MPMovieController won't dismiss on Done button

Question

My movie file starts no problem. The done button does not dismiss the video content. No idea why? Also, Fast Forward and Rewind buttons just cause a black screen. I don't think I am using the notification functions correctly?

import Foundation
import UIKit
import MediaPlayer

class VideoViewController: UIViewController {

var moviePlayer:MPMoviePlayerController!

@IBAction func videoLaunch(sender: AnyObject) {
    playVideo()
}
func playVideo() {
let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("MyVideo", ofType:"mp4")
let url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path!)
moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: url)
if let player = moviePlayer {
player.view.frame = self.view.bounds
moviePlayer?.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyle.Fullscreen
player.prepareToPlay()
self.view.addSubview(player.view)

}
}


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(
        self,
        selector: "moviePlayBackDidFinish:",
        name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification,
        object: moviePlayer)


    func moviePlayBackDidFinish(notification: NSNotification){
        self.view.removeFromSuperview()
    }



    }
}

f3n1kc · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-06T15:21:26.383

1

You are adding player view as subview. You should remove it (removeFromSuperview) after done button pressed. Use notifications to listen for playback finish:

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(
self,
selector: "moviePlayBackDidFinish:",
name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification,
object: moviePlayer)

and moviePlayBackDidFinish:

func moviePlayBackDidFinish(notification: NSNotification){
  // remove from superview
}

edited Mar 06 '15 at 15:21

answered Mar 06 '15 at 14:40

f3n1kc

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Thanks - How can I add this to the code to listen for the done button being pressed? – Ben Thomas Mar 06 '15 at 14:49
thanks. Getting error 'use of unresolved identifier' on the object: player line? – Ben Thomas Mar 06 '15 at 15:09
player - is reference to your MPMoviePlayerController. In your case its moviePlayer – f3n1kc Mar 06 '15 at 15:18

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '15 at 11:05

You should remove moviePlayer from your superview like this:

   func moviePlayBackDidFinish(notification: NSNotification){
        let moviePlayer:MPMoviePlayerController = notif.object as! MPMoviePlayerController

    moviePlayer.view.removeFromSuperview()
}

Because in your case you remove self.view

MPMovieController won't dismiss on Done button

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