IOS - Open videos in Media Player when using UIWebView

Question

I want to launch Media Player upon clicking on a video link within UIWebView. The content of the UIWebView is an HTML5 page on my server, so whether the solution is to change the code in XCode or HTML5 I will be able to handle it.

All the videos in question are of 'mp4' extension - Just in case this addition helps.

Please note this is for an iPad-only App.

Answer 1

This code could be modified to launch a video based on a button click from within the app.

    NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"filename" ofType:@"mp4"];
    //LOCAL FILE    
    NSURL    *fileURL    =   [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
    //REMOTE FILE
    NSURL    *fileURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://someurlsomewhere.com/movie.mp4"];
    player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
    player.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 768);
    [self.view addSubview:player.view];
    player.fullscreen = NO;
    [player play];

Here is a link that covers detecting taps/clicks from a webview which may be what you need in order to trigger the video. how to intercept Button click inside UIWebview on IOS?