Play Video from URL

In so many application we can see videos are playing from the Url,we here implement that functionality in our application.

Please first define IS_IPHONE_5 macro in .pch file so you can check it it is iphone 5 then set player size according to it.

#define IS_IPHONE_5 ( fabs( ( double )[ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height - ( double )568 ) < DBL_EPSILON )

• We have to add MediaPlayer framework and import 
  #import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h> in .h file
• We have to define variable of activity indicator and mediaPlayer object first in .h file like

      MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer;

      UIActivityIndicatorView *aiv;

     first create playMovieButtonPressed to create activity indicator and movie player object and set frame according to iphone 5 and other and added as a subview of current view.we create notification which notifies us when movie player finished playing.

-(IBAction)playMovieButtonPressed:(id)sender{

    

    aiv = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhiteLarge];

    aiv.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 40.0, 40.0);

    aiv.center = self.view.center;

    [self.view addSubview:aiv];

    [aiv startAnimating];

    

    self.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;

    NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL URLWithString:strVideo];

    self.moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];

    self.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;

    [self setWantsFullScreenLayout:YES];

    [self.moviePlayer.view setFrame:self.view.bounds];

    if( IS_IPHONE_5 )

    {

        [self.moviePlayer.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 568)];

    }

    else{

        [self.moviePlayer.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];

    }

    [self.view addSubview:self.moviePlayer.view];

    

    

    //insert the video player below the aiv

    [self.view insertSubview:self.moviePlayer.view belowSubview:aiv];

    [self.moviePlayer play];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self

                                             selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)

                                                 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification

                                               object:self.moviePlayer];

}

#pragma Player methods

- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {

    MPMoviePlayerController *player = [notification object];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]

     removeObserver:self

     name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification

     object:player];

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];

    

    if ([player

         respondsToSelector:@selector(setFullscreen:animated:)])

    {

        

    }

    NSDictionary *notiUserInfo = [notification userInfo];

    if (notiUserInfo != nil)

    {

        NSError *errorInfo = [notiUserInfo objectForKey:@"error"];

        if ([[errorInfo domain] isEqualToString:@"MediaPlayerErrorDomain"])

        {

        }

        else{

            [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

        }

    }

    else{

        [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

        [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

        

    }

    

    [player.view removeFromSuperview];

    [player stop];

    player = nil;

    [aiv stopAnimating];

    [aiv removeFromSuperview];

}

here we set full screen mode of movieplayer,when done button pressed or  becuase of error movie player stops moviePlayBackDidFinish method called.

You can grab whole code here:

.h file

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>

@interface VideoPlayViewController : UIViewController

{

    MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer;

    UIActivityIndicatorView *aiv;

    NSString *strVideo;

}

@property (readwrite, retain) MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer;

-(IBAction)playMovieButtonPressed:(id)sender;

@end

.m file

#import "VideoPlayViewController.h"

@interface VideoPlayViewController ()

@end

@implementation VideoPlayViewController

@synthesize moviePlayer;

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil

{

    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];

    if (self) {

        // Custom initialization

    }

    return self;

}

- (void)viewDidLoad

{

    [super viewDidLoad];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self

                                             selector:@selector(movieLoadStateDidChange:)

                                                 name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification

                                               object:nil];

    strVideo = @"http://flierz.wwhnetwork.net/seller/upload/video/233_125_best-funny-video-ever_06112013194721_07192013183307.mp4";

    [self playMovieButtonPressed:nil];

    

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.

}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning

{

    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];

    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.

}

-(void)movieLoadStateDidChange:(id)sender{

    NSLog(@"STATE CHANGED");

    if(MPMovieLoadStatePlaythroughOK ) {

        NSLog(@"State is Playable OK");

        NSLog(@"Enough data has been buffered for playback to continue uninterrupted..");

        aiv.hidden = YES;

        [aiv stopAnimating];

    }

    

}

-(IBAction)playMovieButtonPressed:(id)sender{

    

    aiv = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhiteLarge];

    aiv.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 40.0, 40.0);

    aiv.center = self.view.center;

    [self.view addSubview:aiv];

    [aiv startAnimating];

    

    self.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;

    NSURL *movieURL = [NSURL URLWithString:strVideo];

    self.moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];

    self.moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;

    [self setWantsFullScreenLayout:YES];

    //MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;

    [self.moviePlayer.view setFrame:self.view.bounds];

    if( IS_IPHONE_5 )

    {

        [self.moviePlayer.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 568)];

    }

    else{

        [self.moviePlayer.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];

    }

    [self.view addSubview:self.moviePlayer.view];

    

    

    //insert the video player below the aiv

    [self.view insertSubview:self.moviePlayer.view belowSubview:aiv];

    [self.moviePlayer play];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self

                                             selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)

                                                 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification

                                               object:self.moviePlayer];

}

#pragma Player methods

- (void) moviePlayBackDidFinish:(NSNotification*)notification {

    MPMoviePlayerController *player = [notification object];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]

     removeObserver:self

     name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification

     object:player];

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];

    

    if ([player

         respondsToSelector:@selector(setFullscreen:animated:)])

    {

        

    }

    NSDictionary *notiUserInfo = [notification userInfo];

    if (notiUserInfo != nil)

    {

        NSError *errorInfo = [notiUserInfo objectForKey:@"error"];

        if ([[errorInfo domain] isEqualToString:@"MediaPlayerErrorDomain"])

        {

        }

        else{

            [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

        }

    }

    else{

        [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

        [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

        

    }

    

    [player.view removeFromSuperview];

    [player stop];

    player = nil;

    [aiv stopAnimating];

    [aiv removeFromSuperview];

}

#pragma-mark orientation methods

- (NSUInteger) supportedInterfaceOrientations

{
//to support all orientation

    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAll;

}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate

{

    return YES;

}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation

{

    return TRUE;

}

@end