I want to toggle rich text formatting in NSTextView. I have tried following:
[contentView setRichText:NO];
[contentView setImportsGraphics:NO];
but, that didn't changed the NSTextView content and still allowing to do the text formatting.
Please let me know the simple way to toggle/switch rich text formatting in NSTextView just like TextEdit.
I already check the "TextEdit" sample project, but it seems to be very hard to find the usable code from it.
Thanks
Found some help from following link.
click here to see solution
Based on solution given in above link, i have created category for my view controller as follows:
#define TabWidth #"TabWidth"
#interface MyViewController (Helper)
- (NSDictionary *)defaultTextAttributes:(BOOL)forRichText;
- (void)removeAttachments;
- (void)setRichText:(BOOL)flag;
#end
#implementation MyViewController (Helper)
- (NSDictionary *)defaultTextAttributes:(BOOL)forRichText {
static NSParagraphStyle *defaultRichParaStyle = nil;
NSMutableDictionary *textAttributes = [[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:2] autorelease];
if (forRichText) {
[textAttributes setObject:[NSFont userFontOfSize:0.0] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
if (defaultRichParaStyle == nil) { // We do this once...
NSInteger cnt;
NSString *measurementUnits = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:#"AppleMeasurementUnits"];
CGFloat tabInterval = ([#"Centimeters" isEqual:measurementUnits]) ? (72.0 / 2.54) : (72.0 / 2.0); // Every cm or half inch
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paraStyle = [[[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init] autorelease];
[paraStyle setTabStops:[NSArray array]]; // This first clears all tab stops
for (cnt = 0; cnt < 12; cnt++) { // Add 12 tab stops, at desired intervals...
NSTextTab *tabStop = [[NSTextTab alloc] initWithType:NSLeftTabStopType location:tabInterval * (cnt + 1)];
[paraStyle addTabStop:tabStop];
[tabStop release];
}
defaultRichParaStyle = [paraStyle copy];
}
[textAttributes setObject:defaultRichParaStyle forKey:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName];
} else {
NSFont *plainFont = [NSFont userFixedPitchFontOfSize:0.0];
NSInteger tabWidth = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] integerForKey:TabWidth];
CGFloat charWidth = [#" " sizeWithAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:plainFont forKey:NSFontAttributeName]].width;
if (charWidth == 0) charWidth = [[plainFont screenFontWithRenderingMode:NSFontDefaultRenderingMode] maximumAdvancement].width;
// Now use a default paragraph style, but with the tab width adjusted
NSMutableParagraphStyle *mStyle = [[[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy] autorelease];
[mStyle setTabStops:[NSArray array]];
[mStyle setDefaultTabInterval:(charWidth * tabWidth)];
[textAttributes setObject:[[mStyle copy] autorelease] forKey:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName];
// Also set the font
[textAttributes setObject:plainFont forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
}
return textAttributes;
}
/* Used when converting to plain text
*/
- (void)removeAttachments {
NSTextStorage *attrString = [contentView textStorage];
NSUInteger loc = 0;
NSUInteger end = [attrString length];
[attrString beginEditing];
while (loc < end) { /* Run through the string in terms of attachment runs */
NSRange attachmentRange; /* Attachment attribute run */
NSTextAttachment *attachment = [attrString attribute:NSAttachmentAttributeName atIndex:loc longestEffectiveRange:&attachmentRange inRange:NSMakeRange(loc, end-loc)];
if (attachment) { /* If there is an attachment and it is on an attachment character, remove the character */
unichar ch = [[attrString string] characterAtIndex:loc];
if (ch == NSAttachmentCharacter) {
if ([contentView shouldChangeTextInRange:NSMakeRange(loc, 1) replacementString:#""]) {
[attrString replaceCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(loc, 1) withString:#""];
[contentView didChangeText];
}
end = [attrString length]; /* New length */
}
else loc++; /* Just skip over the current character... */
}
else loc = NSMaxRange(attachmentRange);
}
[attrString endEditing];
}
- (void)setRichText:(BOOL)flag {
NSDictionary *textAttributes;
BOOL isRichText = flag;
if (!isRichText) [self removeAttachments];
[contentView setRichText:isRichText];
[contentView setUsesRuler:isRichText]; /* If NO, this correctly gets rid
of the ruler if it was up */
if (isRichText && NO)
[contentView setRulerVisible:YES]; /* Show ruler if rich, and desired */
[contentView setImportsGraphics:isRichText];
textAttributes = [self defaultTextAttributes:isRichText];
if ([[contentView textStorage] length]) {
[[contentView textStorage] setAttributes:textAttributes range: NSMakeRange(0,[[contentView textStorage] length])];
}
[contentView setTypingAttributes:textAttributes];
}
#end
Where contentView is IBOutlet of NSTextView. Hope this will help someone or let me know if someone has shorter method.
