How to play video with AVPlayerViewController AVKit in Swift

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How do you play a video with AV Kit Player View Controller in Swift   override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad           let videoURLWithPath    http        5 m3u8          let videoURL   NSURL string  videoURLWithPath          playerViewController   AVPlayerViewController            dispatch async dispatch get main queue                  self playerViewController  player   AVPlayer playerWithURL videoURL  as AVPlayer

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Objective c  This only works in Xcode 7  Go to  h file and import AVKit AVKit h and AVFoundation AVFoundation h  Then go  m file and add this code   NSURL  url   NSBundle mainBundle URLForResource   arreg  withExtension   mp4    AVPlayer  video  AVPlayer playerWithURL url   AVPlayerViewController  controller   AVPlayerViewController alloc init   controller player video   self view addSubview controller view   controller view frame self view frame   self addChildViewController controller    video play

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Try this  definitely works for Swift 2 0   let player   AVPlayer URL  url      let playerController   AVPlayerViewController        playerController player   player     self addChildViewController playerController      self view addSubview playerController view      playerController view frame   self view frame      player play

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Swift 5   First of all you have to define 2 variables globally inside your view controller   var player  AVPlayer  var playerViewController  AVPlayerViewController    Here I m adding player to a desired view    IBOutlet weak var playerView  UIView    Then add following code to the viewDidLoad method   let videoURL   URL string   videoUrl   self player   AVPlayer url  videoURL   self playerViewController   AVPlayerViewController   playerViewController player   self player playerViewController view frame   self playerView frame playerViewController player  pause   self playerView addSubview playerViewController view    If you are not defining player and playerViewController globally  you won t be able to embed player

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Swift 3 0 Full source code       import UIKit     import AVKit     import AVFoundation      class ViewController  UIViewController AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate               var playerController   AVPlayerViewController              IBAction func Play   sender  Any                        let path   Bundle main path forResource   video   ofType   mp4                let url   NSURL fileURLWithPath  path                let player   AVPlayer url url as URL               playerController   AVPlayerViewController                 NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector ViewController didfinishplaying note    name NSNotification Name AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime  object  player currentItem               playerController player   player              playerController allowsPictureInPicturePlayback   true              playerController delegate   self              playerController player  play                self present playerController animated true completion nil                     func didfinishplaying note   NSNotification                        playerController dismiss animated  true completion  nil              let alertview   UIAlertController title  finished  message  video finished  preferredStyle   alert              alertview addAction UIAlertAction title  Ok  style   default  handler  nil               self present alertview animated true completion  nil                      func playerViewController   playerViewController  AVPlayerViewController  restoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStopWithCompletionHandler completionHandler   escaping  Bool  - gt  Void                    let currentviewController    navigationController  visibleViewController                  if currentviewController    playerViewController                                       currentviewController  present playerViewController animated  true completion nil

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Swift 5     IBAction func buttonPressed   sender  Any        let videoURL   course introductionVideoURL     let player   AVPlayer url  videoURL      let playerViewController   AVPlayerViewController       playerViewController player   player      present playerViewController  animated  true  completion             playerViewController player  play               here the course includes a model file  inside it I have given the url  so I am calling the function from model using course function      also introductionVideoUrl is a URL which I declared inside model      var introductionVideoURL  URL   Also alternatively you can use the below code instead of calling the function  from model     Replace this code      let videoURL   course introductionVideoURL   with    guard let videoURL   URL string   https   something mp4  else           return

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Using MPMoviePlayerController      import UIKit  import MediaPlayer   class ViewController  UIViewController         var streamPlayer   MPMoviePlayerController    MPMoviePlayerController contentURL  NSURL string  video url here         override func viewDidLoad              super viewDidLoad            streamPlayer view frame   self view bounds          self view addSubview streamPlayer view            streamPlayer fullscreen   true             Play the movie           streamPlayer play         Using AVPlayer    import AVFoundation  var playerItem AVPlayerItem  var player AVPlayer   override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad          let url   NSURL string   url of the audio or video          playerItem   AVPlayerItem URL  url         player AVPlayer playerItem  playerItem         let playerLayer AVPlayerLayer player  player         playerLayer frame CGRectMake 0  0  300  50        self view layer addSublayer playerLayer      I have a play button to handle button tap   playButton addTarget self  action   playButtonTapped    forControlEvents   TouchUpInside   func playButtonTapped sender  AnyObject            if player  rate    0                       player  play               playButton setImage UIImage named   player control pause 50px png    forState  UIControlState Normal            else               player  pause               playButton setImage UIImage named   player control play 50px png    forState  UIControlState Normal                    I have  added an observer listening for AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification    override func viewWillAppear animated  Bool            NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter   addObserver self  selector   finishedPlaying    name  AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification  object  playerItem         override func viewWillDisappear animated  Bool            NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter   removeObserver self          When video audio play is finished  reset button image and notification    func finishedPlaying myNotification NSNotification            playButton setImage UIImage named   player control play 50px png    forState  UIControlState Normal           let stopedPlayerItem  AVPlayerItem   myNotification object as  AVPlayerItem         stopedPlayerItem seekToTime kCMTimeZero

