I'd like to know how to make the mute and unmute the audio on my iPad application by tapping a button. I already have a working code in my viewDidLoad method that plays a music when the app is launched. All I need to do is to create a button that will stop the music from playing and also resume it when tapped again.
Here's my code in my viewDidLoad:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Bored" ofType:#"mp3"];
AVAudioPlayer* theAudio = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc]initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] error:NULL];
theAudio.delegate = self;
[theAudio play];
[super viewDidLoad];
}
Just look at the AVAudioPlayer API - it's all there: play, pause, volume, etc.
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I started a blank tvOS project and created the following code:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
AVPlayer *avPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.myurl.com/myvideo.mp4"]];
AVPlayerLayer *avPlayerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:avPlayer];
avPlayerLayer.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height);
[self.view.layer addSublayer:avPlayerLayer];
[avPlayer play];
}
Nothing happens in the simulator though once the app loads. No video, nothing, just a blank translucent screen in my Apple TV simulator.
What's the proper way to play a sample video on app launch for an Apple TV app from an HTTP source?
I just pasted your code in my tvOS sample project, replaced the URL and ran it.
Nothing happened. Well, except for the fact that there's a log entry telling me that App Transport Security has blocked my URL request.
So I headed to the Info.plist, disabled ATS and upon next launch the video showed up just fine.
So if you're also using a non-HTTPS URL you're very likely running into this issue which is easily fixed by either using an HTTPS URL, disabling ATS completely or allowing specific non-HTTPs URLs in your Info.plist.
P.S.: I used this video for testing.
You could also use TVML and TVMLJS
https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/tvos/documentation/TVMLJS/Reference/TVJSFrameworkReference/
Adhere to the 'TVApplicationControllerDelegate' protocol and add some properties.
AppDelegate.h
#interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate, TVApplicationControllerDelegate>
...
#property (strong, nonatomic) TVApplicationController *appController;
#property (strong, nonatomic) TVApplicationControllerContext *appControllerContext;
Then add the following to 'didFinishLaunchingWithOptions'
AppDelegate.m
#define url #"http://localhost:8000/main.js"
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
self.appControllerContext = [[TVApplicationControllerContext alloc] init];
NSURL *javascriptURL = [NSURL URLWithString:url];
self.appControllerContext.javaScriptApplicationURL= javascriptURL;
for (id key in launchOptions) {
id val=[launchOptions objectForKey:key];
NSLog(#"key=%# value=%#", key, val);
if([val isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) [self.appControllerContext.launchOptions objectForKey:val];
self.appController = [[TVApplicationController alloc] initWithContext:self.appControllerContext window:self.window delegate:self];
}
return YES;
}
create a folder and add the following files
main.js
index.tvml
main.js
function launchPlayer() {
var player = new Player();
var playlist = new Playlist();
var mediaItem = new MediaItem("video", "http://trailers.apple.com/movies/focus_features/9/9-clip_480p.mov");
player.playlist = playlist;
player.playlist.push(mediaItem);
player.present();
//player.play()
}
//in application.js
App.onLaunch = function(options) {
launchPlayer();
}
careful with this url in the mediaItem
Set up a template of your choice.
index.tvml
<document>
<alertTemplate>
<title>…</title>
<description>…</description>
<button>
<text>…</text>
</button>
<text>…</text>
</alertTemplate>
</document>
open terminal and navigate to this folder then run
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
make sure the port here is the port in your ObjC url. The Apple examples use 9001.
See these tutorials for more info
http://jamesonquave.com/blog/developing-tvos-apps-for-apple-tv-with-swift/
http://jamesonquave.com/blog/developing-tvos-apps-for-apple-tv-part-2/
One issue I ran into was trying to play a local video file. It wouldn't work and there were constraint issues etc.
It looks like you can't use python to play the videos so either try apache or link to a video on the web.
This SO answer pointed me there.
The best way to play video in your app on AppleTV is going to be AVKit's AVPlayerViewController. If you use AVKit, you get a lot of stuff for free.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVPlayerViewController_Class/index.html
You simply add that player to the viewController's player property:
// instantiate here or in storyboard
AVPlayerViewController *viewController = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
viewController.player = player;
[self addChildViewController:viewController];
[self.view addSubview:viewController.view];
[viewController didMoveToParentViewController:self];
// setup constraints, etc.
// play the video
[player play];
Also as mentioned below, make sure the video you're trying to play is coming either from an HTTPS connection or that you've disabled App Transport Security by setting the proper flags in the plist.
I didn't like the answers which messed about with subviews etc.
For full-screen playback, I use the following (Non-ARC) code:
// Play the stream
NSString *wifiStreamAddress = #"http://yourmoviefile.m3u8";
AVPlayer *player = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithURL: [NSURL URLWithString: wifiStreamAddress] ];
AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc] init];
playerViewController.player = player;
// Keep pointers to player and controller using retained properties:
self.player = player;
self.playerViewController = playerViewController;
[player release];
[playerViewController release];
[self presentViewController: playerViewController animated: true completion: ^{
[self.player play];
}];
This works really neat, animating presentation and fading back to previous view when you tap the MENU button. Also, it works great with the remote control using all the standard functions.
Its working for me.
May be helpful for you
-(void)playAction
{
AVPlayerViewController *viewController = [[AVPlayerViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
viewController.player = player;
[self addChildViewController:viewController];
[self.view addSubview:viewController.view];
[viewController didMoveToParentViewController:self];
// play the video
[player play];
}
Swift version
Make a PlayViewController which inherit the AVPlayerViewController.