Thanks
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The code below takes a string, adds each letter to an array and shuffles that array and shows the end result in a label. That works well. But I'd like for each character to contain a single character of the shuffled string. Right now it almost works, but it always repeats the characters. Like instead of having a series of 6 buttons with their titles: L e a g u e, the code generates repeated characters like: Leaauu.
My code is this:
- (IBAction)shuffleButttonTitles:(id)sender {
// The mutable array must be created here to create a new instance each time the button is tapped
letters = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
str = #"League";
length = str.length;
NSString *letter;
UIButton *button;
// First loop through the string and add each letter to an array
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
letter = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%c", [str characterAtIndex:i]];
[letters addObject:letter];
}
// Shuffle the string for the label/buttons
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
int value = arc4random() % (length - 1);
[letters exchangeObjectAtIndex:i withObjectAtIndex:value];
//Create the button and shuffle the letters for their titles
button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50 * i, 350, 44, 44)];
// HERE THE CODE REPEATS THE CHARACTERS
[button setTitle:[letters objectAtIndex:i] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//Store the button in our array
[myButtons addObject:button];
NSLog(#"Letters in Array: %lu", letters.count);
}
for (UIButton *button in myButtons){
[button setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
[self.view addSubview:button];
}
// Now we set the randomized title to the label
NSString *results = [letters componentsJoinedByString:#""];
string.text = results;
}
After some searching on the web I've figured it out. I post the complete code for others. This code takes a random string from the Characters.txt file and shuffles that string. Then it rotates the tiles slighty. You can enter the correct word when you have figured out the anagram, which then shows an alert view if you got it or didn't get it.
#define kTileSpacing 20
#define randomf(minX,maxX) ((float)(arc4random() % (maxX - minX + 1)) + (float)minX)
#interface ViewController ()
#end
#implementation ViewController
{
}
#synthesize progressView;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Anagrams" ofType:#"plist"];
dictionary = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
NSString *quotesFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Characters" ofType:#"txt"];
fileContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:quotesFile encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];
// [txtField becomeFirstResponder];
//[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(checkWord:) name:nil object:nil];
}
- (IBAction)clear:(id)sender {
quoteArray = [fileContents componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
NSString *quoteToDisplay;
currentQuestion = arc4random() % quoteArray.count;
quoteToDisplay = [quoteArray objectAtIndex: currentQuestion];
welldone.text = quoteToDisplay;
txtField.text = nil;
[txtField becomeFirstResponder];
for (UILabel *lbl in myButtons) {
[lbl removeFromSuperview];
}
}
- (IBAction)ShuffleString:(id)sender {
[self clear:nil];
// The mutable array must be created here to create a new instance each time the button is tapped
charactersArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
indexArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
myButtons = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
// 1. Shuffle the plist with the words to form anagrams from
currentQuestion = arc4random() % quoteArray.count;
str = [quoteArray objectAtIndex: currentQuestion]; //[[dictionary objectAtIndex:currentQuestion] objectForKey:#"Anagram"];
length = str.length;
NSString *letter;
// 2. Loop throught the chosen word and break it down into its letters and add them to an array
for (int i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
// [charactersArray removeObjectAtIndex:i];
letter = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%c", [str characterAtIndex:i]];
[charactersArray addObject:letter];
// NSLog(#"Number of letters: %#", charactersArray);
}
while ([charactersArray count]) {
int randomizing = arc4random() % [charactersArray count];
[indexArray addObject:[charactersArray objectAtIndex:randomizing]];
[charactersArray removeObjectAtIndex:randomizing];
// NSLog(#"NO REPEAT SHUFFLE: %lu", (unsigned long)indexArray.count);
}
/***************/
CGFloat staticY = self.view.bounds.size.height / 9 * 1; // Static X for all buttons.
