I create a MPMoviePlayerController in detailView(UIVIew), now i want to force MPMoviePlayerController to landscape view when user click on FullScreen button. Can i do that? Please give me any suggestion. Thanks in advance.And this is my code to create :
NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL URLWithString:previewString];
movieController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
[movieController.view setFrame:CGRectMake(10,130, 275 , 150)];
movieController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
[detailview addSubview:movieController.view];
[movieController prepareToPlay];
movieController.shouldAutoplay = NO;
and willEnterFullscreen () function:
- (void)willEnterFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"willEnterFullscreen");
donepress = YES;
// nothing
}
I tried search but still do not have any good answer. Please help me. thanks so much
YES, you can do that with two notification observer to change the full orientation.
First, Add two notification observer to your AppDelegate didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayerWillEnterFullscreenNotification:) name:MPMoviePlayerWillEnterFullscreenNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayerWillExitFullscreenNotification:) name:MPMoviePlayerWillExitFullscreenNotification object:nil];
Second, Add the method and property
- (void) moviePlayerWillEnterFullscreenNotification:(NSNotification*)notification {
self.allowRotation = YES;
}
- (void) moviePlayerWillExitFullscreenNotification:(NSNotification*)notification {
self.allowRotation = NO;
}
Third, override the supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow method, you can return whatever orientation you want
-(NSUInteger)application:(UIApplication *)application supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)window
{
if (self.allowRotation) {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeRight;
}
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}
I have two view controllers.One view has button, when user click on the button he will redirect to another view where MPMoviePlayer Controller is present.I want to show MPMoviePlayer controller view to LandsapeRight mode by Default.
I write the below code in buttonAction
-(void)buttonAction
{
tLive = [[toneTvlive alloc]init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:tLive animated:YES];
}
and in the 2nd view i write the below code
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
printf("\n hii");
self.navigationController.navigationBar.hidden = YES;
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]setStatusBarHidden:NO];
NSURL *mediaURL = [NSURL URLWithString:#""];
mp = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:mediaURL];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:nil];
//[mp setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
[mp setMovieSourceType:MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming];
[mp setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];
[mp.view setFrame: CGRectMake(0,0, 480,320)];
[self.view addSubview:mp.view];
[mp prepareToPlay];
[mp play];
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
// Return YES for supported orientations.
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}
while run the program first it shows the view in portrait mode only.It doesn't prompt the view to rotate in landscape,but after when i rotate the device once it works fine.Can anyone please help me to solve this.
If you're using iOS 6+ you can autorotate the view controller to landscape:
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {
return YES;
}
If you're targeting earlier iOS versions, here's a good SO answer about the same thing.
It seems the best (only?) way to rotate an MPMoviePlayerController to landscape is to use an MPMoviePlayerViewController .
I'm currently modifying an open source game which, unfortunately, does not have a root UIViewController set. Is there any way to set the orientation only with MPMoviePlayerController, or do I have to suck it up and hack a root UIViewController into this application?
Edit: in response to Shivan Raptor, the game is Canabalt: https://github.com/ericjohnson/canabalt-ios. I'm instantiating an MPMoviePlayerController as follows:
self.moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:self.videoTempFilePath];
self.moviePlayerController.repeatMode = MPMovieRepeatModeNone;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlaybackComplete:)
name:MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification
object:self.moviePlayerController];
[glView addSubview:self.moviePlayerController.view];
// MUST SET THIS HERE AFTER WE ADD AS SUBVIEW
self.moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
[self.moviePlayerController play];
The movie plays in portrait and stays locked there, but I'd like to play it in landscape.
I created a root UIViewController and made the MPMoviePlayerViewController a child of it. This created the desired effect.
I think this might helpful.
