MPMoviePlayerController not working on iOS8

Question

I was trying out a project I worked on during iOS6. Tried running the same on iOS8 and the video is playing. Is there anything else I need to do?

- (void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];


    NSString *filepath   =   [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Mcdonald" ofType:@"mp4"];

    NSURL    *fileURL    =   [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
    MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];

    [moviePlayerController.view setFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];

    [self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
    moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(playMovie:) name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:moviePlayerController];
}

- (void)playMovie:(NSNotification *)notification {
    MPMoviePlayerController *player = notification.object;
    if (player.loadState & MPMovieLoadStatePlayable)
    {
        NSLog(@"Movie is Ready to Play");
        [player play];
    }
}

Thanks.

Answer 1

Finally. Adding it to the UIWindow solved the problem for me.

NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"disc" ofType:@"mp4"];
NSURL *movieURL = [[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];

theMoviPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
theMoviPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
theMoviPlayer.view.transform = CGAffineTransformConcat(theMoviPlayer.view.transform, CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI_2));
UIWindow *backgroundWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
[theMoviPlayer.view setFrame:backgroundWindow.frame];
[backgroundWindow addSubview:theMoviPlayer.view];
[theMoviPlayer play];