CGFloat staticWidth = 46; // Static Width for all Buttons.
CGFloat staticHeight = 46; // Static Height for all buttons.
CGFloat staticPadding = 10; // Padding to add between each button.
float tileSize = ceilf( self.view.bounds.size.width / str.length );
NSLog(#"size %f", tileSize);
CGFloat xOffset = (self.view.bounds.size.width - str.length * (44+staticPadding));
NSLog(#"xOffset %f", tileSize);
xOffset = tileSize/ 2;
for (int i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
singleCharacterLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
singleCharacterLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
singleCharacterLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Verdana-Bold" size:21];
singleCharacterLabel.frame = CGRectMake((staticPadding + (i * (staticHeight + staticPadding))), staticY, staticWidth, staticHeight);
// NSLog(#"X: %f", (staticPadding + (i * (staticHeight + staticPadding))));
//singleCharacterLabel.center = CGPointMake(i * 50 + self.view.bounds.origin.x + self.view.bounds.size.width /3, 80); // i * int +self... int = space between labels. Here it is '50'
// singleCharacterLabel.center = CGPointMake(self.view.bounds.size.width * i, self.view.bounds.size.height / 5 * 1); // 1/4th down from the top
singleCharacterLabel.layer.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Tile.png"]].CGColor;
NSString *anagramString = [indexArray objectAtIndex:i];
singleCharacterLabel.text = anagramString;
[myButtons addObject:singleCharacterLabel];
//1
//set random rotation of the tile
//anywhere between -0.2 and 0.3 radians
float rotation = randomf(0,50) / (float)100 - 0.2;
singleCharacterLabel.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation( rotation );
//2
//move randomly upwards
int yOffset = (arc4random() % 10) - 10;
singleCharacterLabel.center = CGPointMake(singleCharacterLabel.center.x, singleCharacterLabel.center.y + yOffset);
[self.view addSubview:singleCharacterLabel];
//NSLog(#"LOOP: %#", anagramString);
}
}
- (IBAction)checkWord:(id)sender {
if (([txtField.text isEqual:str])) {
alertCorrect = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"" message:#"Well done!" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:#"Next", nil];
[alertCorrect show];
} else {
alertWrong = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"" message:#"Sorry, try again." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:#"OK", nil];
[alertWrong show];
}
// NSLog(#"String is: %lu", str.length);
}
- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
if (alertView == alertCorrect) {
if (buttonIndex == 0) {
[self ShuffleString:nil];
NSLog(#"next");
}
}
if (alertView == alertWrong) {
if (buttonIndex == 1) {
// Wrong answer. Close view and let user try again
}
}
}
- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string {
if (txtField.text.length == length) {
[self checkWord:nil];
NSLog(#"You entered %lu characters", length);
}
return YES;
}
At the moment I have an NSTableView with a custom NSTextFieldCell that holds an NSAttributedString with some ranges with the NSLinkAttribute. I tried to integrate code from Apple's TableViewLinks example and Toomas Vather's HyperlinkTextField.
