Video only plays in Sim not on device.

[Marqui678]

I have 3 problems:
My video only plays in the simulator not my device. On my device it does not load. Just keeps spinning.

It is stuck in portrait mode.

How to stop memory leak error. (release it properly)



@implementation Buttons_and_BasicsViewController
@synthesize theMovie;
-(void)viewWillAppearBOOL)animated
{

NSString *moviePath = [ [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"buttons.m4v"];

self.theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc]
initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath]];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:@selector(moviePlaybackComplete
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:self.theMovie];

[self.view addSubview:self.theMovie.view];
self.theMovie.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 410);
//---play movie---
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [self.theMovie moviePlayer];
[player play];

}

[Marqui678]

#pragma mark - View lifecycle

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}

- (void)viewDidUnload
{
[super viewDidUnload];
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}


- (void)viewDidAppearBOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
}

- (void)viewWillDisappearBOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillDisappear:animated];
}

- (void)viewDidDisappearBOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientationUIIn terfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {

return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}

@end

[Domele]

You're kidding right? All that code is in the template UIViewController subclass file except for @synthesize theMovie. I don't even get how it's playing in the simulator if you aren't doing anything. If you want to know how to play a movie, look at this: Getting MPMoviePlayerController to Work with iOS4, 3.2 (iPad) and Earlier Versions of iPhone SDK

[Marqui678]

I am Trying get the movie to play from the view controller once its pushed from the cell. I'll read throughs this thanks.

How can I it to play without playing it from a button? So that it just starts as the view is loaded.


I wish I was kidding but I am learning and adjusting fire as I go along.

[Domele]

You should learn when all the viewWill and viewDid methods are called. In this case, you should look at viewWillAppear.

viewWillAppear:

Notifies the view controller that its view is about to be become visible.
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
Parameters

animated

    If YES, the view is being added to the window using an animation.

Discussion

This method is called before the receiver’s view is about to be displayed onscreen and before any animations are configured for showing the view. You can override this method to perform custom tasks associated with presenting the view. For example, you might use this method to change the orientation or style of the status bar to coordinate with the orientation or style of the view being presented. If you override this method, you must call super at some point in your implementation.

From the docs.

[Marqui678]

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by Domele

You should learn when all the viewWill and viewDid methods are called. In this case, you should look at viewWillAppear.

viewWillAppear:

Notifies the view controller that its view is about to be become visible.
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
Parameters

animated

    If YES, the view is being added to the window using an animation.

Discussion

This method is called before the receiver’s view is about to be displayed onscreen and before any animations are configured for showing the view. You can override this method to perform custom tasks associated with presenting the view. For example, you might use this method to change the orientation or style of the status bar to coordinate with the orientation or style of the view being presented. If you override this method, you must call super at some point in your implementation.

From the docs.

[Marqui678]

Originally Posted by Domele

You're kidding right? All that code is in the template UIViewController subclass file except for @synthesize theMovie. I don't even get how it's playing in the simulator if you aren't doing anything. If you want to know how to play a movie, look at this: Getting MPMoviePlayerController to Work with iOS4, 3.2 (iPad) and Earlier Versions of iPhone SDK

Sorry I did not paste all of the code in the first time.