AVPlayer with playback controls of avplayerviewcontroller

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I am putting n avplayer inside of a view controller to customize some other elements of the view controller but I still want the playback and scrubbing controls used in AVPlayerViewController. Is there a way to enable these controls for the Avplayer when I am not using AvPlayerViewcontroller?

Hey, did you get the solution. I am adding AVPlayerViewController as child view controller and kept its frame custom. But the controls like play, pause, scrubbing controls etc are not visible. Please help. — Ruchi, Mar 24 '17 at 09:02

matt · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-24T02:29:54.130

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No. The usual solution (explicitly advised by Apple) is to use the AVPlayerViewController as an embedded view controller - i.e., make your view controller a custom parent view controller and the AVPlayerViewController its child, and now you can place its view (the movie and the controls) inside your view as a subview in good order. Example (self is your view controller):

let url = // whatever
let player = AVPlayer(URL:url)
let avPlayerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
avPlayerViewController.player = player
avPlayerViewController.view.frame = // whatever
self.addChild(avPlayerViewController)
self.view.addSubview(avPlayerViewController.view)
avPlayerViewController.didMove(toParent: self)

edited Mar 24 '20 at 02:29

answered Nov 12 '15 at 17:32

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While this works great, Xcode will show errors like below:Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints. It seems like the issue is with the autolayout of playback controls within AVPlayerViewController. Do think this is a bug though. – JSNoob Apr 20 '16 at 18:46
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cant create the avplayerviewcontroller object in swift 3.0 – Ravi Ojha May 25 '17 at 06:30
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@Natto The Ask Question button is big, blue, and at the top right. – matt Apr 25 '22 at 14:46

Diego Jiménez · Answer 2 · 2020-12-27T12:00:38.330

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To update this post with Swift 5 you can try this code:

let videoURL = URL(string: "https://your_video_in_internet.mp4")
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoUrl)
let playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController!
playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.view.frame = YOUR_FRAME_OR_EMBED_IN_STORYBOARD
playerViewController.player = player
playerViewController.showsPlaybackControls = true
playerViewController.videoGravity = .resizeAspectFill
YOUR_FRAME_OR_EMBED_IN_STORYBOARD.addSubview(playerViewController.view)
playerViewController.player!.play()

edited Dec 27 '20 at 12:00

answered May 20 '20 at 19:18

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This won't show playback and scrubbing controls – Pete Streem Dec 18 '20 at 16:33
Sorry, I thought it did it, if the controls are not shown, you have to add this sentence to the AVPlayerController: "showsPlaybackControls = true" – Diego Jiménez Dec 18 '20 at 17:02
Can you edit your answer please with the controls? You did not mention anything about AVPlayerController in your solution, thus, we can't just put showPlaybackControlls = true – Samuel Folledo Dec 27 '20 at 10:45
Done! I have added the controller in the answer. – Diego Jiménez Dec 27 '20 at 12:00

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 22 '20 at 09:35

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let player = AVPlayer(url: url)    
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.view.frame = self.videoPlayerView.bounds
playerViewController.player = player
self.addChild(playerViewController)
self.videoPlayerView.addSubview(playerViewController.view)
playerViewController.didMove(toParent: self)

edited Sep 22 '20 at 09:35

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answered Sep 22 '20 at 08:46

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