I implemented the -trackMouse Function like this:
- (BOOL)trackMouse:(NSEvent *)theEvent inRect:(NSRect)cellFrame ofView:(NSView *)controlView untilMouseUp:(BOOL)flag {
BOOL result = YES;
NSUInteger hitTestResult = [self hitTestForEvent:theEvent inRect:cellFrame ofView:controlView];
if ((hitTestResult & NSCellHitContentArea) != 0) {
result = [super trackMouse:theEvent inRect:cellFrame ofView:controlView untilMouseUp:flag];
theEvent = [NSApp currentEvent];
hitTestResult = [self hitTestForEvent:theEvent inRect:cellFrame ofView:controlView];
if ((hitTestResult & NSCellHitContentArea) != 0) {
NSAttributedString* attrValue = [self.objectValues objectForKey:#"theAttributedString"];
NSMutableAttributedString* attributedStringWithLinks = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:attrValue];
//HOW TO GET A RIGHT INDEX?
NSTableView* myTableView = (NSTableView *)[self controlView];
NSPoint eventPoint = [myTableView convertPoint:[theEvent locationInWindow] fromView:nil];
NSInteger myRow = [myTableView rowAtPoint:eventPoint];
NSRect myBetterViewRect = [myTableView rectOfRow:myRow];
__block NSTextView* myTextView = [[NSTextView alloc] initWithFrame:myBetterViewRect];
[myTextView.textStorage setAttributedString:attributedStringWithLinks];
NSPoint localPoint = [myTextView convertPoint:eventPoint fromView:myTableView];
NSUInteger index = [myTextView.layoutManager characterIndexForPoint:localPoint inTextContainer:myTextView.textContainer fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints:NULL];
if (index != NSNotFound)
{
NSMutableArray* myHyperlinkInfos = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSRange stringRange = NSMakeRange(0, [attrValue length]);
[attrValue enumerateAttribute:NSLinkAttributeName inRange:stringRange options:0 usingBlock:^(id value, NSRange range, BOOL* stop)
{
if (value)
{
NSUInteger rectCount = 0;
NSRectArray rectArray = [myTextView.layoutManager rectArrayForCharacterRange:range withinSelectedCharacterRange:range inTextContainer:myTextView.textContainer rectCount:&rectCount];
for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < rectCount; i++)
{
[myHyperlinkInfos addObject:#{kHyperlinkInfoCharacterRangeKey : [NSValue valueWithRange:range], kHyperlinkInfoURLKey : value, kHyperlinkInfoRectKey : [NSValue valueWithRect:rectArray[i]]}];
}
}
}];
for (NSDictionary* info in myHyperlinkInfos)
{
NSRange range = [[info objectForKey:kHyperlinkInfoCharacterRangeKey] rangeValue];
if (NSLocationInRange(index, range))
{
NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:[info objectForKey:kHyperlinkInfoURLKey]];
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:url];
}
}
}
}
}
return result;}
The character-Index when clicking into the cell's (nstextview's) text appears not to fit. So even if there are more than one link in the text, usually the last link is opened. My guess is that I don´t get the nsrect of the clicked cell. If so, how could I get the right NSRect?
I am glad for any suggestions, comments, code pieces - or simpler solutions (even if this would include switching to a view-based tableview).
Thanks.
I must be doing something wrong here:
My Cocoa app has a scrollview around a custom view which in turn has a textview. I only expect to see one "This is a " string but there the extra one up in the corner.
I have reduced the code to something very minimal and still do not understand what my error is, so here I am fishing for a clue.
The view controller for the custom view follows, but for simplicity here is a link to the project.
