MPMoviePlayerController not resuming while streaming through url - ios

I have MPMoviePlayerController and it start with url but it doesn't resume after pausing, I don't know how to resume after successful buffer of video.
Please help me.
Thanks in advance.
I tried with this
self.moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerViewController(contentURL: url)
self.moviePlayer?.moviePlayer.prepareToPlay()
self.moviePlayer?.moviePlayer?.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceType.Unknown
self.moviePlayer?.moviePlayer.play()
self.presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated(self.moviePlayer)

You can use MPMoviePlayerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification to get notified for state change. Then check MPMoviePlaybackState for desired state and resume your video. For more reference you can refer to apple document for MPMoviePlayerController. Also set its shouldAutoplay property to YES.
Also checkout this answer in case your self.moviePlayer is not working properly because it is getting out of scope. Try using it as a member variable.

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