I have a button which presents AVPlayerViewController and i managed to add picture in pciture to my AVPlayerViewController so i can minimize it, now once minimized i want to maximize it again but as soon as i do it the AVPlayerViewController disappears. I don't plan to use storyboard and want to do it programmatically as embeding my view controller in navigation controller resolves the issue but i don't want to follow that approach
I added BackgroundMode capability and ticked PIP and in Appdelegate
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
let audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
do {
try audioSession.setCategory(.playback)
try audioSession.setActive(true, options: [])
} catch {
print("Setting category to AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback failed.")
}
return true
}
and in my ViewController
class ViewController: UIViewController,AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate {
var playerController : AVPlayerViewController!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
@IBAction func btnClicked(_ sender: Any) {
if let videoURL = URL(string: "https://storage.googleapis.com/exoplayer-test-media-0/BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4") {
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL)
playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.didfinishPlaying(note:)), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)
playerController.player = player
playerController.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback = true
playerController.delegate = self
playerController.player?.play()
self.present(playerController, animated: true, completion : nil)
}
}
}
Just for creating a simple demo i used storyboard, in my real app i don't use it
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
class ViewController: UIViewController,AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate {
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
playerController.delegate = self
}
@IBAction func btnClicked(_ sender: Any) {
if let videoURL = URL(string: "https://storage.googleapis.com/exoplayer-test-media-0/BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4") {
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL)
playerController.player = player
playerController.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback = true
playerController.delegate = self
playerController.player?.play()
self.present(playerController, animated: true, completion : nil)
}
}
func playerViewController(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController, restoreUserInterfaceForPictureInPictureStopWithCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping (Bool) -> Void) {
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) {
completionHandler(true)
}
}
}
The above code works without NavigationController