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how to play online video those are on server

I have videos on my server. I would like to play those video on iPhone and iPad.

Could anyone suggest how to deal with such case?

I know how to play video when the same video is in my project using MPMoviePlayerController.

Solution

  • You can use WebView to play video.

    In .h file add this code :

    #import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
    @interface VideoViewController : UIViewController<UIWebViewDelegate>
    @property (nonatomic, strong) UIWebView *playerView;

    And in .m file :

    @synthesize playerView;

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
         self.playerView = [[UIWebView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 05, 300, 200)];
        [self.view addSubview:self.playerView];

    }
    return self;
}

-(void)viewDidLoad
{
    playerView.delegate = self;
    playerView.scrollView.scrollEnabled = NO;
    playerView.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0;
    playerView.clipsToBounds = YES;
}

    And in playBtn action put this code :

    NSString *yourVideoLink = your video link;
NSString *yourlinkThumbnail = your video thumbnaillink;
[self playVideo: yourVideoLink withWebView:playerView andThumbnailLink: yourlinkThumbnail];


#pragma mark - Webview Delegates

- (void)webViewDidStartLoad:(UIWebView *)webView
{
    //[SVProgressHUD showWithStatus:@"Loading..."];
}
- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView
{
    //[SVProgressHUD dismiss];
}
- (void)webView:(UIWebView *)webView didFailLoadWithError:(NSError *)error
{
   // [SVProgressHUD dismiss];
}

#pragma mark - MoviePlayer Methods
- (void)playVideo:(NSString *)urlString withWebView:(UIWebView*)videoView andThumbnailLink:(NSString*)thumbnailImageLink {
    NSString *embedHTML = @"\
    <html><head>\
    <style type=\"text/css\">\
    body {\
    background-color: transparent;\
    color: white;\
    }\
    </style>\
    <script>\
    function load(){document.getElementById(\"yt\").play();}\
    </script>\
    </head><body onload=\"load()\"style=\"margin:0\">\
    <video id=\"yt\" src=\"%@\" \
    width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\" poster=\"%@\" autoplay controls></video>\
    </body></html>";
    videoView.backgroundColor   =  [UIColor redColor];
    NSString *html = [NSString stringWithFormat:embedHTML, urlString, videoView.frame.size.width, videoView.frame.size.height,thumbnailImageLink];
    [videoView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(videoPlayStarted:) name:@"UIMoviePlayerControllerDidEnterFullscreenNotification" object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(videoPlayFinished:) name:@"UIMoviePlayerControllerDidExitFullscreenNotification" object:nil];
}

-(void)videoPlayStarted:(NSNotification *)notification{
    //self.isInFullScreenMode = YES;
}

-(void)videoPlayFinished:(NSNotification *)notification{
    // your code here
   // self.isInFullScreenMode = NO;
}