Objective-c, property 'frame' not found on object of type AVPlayer

Question

I'm trying to code a video player in Objective-C using XCode & a guide, but I'm getting an error for some reason, and I'm quite new to Objective C, the exact error code is - Property 'frame' not found on object of type AVPlayer.

Viewcontroller.h

@property (nonatomic) IBOutlet AVPlayer *avPlayer;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableString *frame;

Viewcontroller.m

 - (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"vid" ofType:@"mp4"];
    NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
    self.avPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:fileURL];

    AVPlayerLayer *layer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:self.avPlayer];
    self.avPlayer.actionAtItemEnd = AVPlayerActionAtItemEndNone;
    layer.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 768); //error point
    [self.view.layer addSublayer: layer];

    [self.avPlayer play];
}

I've been following this guide - http://jacopretorius.net/2013/02/playing-video-in-ios.html after trying multiple others.

My question is, why doesn't declaring the 'frame' work, I've also tried multiple ID's for the AVPlayer object & different ways to code the video player.

I've also tried -

Stackoverflow error Stackoverflow error 2

I can't find a different method of doing this, even though this should work — Gerwin, Feb 02 '16 at 13:08
Are you certain that's the exact code? The error message states you are attempting to use `AVPlayer.frame` and not `AVPlayerLayer.frame`. — trojanfoe, Feb 02 '16 at 13:10
In theory, your error should say `Property 'frame' not found on object of type AVPlayerLayer` (in the case of `AVPlayerLayer` doesn't have a `frame` property). So it's taking `layer` as a `AVPlayer` object and not a `AVPlayerLayer` one. — Larme, Feb 02 '16 at 13:11
I'm currently answering from my windows laptop, I've typed it over from my mac. — Gerwin, Feb 02 '16 at 13:12
@trojanfoe thank you, I actually typed it over correctly, but coded it incorrectly, thank you! — Gerwin, Feb 02 '16 at 13:14

trojanfoe · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-02T13:11:58.723

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The error message states you are attempting to use AVPlayer.frame and not AVPlayerLayer.frame, so I think you've mis-typed the code with something like this:

AVPlayer *layer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:self.avPlayer];
^^^^^^^^

edited Feb 02 '16 at 13:11

answered Feb 02 '16 at 13:06

trojanfoe

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Could you help me for a second, perhaps in a room? @trojanfoe – Gerwin Feb 02 '16 at 13:31

Objective-c, property 'frame' not found on object of type AVPlayer

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