?.addVideoEndObserver()
})
return
}
let endTime = NSValue(time: duration - CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(0.1, duration.timescale))
videoEndObserver = player.addBoundaryTimeObserver(forTimes: [endTime], queue: .main, using: {
self.removeVideoEndObserver()
// DO YOUR STUFF HERE...
})
}
func removeVideoEndObserver() {
guard let observer = videoEndObserver else { return }
videoPlayer.player?.removeTimeObserver(observer)
videoEndObserver = nil
}
func shareEditedVedio() -> AVPlayer {
let editedVedioPlayer = AVPlayer(url: self.vedioData.vedioURLWithAddedSounds!)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:#selector(self.playerDidFinishPlaying(note:)),name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: editedVedioPlayer.currentItem)
return editedVedioPlayer
}
#objc func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification){
//Called when player finished playing
}
In Swift 3 and RxSwift 3.5 all you have to do is:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NotificationCenter.default.rx.notification(Notification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime)
.asObservable().subscribe(onNext: { [weak self] notification in
//Your action
}).addDisposableTo(disposeBag)
}
Using Combine, and also making sure the notification comes from the AVPlayerItem you are interested in and not just any. I am playing multiple items at once, so this would work in that scenario as well.
private var subscriptions: Set<AnyCancellable> = []
NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)
.receive(on: RunLoop.main)
.sink { [weak self] notification in
guard let item = notification.object as? AVPlayerItem else { return }
if item == self?.player.currentItem {
//.... Here you know it was the item you are interested in that played to end and not just any
}
}
.store(in: &subscriptions)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil, queue: .main) { noti in
guard let item = noti.object as? AVPlayerItem else{
return
}
//DidPlayToEndTime
}
I had an issue with the Notification never getting called, setting the notification inside the presentation of the AVPlayerViewController solved it for me:
func presentVideo(url:URL) {
let player = AVPlayer(url: url)
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
playerViewController.player!.play()
//NOTE: The notification must be created here for it to work as expected
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.videoDidEnd), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil)
}
}
}
Another solution:
player.observe(\AVPlayer.actionAtItemEnd) { player, _ in
print("video did end")
}