MPMoviePlayerViewController dismisses on screen-lock

Question

After calling -

[self.navigationController presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:movieViewController];

The view dismisses itself after screen lock or backgrounding. Is there anyway to prevent this?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 12 '15 at 06:11

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It appears that locking the screen causes MPMoviePlayerController to stop, which causes MPMoviePlayerViewController to dismiss.

I ended up rolling my own custom UIViewController with MPMoviePlayerController taking up the entire view with full screen controls.

edited Sep 12 '15 at 06:11

answered Jun 05 '12 at 21:01

wL_

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Try below this post screen lock event in iphone sdk

after trying lock event to dismiss mpmovieplayerviewcontroller!

thanks!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

Community

answered May 17 '12 at 04:13

Dinesh

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 12 '15 at 06:11

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It will be the natural behavior of the device .. Unless >> you add the permission for it.

Info.plist > Required background modes

add mode App plays audio or streams audio/video using AirPlay

Now difference will be that the MPMoviePlayerViewController will not dismiss, even after the app goes to background. But the video will pause.

edited Sep 12 '15 at 06:11

answered Aug 27 '15 at 09:29

Shanu ji

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