#import "TTTSimpleCtrlView.h"
#interface TTTSimpleCtrlView ()
#property (strong,nonatomic) NSTextView *tv1;
#property (strong,nonatomic) NSTextStorage *ts;
#end
#implementation TTTSimpleCtrlView
- (void) awakeFromNib {
NSFont *font = [NSFont fontWithName:#"Courier New Bold" size:20.0f];
NSMutableParagraphStyle *styleModel = [[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy];
[styleModel setLineHeightMultiple:1.0];
// [styleModel setLineSpacing:fontRect.size.height * 2];
NSDictionary *textAttrs = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: font, NSFontAttributeName,
[NSColor blackColor] ,NSForegroundColorAttributeName,
[NSColor whiteColor], NSBackgroundColorAttributeName,
styleModel, NSParagraphStyleAttributeName,
nil];
NSString *pilcrowStr = #"This is a test.";
NSAttributedString *s = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:pilcrowStr attributes:textAttrs];
NSRect rect = [s boundingRectWithSize:NSMakeSize(INFINITY,INFINITY)options:0];
NSLayoutManager *lm = [[NSLayoutManager alloc] init];
NSTextContainer *tc = [NSTextContainer new];
[tc setContainerSize:s.size];
[lm addTextContainer:tc];
_ts = [[NSTextStorage alloc] init];
[_ts setAttributedString:s];
[_ts addLayoutManager:lm];
[lm replaceTextStorage:_ts];
rect.origin.x = 10;
rect.origin.y = rect.size.height;
NSTextView *v = [[NSTextView alloc] initWithFrame:rect textContainer:tc];
[v setDrawsBackground:YES];
[self addSubview:v];
}
- (BOOL) isFlipped {
return YES;
}
- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
{
NSLog(#"drawRect & %lu subviews",self.subviews.count);
for (NSTextView *v in self.subviews) {
if(CGRectIntersectsRect(v.frame, rect) || CGRectContainsRect(rect, v.frame)) {
[v drawRect:rect];
NSLog(#"frame = %#",NSStringFromRect(v.frame));
}
}
[super drawRect:rect];
}
You are calling:
[super drawRect:rect];
and you are drawing the text yourself in your draw function.
In effect you are drawing the text and cocoa is drawing the text for you as well.
So don't call super.
I downloaded a dome about UIScorllView and UIPageControl. Why UIPageControl is not display?
Here is the code ,I am new in Iphone .Any help will be appreciated!
ScrollView.M I put the ResultViewController into ScrollView. I want scroll the resultViewController with PageController.
- (void)loadScrollViewWithPage:(int)page
{
if (page < 0)
return;
if (page >= pageNumber)
return;
ResultViewController *controller = [viewControllers objectAtIndex:page];
if ((NSNull *)controller == [NSNull null])
{
controller = [[ResultViewController alloc] initWithPageNumber:page locations:existLocations];
[viewControllers replaceObjectAtIndex:page withObject:controller];
[controller release];
}
if (controller.view.superview == nil)
{
CGRect frame = scrollView.frame;
frame.origin.x = frame.size.width * page;
frame.origin.y = 0;
controller.view.frame = frame;
[scrollView addSubview:controller.view];
}
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
existLocations = [FileManagerUtil readPlistFileForDictionary:#"Locations" fileName:#"CloudCheckLocations.plist"];
pageNumber = [existLocations count];
NSMutableArray *controllers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (unsigned i = 0; i < pageNumber; i++)
{
[controllers addObject:[NSNull null]];
}
self.viewControllers = controllers;
[controllers release];
scrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
[self.navigationItem setTitle:#"NetWork condition"];
scrollView.pagingEnabled = YES;
scrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(scrollView.frame.size.width * pageNumber, scrollView.frame.size.height);
scrollView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = NO;
scrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
scrollView.scrollsToTop = NO;
scrollView.delegate = self;
pageContronl.numberOfPages = pageNumber;
pageContronl.currentPage = 0;
[pageContronl addTarget:self action:#selector(changePage:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
[pageContronl setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:0];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:1];
[scrollView addSubview:pageContronl];
[self.view addSubview:scrollView];
}
- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)sender
{