- (BOOL) shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)toInterfaceOrientation {
if (toInterfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight) {
[self.view setTransform:CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI / 2)];
return true;
}
else if (toInterfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) {
[self.view setTransform:CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI * 2)];
return true;
}
else if (toInterfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait) {
[self.view setTransform:CGAffineTransformIdentity];
return true;
}
else return false;
}
In MPMoviePlayerController, when ever the controls disappear, even the status bar is disappearing with it. Since i want the status bar to appear even when the control disappears, i placed the below code
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];
But the above code is not making any difference, teh status bar is getting disappeared along with the player controls. How to solve this problem.
Please find the code below, and let me know how to rectify it.
- (void) readyPlayer {
mp = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
if ([mp respondsToSelector:#selector(loadState)])
{
// Set movie player layout
[mp setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
[mp setFullscreen:YES];
// May help to reduce latency
[mp prepareToPlay];
// Register that the load state changed (movie is ready)
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:) name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
} else {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePreloadDidFinish:) name:MPMediaPlaybackIsPreparedToPlayDidChangeNotification
object:nil];
}
// Register to receive a notification when the movie has finished playing.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
}
- (void) moviePlayerLoadStateChanged:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"moviePlayerLoadStateChanged");
// Unless state is unknown, start playback
if ([mp loadState] != MPMovieLoadStateUnknown)
{
// Remove observer
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification
object:nil];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];
// Rotate the view for landscape playback
[[self view] setBounds:CGRectMake(0, 0, 768, 1000)];
// Set frame of movieplayer
[[mp view] setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 768, 1000)];
// Add movie player as subview
[[self view] addSubview:[mp view]];
// Play the movie
[mp play];
}
}
- (void) moviePreloadDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {
// Remove observer
NSLog(#"moviePreloadDidFinish");
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:nil
name:MPMediaPlaybackIsPreparedToPlayDidChangeNotification
object:nil];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];
// Play the movie
[mp play];
}
- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"moviePlayBackDidFinish");
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];
// Remove observer
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:nil];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
This is a well-known issue of MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen. Simply use the MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded controlStyle and you are good to go.
And, by the way, that is the more adequate controlStyle for embedded usage anyways.
I want to show a MPMoviePlayerController in a view controller and let the user toggle full screen with the default controls, like the YouTube app. I'm using the following code in a bare-bones example:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
self.player.contentURL = theURL;
self.player.view.frame = self.viewForMovie.bounds;
self.player.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
[self.viewForMovie addSubview:player.view];
[self.player play];
}
This works well until the user makes the video full screen, rotates the device and taps on the screen. The status bar is shown in the wrong position, as shown in the screenshot below.
I'm working with the template Tab Bar Application for iPad. I've only added the viewDidLoad above, the view variables and an UIView in the XIB to show the movie player.
What am I doing wrong?
Yeah, I'm experiencing this problem as well. It definitely appears to be a bug in the MPMoviePlayerController itself.
The workaround I've settled on in my application is to just correct the status bar myself when I exit fullscreen mode:
- (void)playerDidExitFullscreen:(NSNotification *)notification {
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = (MPMoviePlayerController *) notification.object;
if (moviePlayer == self.player) {
UIApplication *app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
if (app.statusBarOrientation != self.interfaceOrientation) {
[app setStatusBarOrientation:self.interfaceOrientation animated:NO];
}
}
}
This doesn't fix the problem while in fullscreen mode, but it does fix it afterwards.
Note of course that the function needs to be added to the notification:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(playerDidExitFullscreen:) name:MPMoviePlayerDidExitFullscreenNotification object:nil];
Is shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:interfaceOrientation returning YES for all of the supported orientations?
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
return YES;
}
If you provided more of your code it would help.
are you using interface builder for your UI? if so make sure you set the view's orientation to 'landscape' in the view attributes inspector.
Had the same problem, just spent half a day sorting it out. With the iPad in portrait orientation, whenever I started a video using the sample code (or any I could find on the net) the video and control bar were formatted for portrait, and hence all over the place on the screen.
Anyway, the following works for me.
