Can I play an FLV on the iPad Simulator?

Question

I am trying to create a simple app for the iPad that with play an FLV when you click a button. I am using the code from http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/codinghowtos/AudioAndVideo/index.html#VIDEO-USE_THE_MEDIA_PLAYER_FRAMEWORK_FOR_VIDEO_PLAYBACK as a reference. Here is the code for my click event

-(IBAction) btnPlayVideoClick:(id) sender { 
 NSString* videoPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myVideo" ofType:@"flv"];    

 MPMoviePlayerController* myMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:videoPath]];
 myMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;


 // Register for the playback finished notification.

 [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
            selector: @selector(myMovieFinishedCallback:)
             name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
              object:myMovie];
 [myMovie play];

}


-(void)myMovieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*)aNotification 
{
    MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie=[aNotification object]; 
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self 
                                                    name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification 
                                                  object:theMovie]; 

    // Release the movie instance created in playMovieAtURL
    [theMovie release]; 
}

I am able to successfully compile and run the app, but when I click the button the app just exits with no error message or any activity at all. Is there something that I am doing wrong, or is there some reason I cannot play an FLV using the simulator. I can't test on a real device yet because I am waiting for approval to get my dev license.

Thanks,

Mike

Answer 1

iOS devices do not have Flash, so you can't play any Flash video.