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How to fill an array with elements of AVPlayerItem type from a local directory


I use AVQueuePlayer in my app and I need to have an array with my tracks with type [AVPlayerItem]. Array must creates every time when TableView loads. Also I have an array "content" with elements in current folder to create a table view cells. How can I add these elements to array "playerQueue"?

class TableViewController: UITableViewController {
    
    var currentDirectory: String?
    var content: [String] = []
    var player: AVQueuePlayer!
    var playerQueue: [AVPlayerItem] = []
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        reloadData()
    }
    
    func reloadData(needsReload: Bool = true) {
     
        if currentDirectory == nil {
            currentDirectory = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0]
        }
        do {
            content = try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: currentDirectory! )
        } catch {
            content = []
        }
        if needsReload {
            tableView.reloadData()
        }
    }

Solution

  • If you have for example .m4v files in your documents folder you should find all of them then convert your file paths to AVPlayerItem ones (URL -> AVURLAsset -> AVPlayerItem) e.g.:

    if let documentsUrl = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first {
        if let content = try? FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(at: documentsUrl, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil) {
            let items = content
                .filter { $0.pathExtension == "m4v" }
                .map { AVURLAsset(url: $0)}
                .map { AVPlayerItem(asset: $0) }
            
            player = AVQueuePlayer(items: items)
            player?.play()
        }
    }