/* Call the code like below:
int iLandscape;
if( newOrientation==UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || newOrientation==UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight )
iLandscape=1;
[self PlayVideo:iLandscape fullscreen:1]
*/
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- (void)PlayVideo:(int)iLandscape fullscreen:(int)iFullScreen
{
NSString *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"myvideofile" ofType:#"m4v"];
if( iFullScreen==0 )
{
MPMoviePlayerController *player2 =
[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]
initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
addObserver:self
selector:#selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:player2];
//---play partial screen---
player2.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, m_iScreenWidth, m_iScreenHeight);
[self addSubview:player2.view];
//---play movie---
[player2 play];
}
else
{
MPMoviePlayerViewController *playerViewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc]
initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:url]];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
addObserver:self
selector:#selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:[playerViewController moviePlayer]];
if( iLandscape )
{
playerViewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, m_iScreenWidth, m_iScreenHeight);
}
[self addSubview:playerViewController.view];
//play movie
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [playerViewController moviePlayer];
player.scalingMode=MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
[player play];
}
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- (void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*) aNotification
{
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [aNotification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:player];
[player autorelease];
[player.view removeFromSuperview];
}
Found it.
Had the same problem - here is what I did. I would suggest adding the code to your project one by one to see exactly how it works.
First - I put things is portrait mode.
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait animated:NO];
Then I shoved the movie down onto the status bar. Note - this assumes that the video has a 4x3 aspect ratio
theVideo = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: [NSURL fileURLWithPath : path]];
float aspectRatio = (3.0f/4.0f);
float theMovieHeight = [self view].bounds.size.width * aspectRatio;
[[theVideo view] setFrame:(CGRectMake(0, [self view].bounds.size.height - theMovieHeight, [self view].bounds.size.width, theMovieHeight ))];
Then, in the place where the application starts up (in my project, it is in the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions function) - anyway, you just need access to the window object.
float aspectRatio = (3.0f/4.0f);
float theMovieHeight = self.window.bounds.size.width * aspectRatio;
float theSpaceAboveTheMovie = self.window.bounds.size.height - theMovieHeight;
float whereTheMovieShouldBeCentered = (self.window.bounds.size.height - theMovieHeight) / 2;
CGAffineTransform theTransform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0,0);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformScale(theTransform, 1.0f/aspectRatio, 1.0f/aspectRatio);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, -whereTheMovieShouldBeCentered, 0);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformRotate(theTransform, M_PI / 2);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, 0, -theSpaceAboveTheMovie);
[self.window setTransform:theTransform];
Remember that affine transforms are done in reverse order. So if you want to see what each transform is doing (I suggest you should), comment out the first three
Here you should see the movie and status bar centered on the page
// theTransform = CGAffineTransformScale(theTransform, 1.0f/aspectRatio, 1.0f/aspectRatio);
// theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, -whereTheMovieShouldBeCentered, 0);
// theTransform = CGAffineTransformRotate(theTransform, M_PI / 2);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, 0, -theSpaceAboveTheMovie);
Then the first two
Here you should see the movie and status bar rotated and no longer centered
// theTransform = CGAffineTransformScale(theTransform, 1.0f/aspectRatio, 1.0f/aspectRatio);
// theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, -whereTheMovieShouldBeCentered, 0);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformRotate(theTransform, M_PI / 2);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, 0, -theSpaceAboveTheMovie);
Here you should see it rotated and centered
// theTransform = CGAffineTransformScale(theTransform, 1.0f/aspectRatio, 1.0f/aspectRatio);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, -whereTheMovieShouldBeCentered, 0);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformRotate(theTransform, M_PI / 2);
theTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(theTransform, 0, -theSpaceAboveTheMovie);
And with them all, it is rotated and fullscreen
You can download my sample code here.
Try this
- (void)willEnterFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"willEnterFullscreen");
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight animated:NO];
}
- (void)enteredFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"enteredFullscreen");
}
- (void)willExitFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"willExitFullscreen");
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait animated:NO];
}
- (void)exitedFullscreen:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSLog(#"exitedFullscreen");
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:UIDeviceOrientationPortrait animated:NO];
This code might help you.