AutoVideoPlayer
Play/pause videos automatically in UITableview when an UITableViewCell is in focus, videos can be easily embedded in any UITableViewCell subclass. Can be easily extended to support UICollectionView
- Easily implement video player in any UITableView subclass
- Automatic video play when video view is visible and option to easily pause/play any video
- Mute/Unmute videos
- Videos are cached in memory and will be removed when there is memory pressure
- The scroll of UITableView is super smooth since video assets are downloaded on background thread and played only when assets are completely downloaded ensuring the main thead is never blocked
- Option to provide different bit rate for videos
- Works when the app comes again from background
It can also be used to play videos in any subclass of UIView.
Demo
Download
Drag and drop the VideoPlayLibrary folder in your project
Usage
Adopt ASAutoPlayVideoLayerContainer protocol in your UITableviewCell subclass like below.
var videoLayer: AVPlayerLayer = AVPlayerLayer()
var videoURL: String? {
didSet {
if let videoURL = videoURL {
ASVideoPlayerController.sharedVideoPlayer.setupVideoFor(url: videoURL)
}
videoLayer.isHidden = videoURL == nil
}
}
Implement following method to return the visible height of the UITableViewCell
func visibleVideoHeight() -> CGFloat {
//return visible height of the Video Player layer
}
ViewController Code
Put following code in viewDidLoad
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
selector: #selector(self.appEnteredFromBackground),
name: NSNotification.Name.UIApplicationWillEnterForeground, object: nil)
Add following code to play/pause when view appears/disappears
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
pausePlayeVideos()
}
Add following methods
@objc func appEnteredFromBackground() {
ASVideoPlayerController.sharedVideoPlayer.pausePlayeVideosFor(tableView: tableView, appEnteredFromBackground: true)
}
func pausePlayeVideos(){
ASVideoPlayerController.sharedVideoPlayer.pausePlayeVideosFor(tableView: tableView)
}
Add following code in UITableView delegate and datasource methods
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
//if cell adopts ASAutoPlayVideoLayerContainer protocol then
//set videoURL if you want to show video or else nil
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didEndDisplaying cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
if let videoCell = cell as? ASAutoPlayVideoLayerContainer, videoCell.videoURL != nil {
ASVideoPlayerController.sharedVideoPlayer.removeLayerFor(cell: videoCell)
}
}
Add following code to pause/play videos when scroll stops
func scrollViewDidEndDragging(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, willDecelerate decelerate: Bool) {
if !decelerate {
pausePlayeVideos()
}
}
func scrollViewDidEndDecelerating(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
pausePlayeVideos()
}