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This worked for me in Swift 5     Just added sample video to the project from Sample Videos   Added action Buttons for playing videos from Website and Local with the following swift code example  import UIKit import AVKit  class ViewController  UIViewController        override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad             TODO   Make Sure Add and copy  SampleVideo mp4  file in project before play             IBAction func playWebVideo   sender  Any             guard let url   URL string   https   clips vorwaerts-gmbh de big buck bunny mp4   else               return                      Create an AVPlayer  passing it the HTTP Live Streaming URL          let player   AVPlayer url  url          let controller   AVPlayerViewController           controller player   player         present controller  animated  true                player play                         IBAction func playLocalVideo   sender  Any             guard let path   Bundle main path forResource   SampleVideo   ofType   mp4   else               return                   let videoURL   NSURL fileURLWithPath  path              Create an AVPlayer  passing it the local video url path         let player   AVPlayer url  videoURL as URL          let controller   AVPlayerViewController           controller player   player         present controller  animated  true                player play

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Swift 5 0   Improved from  ingconti answer   This worked for me    if let url   URL string   urUrlString                let player   AVPlayer url  url              let avController   AVPlayerViewController               avController player   player                your desired frame             avController view frame   self view frame             self view addSubview avController view              self addChild avController              player play

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Swift 3 x - 5 x  Necessary  import AVKit  import AVFoundation  AVFoundation framework is needed even if you use AVPlayer  If you want to use AVPlayerViewController   let videoURL   URL string   https   clips vorwaerts-gmbh de big buck bunny mp4   let player   AVPlayer url  videoURL   let playerViewController   AVPlayerViewController   playerViewController player   player self present playerViewController  animated  true        playerViewController player  play       or just AVPlayer   let videoURL   URL string   https   clips vorwaerts-gmbh de big buck bunny mp4   let player   AVPlayer url  videoURL   let playerLayer   AVPlayerLayer player  player  playerLayer frame   self view bounds self view layer addSublayer playerLayer  player play     It s better to put this code into the method  override func viewDidAppear   animated  Bool  or somewhere after     Objective-C  AVPlayerViewController   NSURL  videoURL    NSURL URLWithString   https   clips vorwaerts-gmbh de big buck bunny mp4    AVPlayer  player    AVPlayer playerWithURL videoURL   AVPlayerViewController  playerViewController    AVPlayerViewController new   playerViewController player   player   self presentViewController playerViewController animated YES completion       playerViewController player play         or just AVPlayer   NSURL  videoURL    NSURL URLWithString   https   clips vorwaerts-gmbh de big buck bunny mp4    AVPlayer  player    AVPlayer playerWithURL videoURL   AVPlayerLayer  playerLayer    AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer player   playerLayer frame   self view bounds   self view layer addSublayer playerLayer    player play

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a bug     in iOS10 Swift3 Xcode 8   if let url   URL string   http   devstreaming apple com videos wwdc 2016 102w0bsn0ge83qfv7za 102 hls vod mvp m3u8        let playerItem   AVPlayerItem url  url      let player   AVPlayer playerItem  playerItem      let playerLayer   AVPlayerLayer player  player      playerLayer frame CGRect x  10  y  10  width  300  height  300      self view layer addSublayer playerLayer      does not work  empty rect      this works   if let url   URL string   http   devstreaming apple com videos wwdc 2016 102w0bsn0ge83qfv7za 102 hls vod mvp m3u8                 let player   AVPlayer url  url              let controller AVPlayerViewController               controller player player             controller view frame   self view frame             self view addSubview controller view              self addChildViewController controller              player play               Same URL

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Try This   var player AVPlayer  var avPlayerLayer AVPlayerLayer   AVPlayerLayer player  player  avPlayerLayer frame   CGRectMake your frame  self view layer  addSublayer avPlayerLayer  var steamingURL NSURL   NSURL string playerURL  player   AVPlayer URL  steamingURL  player play

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let videoUrl     URL  Your Video URL    Create player first using your URL let yourplayer   AVPlayer url  videoUrl     Create player controller and set it   s player let playerController   AVPlayerViewController   playerController player   yourplayer     Final step To present controller  with player in your view controller present playerController  animated  true  completion       playerController player  play

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Swift 3   import UIKit import AVKit import AVFoundation  class ViewController  UIViewController         IBOutlet weak var viewPlay  UIView      var player   AVPlayer       override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad            let url   URL   URL string   http   static videokart ir clip 100 480 mp4            player   AVPlayer url  url          let playerLayer   AVPlayerLayer player  player          playerLayer frame   self viewPlay bounds         self viewPlay layer addSublayer playerLayer               IBAction func play   sender  Any            player  play               IBAction func stop   sender  Any            player  pause

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