Unable to remove MPMoviePlayerController after video is finished ios 6

geestring · September 2012

I've been pulling my hair out trying to get this simple video player to work.

I just want my video to play full screen then remove itself when it's done. It looks simple but I can't seem to get this to work right in the ipad ios 6 simulator.

Does anyone have an example that they know works?


#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>

@interface ViewController : UIViewController{
    MPMoviePlayerController *movie;
}
@property (retain, nonatomic) MPMoviePlayerController *movie;

-(IBAction)playMovie:(id)sender; 
- (void)moviePlaybackComplete:(NSNotification *)notification;
@end


#import "ViewController.h"

@interface ViewController ()

@end

@implementation ViewController
@synthesize movie;


- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
	// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    
    UIButton *video_btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
    video_btn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 50);
    [video_btn setTitle:@"Moonrise" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [video_btn addTarget:self action:@selector(playMovie:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self.view addSubview:video_btn];
    
    
    
}

-(IBAction)playMovie:(id)sender
{
    
    NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"moonrise" ofType:@"mp4"]];
    self.movie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                             selector:@selector(moviePlaybackComplete:)
                                                 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
                                               object:self.movie];
    
 
     
    [self.view addSubview:self.movie.view];
    [self.movie setFullscreen:YES animated:YES];

  
  
    [self.movie play];
    
   
}

- (void)moviePlaybackComplete:(NSNotification *)notification
{
  
    MPMoviePlayerViewController *moviePlayerController = [notification object];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
                                                    name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
                                                  object:moviePlayerController];
    [moviePlayerController.view removeFromSuperview];

 

}



- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

@end