if (pageControlUsed)
{
return;
}
CGFloat pageWidth = scrollView.frame.size.width;
int page = floor((scrollView.contentOffset.x - pageWidth / 2) / pageWidth) + 1;
pageContronl.currentPage = page;
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page - 1];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page + 1];
}
- (void)scrollViewWillBeginDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
pageControlUsed = NO;
}
- (void)scrollViewDidEndDecelerating:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
pageControlUsed = NO;
}
- (IBAction)changePage:(id)sender
{
int page = pageContronl.currentPage;
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page - 1];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page + 1];
CGRect frame = scrollView.frame;
frame.origin.x = frame.size.width * page;
frame.origin.y = 0;
[scrollView scrollRectToVisible:frame animated:YES];
pageControlUsed = YES;
}
ScrollView.h
#interface ScrollViewController : UIViewController<UIScrollViewDelegate>
{
NSMutableArray *viewControllers;
NSString *currectNetWork;
NSString *flag;
NSString *locationName;
IBOutlet UIScrollView *scrollView;
IBOutlet UIPageControl *pageContronl;
BOOL pageControlUsed;
int pageNumber;
NSMutableDictionary *existLocations;
}
#property (nonatomic,retain) NSString *currectNetWork;
#property (nonatomic,retain) NSString *flag;
#property (nonatomic,retain) NSString *locationName;
#property (nonatomic,retain) UIPageControl * pageContronl;
#property (nonatomic,retain) UIScrollView * scrollView;
#property (nonatomic,retain) NSMutableArray *viewControllers;
#property (nonatomic,retain) NSMutableDictionary *existLocations;
(IBAction)changePage:(id)sender;
ResultViewControl.M
This method will call by ScrollView.M
- (id)initWithPageNumber:(int)page locations :(NSMutableDictionary *) locations
{
titilArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:#"Today", #"Past 7 Day",#"Past 30 Day",nil];
if (self = [super initWithNibName:#"ResultViewController" bundle:nil])
{
pageNumber = page;
existLocations = locations;
}
return self;
}
Check the background colour of pageControl and parent view. If both have same colour (default white) page control will not display.
In IOS6, you have new methods pageIndicatorTintColor and currentPageIndicatorTintColor.
Hope this will help.
Check your top and bottom constraints of container view/ tableView(if present). Both must not be attached with Top/Bottom Layout Guide. Attach them with container Margins.
This one has been doing my head in for months - So time to swallow my pride and reach out for a little help. At the moment this is being done in UIWebView as HTML5/JS controlled system. But UIWebview frankly sux and looking to make this last component native too.
I have a collection of videos and at specific timed points during the video, I am calling a page of instructions that relate to the timed period in the video. The video controls also act as a controller for the instructions pages. So whatever timed point is reached, the corresponding page is animated into place.
I've looked in many, many options, with the closest coming in with http video streaming and using timed metadata to initiate a view, but I am containing the videos locally on the device. And, as yet cannot find anything that looks like it will work. Seems simple enough in principle, but I'll be damned if I can find a decent solution...
Any ideas / pointers?
Here's the last attempt at going native with this before the remainder of my hair fell out - I think I may be seeing where I was heading in the wrong direction, but if you can spare a few moments, I'd really appreciate it!
OBJECTIVE is to have a shoutOut that lives below the video that contains a page of instructions. At x seconds, the content will be refreshed to correspond to that portion of the video and persist until the next shoutOut for fresh content. This I have managed to achieve successfully. Where I have been falling down (a lot) is when I scrub the video back to a previous section, the shoutOut content remains at the position from which I scrubbed and remains there permanently. Or as the code is below, simply doesn't re-apear as it is set to a timed visible duration.
Anyway, here's the code...
