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Stop AVPlayer video when a new UITableViewCell is selected

I want to show a video accordingly to the selected cell in my tableview. I want to show the video in a view in my vc.

The following code is showing the correct videos when the cells are tapped but whenever i select a new cell the audio from the old video is still there. How can i remove it ?

Setting up the view in my vc:

    func setupView(for url: URL) {
        let player = AVPlayer(url: url)
        let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
        playerLayer.frame = self.videoView.bounds
        self.videoView.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
        player.play()
    }

didSelectRow code:

 let selectedExercise = exercises[indexPath.row]
        setupView(for: URL(string: selectedExercise.videoUrl)!)

My guess is that i should pause/stop the previous video before showing the new one. But i don't know how to. Thanks a lot!

Solution

  • It's happend because you create new instance of AVPlayer every tap.

    To solve your problem, you need to move let player = AVPlayer(url: url) outside of setupView() and call it only once. You could move it in init() for example.

    For updating asset (video url) in setupView() you could use player.replaceCurrentItem(with: AVPlayerItem(url: url)) .