In the viewcontroller which has play button, add such function
#IBAction func onClickPlay(sender: AnyObject) {
let playerVC = PlayerViewController()
playerVC.playVideo(urlString)
[self.presentViewController(playerVC, animated: true, completion: nil)]
}
In the PlayerViewController
func playVimeoVideo(link : String) {
player = AVPlayer(URL: NSURL(string: link)!)
player?.play()
}
Notice
The question and some answers may be a little misleading so that you might think that only the url with ".mp4" at the end can be played by the Apple TV. I believed so at the first time I saw the post. It is not true. In fact, with AVPlayerViewController you can play Vimeo streaming video! The link to the stream video is not like https://vimeo.com/92655878. It is possible to get it from Vimeo site by extracting it from a json file, which can be downloaded from this link
let link = "https://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json?url=https%3A//vimeo.com/" + videoId
To be able to get correct url for the video, you need to use the Vimeo Pro user access to get the stream link for a specific video.
I have a video that auto plays at launch. When the short clip is finished it shows a black screen. I would like to dismiss the subview to show an image or auto load another controller??
Below is my code:
(void)viewDidLoad
{
{
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle]
pathForResource:#"cover" ofType:#"mp4"]];
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]
initWithContentURL:url];
player.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
[player setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleNone];
player.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 768, 960);
[self.view addSubview:player.view];
[player play];
player = nil;
}
Thanks for any help..i'm a rookie at this.
I figured out a lot of this a couple of weeks ago. Check out the notifications available. http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/mediaplayer/reference/MPMoviePlayerController_Class/Reference/Reference.html
Add something like this to viewDidLoad:
// Remove the movie player view controller from the "playback did finish" notification observers
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:_moviePlayer
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:_moviePlayer];
// Register this class as an observer instead
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(movieFinishedCallback:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:_moviePlayer];
Now you have a method where you can re-add the view, or a thumbnail, or whatever:
- (void)movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
// Obtain the reason why the movie playback finished
NSNumber *finishReason = [aNotification userInfo][MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishReasonUserInfoKey];
if ([finishReason intValue] == MPMovieFinishReasonPlaybackEnded) {
[self.view addSubview:self.moviePlayer.view];
}
(This code was adapted on the fly from my project, may need thinking to adapt!)
The MPMoviePlayerController has a lot of notifications that get fired when the movie is playing, is paused, is stopped, is finished, etc. You can add your code to those methods to get very good control of your presentation.
In my case, it took about a day of research and hacking (and maybe another half day of cleanup and tuning), but I managed to get a very nice play/pause transparent button, with a "play icon" image overlay when paused or stopped, all loading or unloading based on the player state. It's a simple custom player control that does exactly what I want. Totally doable, just start with one player state, get what you want, and move onto the next state.
I currently have a mp4 video converted from a gif playing at app launch, but using a video stops playing music and has problems with airplay devices connected.
Anyways what i really want is showing my gif on app launch. But i can't seem to get the gif to "play" it only shows one frame, how do i make it play the whole gif ?
My current code:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
// Show Animation;
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Launch" ofType:#"mp4"]];
LaunchPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc]
initWithContentURL:url];
LaunchPlayer.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
LaunchPlayer.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
LaunchPlayer.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
LaunchPlayer.view.tag = 1;
[self.view addSubview:LaunchPlayer.view];
[LaunchPlayer.moviePlayer play];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(LaunchFinish)
name:#"MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification"
object:nil];
}
Although I don't see how the code you posted has anything to do with using a .gif, you its sticking to the first frame because iOS will not run an animated .gif. However, you can export each frame of your animation as a separate image and animate them like this.
-(void) viewDidLoad
{
imageView.animationImages = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImageFrame1.gif"],
[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImageFrame2.gif"],
[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImageFrame3.gif"],
[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImageFrame4.gif"], nil];
imageView.animationDuration = 2.0;
imageView.animationRepeatCount = 0;
[imageView startAnimating];
}
In my little example here. i used a UIWEBVIEW called webView and had spinning-loader.gif added as a resource. The image can me put anywhere in the project as long as its added. This showed the gif as well as made it animate. Hope this helps.
NSString *pathImg = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"spinning-loader" ofType:#"gif"];
NSString* webViewContent = [NSString stringWithFormat:
#"<html><body><img style='width:85;height:85;' src=\"file://%#\" /></body></html>", pathImg];
[webView loadHTMLString:webViewContent baseURL:nil];
webView.scrollView.bounces = NO;
webView.scrollView.scrollEnabled = NO;
webView.opaque=FALSE;
[webView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
I'm new to xcode .I want to autoplay a sound when I open the app . I put the code in viewDidLoad but when I open other view and go back the sound play again .how can fix this problem ??
You could set a boolean variable to true after the first time you play it. Something like this:
bool soundPlayed = FALSE;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
// play your sound
soundPlayed = true;
}
Or, in your AppDelegate.m, there's probably something like this:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
You could try doing it in there, too.
Do it in - (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)applicationor in - (void) applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication*)application. If you use it in didBecomeActive the app will play the sound if you background it and open it again.
Playing a sound file goes like this:
NSURL* musicFile = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle]
pathForResource:#"click"
ofType:#"caf"]];
AVAudioPlayer *click = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:musicFile error:nil];
[click play];
[click release];
The QuickTime player appears over my View Controller layer as it should and the video file "Happy" plays completely through, but no video shows. Only audio is heard. And after completion, the QuickTime player transitions back to previous View Controller as it should.
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Happy" ofType:#"m4v"]];
MPMoviePlayerViewController * playerController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:playerController];
playerController.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
playerController.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
[playerController.moviePlayer play];
[playerController release];
playerController=nil;
As far as my knowledge we cannot play the m4v files.Convert it to mp4