Header:
// START:import
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
// START_HIGHLIGHT
#import <MediaPlayer/MPMoviePlayerController.h>
#import "CommentView.h"
// END_HIGHLIGHT
// START:def
// START:wiring
#interface MoviePlayerViewController : UIViewController {
UIView *viewForMovie;
// END:wiring
// START_HIGHLIGHT
MPMoviePlayerController *player;
// END_HIGHLIGHT
// START:wiring
UILabel *onScreenDisplayLabel;
UIScrollView *myScrollView;
NSMutableArray *keyframeTimes;
NSArray *shoutOutTexts;
NSArray *shoutOutTimes;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIView *viewForMovie;
// END:wiring
// START_HIGHLIGHT
#property (nonatomic, retain) MPMoviePlayerController *player;
// END_HIGHLIGHT
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UILabel *onScreenDisplayLabel;
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIScrollView *myScrollView;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *keyframeTimes;
// START_HIGHLIGHT
-(NSURL *)movieURL;
- (void)timerAction:(NSTimer*)theTimer;
- (void) playerThumbnailImageRequestDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification;
- (void)handleTapFrom:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer;
- (IBAction) getInfo:(id)sender;
- (void)removeView:(NSTimer*)theTimer;
// END_HIGHLIGHT
// START:wiring
#end
// END:def
// END:wiring
// END:import
Main:
#implementation MoviePlayerViewController
// START:synth
#synthesize player;
#synthesize viewForMovie;
#synthesize onScreenDisplayLabel;
#synthesize myScrollView;
#synthesize keyframeTimes;
// END:synth
// Implement loadView to create a view hierarchy programmatically, without using a nib.
// START:viewDidLoad
// START:viewDidLoad1
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
keyframeTimes = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
shoutOutTexts = [[NSArray
arrayWithObjects:#"This is a test\nLabel at 2 secs ",
#"This is a test\nLabel at 325 secs",
nil] retain];
shoutOutTimes = [[NSArray
arrayWithObjects:[[NSNumber alloc] initWithInt: 2],
[[NSNumber alloc] initWithInt: 325],
nil] retain];
self.player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
self.player.contentURL = [self movieURL];
// END:viewDidLoad1
self.player.view.frame = self.viewForMovie.bounds;
self.player.view.autoresizingMask =
UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth |
UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
[self.viewForMovie addSubview:player.view];
[self.player play];
// START_HIGHLIGHT
[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0f target:self selector:#selector(timerAction:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
// END_HIGHLIGHT
// START:viewDidLoad1
[self.view addSubview:self.myScrollView];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
addObserver:self
selector:#selector(movieDurationAvailable:)
name:MPMovieDurationAvailableNotification
object:nil];
}
// END:viewDidLoad
// END:viewDidLoad1
// START:movieURL
-(NSURL *)movieURL
{
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath =
[bundle
pathForResource:#"BigBuckBunny_640x360"
ofType:#"m4v"];
if (moviePath) {
return [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
} else {
return nil;
}
}
// END:movieURL
int position = 0;
- (void)timerAction:(NSTimer*)theTimer {
NSLog(#"hi");
int count = [shoutOutTimes count];
NSLog(#"count is at %d", count);
if (position < count) {
NSNumber *timeObj = [shoutOutTimes objectAtIndex:position];
int time = [timeObj intValue];
NSLog(#"time is at %d", time);
if (self.player.currentPlaybackTime >= time) {
CommentView *cview = [[CommentView alloc]
initWithText:[shoutOutTexts objectAtIndex:position]];
[self.player.view addSubview:cview];
position++;
[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:4.0f target:self selector:#selector(removeView:) userInfo:cview repeats:NO];
}
}
}
- (void)removeView:(NSTimer*)theTimer {
UIView *view = [theTimer userInfo];
[view removeFromSuperview];
}
/*
// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
}
*/
// Override to allow orientations other than the default portrait orientation.
