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Anthony Main
Anthony Main

Reputation: 6068

Unable to add overlay to MPMoviePlayerController in SDK 4.1

This is a follow-on from: Overlay on top of Streaming MPMoviePlayerController

I've seen the various threads about checking for a new Window and then using that to apply my custom views to my fullscreen video however in SDK 4.1 this doesnt appear to be the case.

I have tried a timer and listening for UIWindowDidBecomeKeyNotification but in neither case does [[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows] ever contain more than 1 item.

I have tried adding my view to the players view property which works fine when displayed in place, but not when fullscreen, even if I add it in moviePlayBackDidEnterFullScreen event

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3441

Answers (1)

Anthony Main
Anthony Main

Reputation: 6068

I found a solution to this problem a few weeks ago:

It seems this method does not work on the iPad (I havent checked iPhone SDK 4>) so in order to get round it you can do the following.

After adding your video and setting to fullscreen you can add your controls directly to the UIWindow (e.g. [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows] objectAtIndex:0] addSubView:myView]), they will then appear on top of your video video.

The only problem I have found with this is that they don't obey the orientation rules of the view and I have manually had to program the rotation code in the willRotateToInterfaceOrientation method of the view.

Upvotes: 1

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