How do I play the link in the AVPlayer?

Question

I am getting a link from itunes search api, and trying to pass it into an AVPlayer, but I am getting an error. http://puu.sh/ldBCw/6bfff69c7d.png. Below is the code to get the link.

 let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithURL(url) {(data, response, error) -> Void in
        do {
            if let dict: NSDictionary = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers) as? NSDictionary
            {


                    if let previewUrl = dict["results"]![0]["previewUrl"]  {
                        print(previewUrl!)
                         player = AVPlayer(URL: previewUrl)


                }

            }
        } catch let jsonError as NSError {

        }
    }
    task.resume()

}

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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Change this:

if let previewUrl = NSURL(string: dict["results"]![0]["previewUrl"])!  {

Also you could read it more here: http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/IOS_8_Video_Playback_using_AVPlayer_and_AVPlayerViewController and here: How to Play Audio in Background Swift?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered Nov 08 '15 at 06:49

m.aibin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 08 '15 at 08:40

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Use player.play() or player.pause. I used this in a recent project let playerItem = AVPlayerItem( URL:NSURL( string:"Add your URL here" )! ) player = AVPlayer(playerItem:playerItem) player.rate = 1.0; player.play()

answered Nov 08 '15 at 08:40

David

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How do I play the link in the AVPlayer?

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