Get link to media from AVFullScreenViewController iOS 8 - ios

Question

i'am trying to get links to video when something begin to play (for example any YouTube video).
First i catch when video begin to play
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(videoStarted:) name:#"UIWindowDidBecomeVisibleNotification" object:nil];
then with delay try to get link
-(void)videoStarted:(NSNotification *)notification
{
NSLog(#"notification dic = %#", [notification userInfo]);
[self performSelector:#selector(detectModal) withObject:nil afterDelay:2.5f];
}
-(void)detectModal
{
CUViewController *controller = (CUViewController *)[appDelegate.window rootViewController].presentedViewController;
NSLog(#"Presented modal = %#", [appDelegate.window rootViewController].presentedViewController);
if(controller && [controller respondsToSelector:#selector(item)])
{
id currentItem = [controller item];
if(currentItem && [currentItem respondsToSelector:#selector(asset)])
{
AVURLAsset *asset = (AVURLAsset *)[currentItem asset];
if([asset respondsToSelector:#selector(URL)] && asset.URL)
[self newLinkDetected:[[asset URL] absoluteString]];
NSLog(#"asset find = %#", asset);
}
}
else
{
for (UIWindow *window in [UIApplication sharedApplication].windows) {
if ([window.rootViewController.presentedViewController isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"AVFullScreenViewController")])
{
controller = (CUViewController *)window.rootViewController.presentedViewController;
for(int i = 0; i < [controller.view.subviews count]; i++)
{
UIView *topView = [controller.view.subviews objectAtIndex:i];
NSLog(#"top view = %#", topView);
for(int j = 0; j < [topView.subviews count]; j++)
{
UIView *subView = [topView.subviews objectAtIndex:j];
NSLog(#"sub view = %#", subView);
for (int k = 0; k < [subView.subviews count]; k++)
{
CUPlayerView *subsubView = (CUPlayerView *)[subView.subviews objectAtIndex:k];
NSLog(#"sub sub view = %# class = %#", subsubView, NSStringFromClass([subsubView class]));
if([NSStringFromClass([subsubView class]) isEqualToString:#"AVVideoLayerView"])
{
NSLog(#"player view controller = %#", subsubView.playerController);
CUPlayerController *pController = subsubView.playerController;
NSLog(#"item = %#", [pController player]);
CUPlayerController *proxyPlayer = pController.playerControllerProxy;
if(proxyPlayer)
{
AVPlayer *player = [proxyPlayer player];
NSLog(#"find player = %# chapters = %#", player, proxyPlayer.contentChapters);
break;
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
CUViewController, CUPlayerView, CUPlayerController - fake classes it's and looks like this
#interface CUPlayerController : UIViewController
#property(nonatomic, retain) id playerControllerProxy;
#property(nonatomic, retain) id player;
#property(nonatomic, retain) id item;
- (id)contentChapters;
#end
everything is okay until this line
NSLog(#"find player = %# chapters = %#", player, proxyPlayer.contentChapters);
player is always nil. Maybe there is a more simple way to get link to media?

Answer 1

First off I'd like to focus on your AVPlayer which plays an AVPlayerItem. An AVPlayerItem object carries a reference to an AVAsset object and presentation settings for that asset. When you use the playerWithURL: method of AVPlayer it automatically creates the AVPlayerItem backed by an asset that is a subclass of AVAsset named AVURLAsset. AVURLAsset has a URL property. So if you use that you can get the NSURL of the currently playing item. Here's an example function of getting URL:
-(NSURL *)urlOfCurrentlyPlayingInPlayer:(AVPlayer *)player{
// get current asset
AVAsset *currentPlayerAsset = player.currentItem.asset;
// make sure the current asset is an AVURLAsset
if (![currentPlayerAsset isKindOfClass:AVURLAsset.class]) return nil;
// return the NSURL
return [(AVURLAsset *)currentPlayerAsset URL];
}
I think it's just a matter of how you fit this thing around your code. Hope this helps.