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Luciano Perez
Luciano Perez

Reputation: 91

Playback buttons do not appear in an AVPlayer after adding a layer - iOS 16

I am using an AVPlayer to present a video. The app has only one .mp4 but for a different use case, the same video needs to get flipped.

The buttons are there and completely functional, you can press the play and the 15 seconds forward/backward buttons but they don't appear on the screen (4th video in the attached image)

The issue seems to be that the flip layer I am adding overlays the new layout buttons.

The potential fix I was thinking of is to flip the video before adding it to the player.

Do you know if there is a straightforward solution for this? Maybe there is an easy way to keep the iOS 15 playback button layout?

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The code the app is using to flip the video is as follows:

  @IBAction func pressButton(_ sender: Any) {
    guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "sample-5s", ofType:"mp4") else {
       return
    }
    let avPlayer = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path))
    let avPlayerController = AVPlayerViewController()
    
    present(avPlayerController, animated: true, completion: {
   
      let flippedLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: avPlayer)
      let transform = CGAffineTransform(scaleX: -1.0, y: 1.0)
      flippedLayer.frame = (avPlayerController as UIViewController).view.frame
      flippedLayer.setAffineTransform(transform)
      (avPlayerController as UIViewController).view.layer.addSublayer(flippedLayer)
     
      avPlayerController.player = avPlayer
      avPlayer.play()
    })
  }

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3469

Answers (2)

Павел Мишагин
Павел Мишагин

Reputation: 11

For Swift UI

CustomVideoPlayer()
   .compositingGroup()




struct CustomVideoPlayer : UIViewControllerRepresentable {

 var player: AVPlayer

 func makeUIViewController(context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<CustomVideoPlayer>) -> AVPlayerViewController {
     
     let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
     controller.player = player
     return controller

 }

 func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: AVPlayerViewController, context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<CustomVideoPlayer>) {
 }

Fixed problem for me in IOS 16 Swift UI

Upvotes: 0

Mudith Chathuranga Silva
Mudith Chathuranga Silva

Reputation: 7434

Found a solution. It's all about adding AVPlayerViewController inside the parent view controller. Assume that you have a AVPlayerViewController inside a viewController. So first in viewDidLoad make sure to add it as a child.

var playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
lazy var playerBaseView: UIView = {
        let view = UIView()
        view.backgroundColor = .clear
        return view
}()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    // Make your player parent view constraints or do it on Storyboard
    playerBaseView.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
       make.edges.equalTo(view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.snp.edges)
    }

   addChild(playerController) // Add as a child
   playerBaseView.addSubview(playerController.view)

   // Make your playerController view constraints or do it on Storyboard
   playerController.view.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
       make.edges.equalToSuperview()
   }
}

Upvotes: 2

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