How to change AVPlayer Live Streaming URL?

Question

Hi developers and experts, I need your good suggestions and help. I am working an application which has four different radio channels(buttons). I am using AVPlayer for live streaming. I would like to create an AVPlayer object in ViewDidLoad and just change the streaming url by using the four different buttons without having to re-create the AVPlayer object again and again. I googled but not find any solution. So your good suggestions and help would be appreciated. Thanks

- (IBAction)playBtn_clicked:(id)sender {

     NSURL *streamURL = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];

    // I don't like this line, creating a new object again and again
    _streamPlayer = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithURL:streamURL]; 

    if (_streamPlayer.rate == 1.0) {
        [_streamPlayer pause];
    } else {
        [_streamPlayer play];
    }
}

Answer 1

Finally i found the solution by replacing the current item in AVPlayer instead of changing the Streaming URL in the Player.

 - (void)viewDidLoad {
   [super viewDidLoad];
   // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

   _streamPlayer = [[AVPlayer alloc] init];
}


- (IBAction)playBtn_clicked:(id)sender {

  NSURL *streamURL = [NSURL URLWithString:_urlString];
  AVPlayerItem *currentItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc] initWithURL:streamURL];
  [_streamPlayer replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem:currentItem];
}