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
return YES;
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
- (void)viewDidUnload {
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
}
- (void) movieDurationAvailable:(NSNotification*)notification {
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [notification object];
int duration = [moviePlayer duration];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
addObserver:self
selector:#selector(playerThumbnailImageRequestDidFinish:)
name:MPMoviePlayerThumbnailImageRequestDidFinishNotification
object:nil];
NSMutableArray *times = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for(int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
[times addObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:5+i*((duration)/20)]];
}
[self.player requestThumbnailImagesAtTimes:times timeOption: MPMovieTimeOptionNearestKeyFrame];
}
int p = 0;
int ll=0;
- (void) playerThumbnailImageRequestDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {
NSDictionary *userInfo;
userInfo = [notification userInfo];
NSNumber *timecode;
timecode = [userInfo objectForKey: #"MPMoviePlayerThumbnailTimeKey"];
[keyframeTimes addObject: timecode];
UIImage *image;
image = [userInfo objectForKey: #"MPMoviePlayerThumbnailImageKey"];
int width = image.size.width;
int height = image.size.height;
float newwidth = 75 * ((float)width / (float)height);
self.myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake((newwidth + 2) * 20, 75);
UIImageView *imgv = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
[imgv setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[imgv setFrame:CGRectMake(ll, 0, newwidth, 75.0f)];
ll+=newwidth + 2;
UITapGestureRecognizer *tapRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]
initWithTarget:self action:#selector(handleTapFrom:)];
[tapRecognizer setNumberOfTapsRequired:1];
[imgv addGestureRecognizer:tapRecognizer];
[tapRecognizer release];
[myScrollView addSubview:imgv];
}
- (void) getInfo:(id)sender
{
MPMovieMediaTypeMask mask = self.player.movieMediaTypes;
NSMutableString *mediaTypes = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
if (mask == MPMovieMediaTypeMaskNone) {
[mediaTypes appendString:#"Unknown Media Type"];
} else {
if (mask & MPMovieMediaTypeMaskAudio) {
[mediaTypes appendString:#"Audio"];
}
if (mask & MPMovieMediaTypeMaskVideo) {
[mediaTypes appendString:#"Video"];
}
}
MPMovieSourceType type = self.player.movieSourceType;
NSMutableString *sourceType = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:#""];
if (type == MPMovieSourceTypeUnknown) {
[sourceType appendString:#"Source Unknown"];
} else if (type == MPMovieSourceTypeFile) {
[sourceType appendString:#"File"];
} else if (type == MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming) {
[sourceType appendString:#"Streaming"];
}
CGSize size = self.player.naturalSize;
onScreenDisplayLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"[Type: %#] [Source: %#] [Time: %.1f of %.f secs] [Playback: %.0fx] [Size: %.0fx%.0f]",
mediaTypes,
sourceType,
self.player.currentPlaybackTime,
self.player.duration,
self.player.currentPlaybackRate,
size.width,
size.height];
}
- (void)handleTapFrom:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {
NSArray *subviews = [myScrollView subviews];
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
if (recognizer.view == [subviews objectAtIndex:i]) {
NSNumber *num = [keyframeTimes objectAtIndex:i];
self.player.currentPlaybackTime = [num intValue];
return;
}
}
}
#end
The Comment View Header:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface CommentView : UIView {
}
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame andText:(NSString *) text;
- (id)initWithText:(NSString *) text;
#end
The Comment View Main:
#import "CommentView.h"
#implementation CommentView
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame andText:(NSString *) text {
if ((self = [super initWithFrame:frame])) {
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"comment.png"];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
[self addSubview:imageView];
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(20, 20, 200.0f, 90.0f);
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:rect];
label.text = text;
label.numberOfLines = 3;
label.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[self addSubview:label];
}
return self;
}
- (id)initWithText:(NSString *) text {
if ((self = [super init])) {
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"comment.png"];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
[self addSubview:imageView];
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(20, 20, 200.0f, 90.0f);
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:rect];
label.text = text;
label.numberOfLines = 3;
label.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[self addSubview:label];
}
return self;
}
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
}
#end
Thoughts anyone?
Cheers!
What's wrong with monitoring currentPlaybackTime at regular intervals (assuming you are using an instance that implements MPMediaPlayback for playback).