Media Player Audio-Only Bar Issue

[JamesCahall]

Apparently I have something wrong with the settings for my media player because when running audio-only files it shows up like this:



Instead of this:



This is a problem because there is no DONE button and the user has to force quit the app to stop playing the file. Any ideas?

Thanks,
James

[Domele]

It would help if you posted some code.

[JamesCahall]

Originally Posted by Domele

It would help if you posted some code.

@interface VideoViewController(Private) 
-(CGRect)setupLoadingViewFrame;

@end

@implementation VideoViewController

@synthesize moviePlayerController = _moviePlayerController;
@synthesize videoUrl = _videoUrl;
@synthesize loadingView = _loadingView;

- (id)init {
    //NSLog(@"VideViewController:init");
	self = [super init];
    if (self) {
		self.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = YES;
    }
	return self;
}



- (void)dealloc
{
    NSLog(@"VideoViewController:dealloc");
    TT_RELEASE_SAFELY(_moviePlayerController);
    TT_RELEASE_SAFELY(_loadingView);
    [super dealloc];
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    // Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    
    // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}

#pragma mark - View lifecycle

// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    //NSLog(@"VideoViewController:viewDidLoad");
    [FlurryAnalytics logEvent:@"Playing video"]; 
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    self.view.frame = self.navigationController.view.frame;
    
    self.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;

    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    
    [self setupMediaPlayer];
    
    _moviePlayerController.contentURL = _videoUrl;
    
    _moviePlayerController.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
    
	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
											 selector:@selector(playbackFinishedCallback:)
												 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
											   object:_moviePlayerController];  
    
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
											 selector:@selector(loadStateChangedCallback:)
												 name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification
											   object:_moviePlayerController];  
    
    // Testing   
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
											 selector:@selector(genericCallback:)
												 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification
											   object:_moviePlayerController];  
    
 	[_moviePlayerController prepareToPlay];
    
    [self showLoadingView];
    
    
    
}

- (void)viewDidUnload
{
    //NSLog(@"VideoViewController:viewDidUnload");
    [super viewDidUnload];
    
    [_loadingView removeFromSuperview];
    TT_RELEASE_SAFELY(_loadingView);
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:(68.0/255.0) green:(95.0/255.0) blue:(171.0/255.0) alpha:1.0];
    
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    return YES;
}

- (void)didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation
{
       
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
    _moviePlayerController.view.frame = self.view.frame;
    [UIView commitAnimations];
            
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Movie Player Playback

-(void)playbackFinishedCallback:(NSNotification *)notification {
    //NSLog(@"VideoViewController:playbackFinishedCallback");
    
    [[NSNotificationCenter 	defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
    
    [_moviePlayerController setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded];
    
    // set our view so that we prevent a landscaped view when we exit the video
    ToonGogglesMVPAppDelegate *appDelegate = [UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate;
    appDelegate.currentView = kOtherView;
    
    // We need to pop the movie player view and ourselves from the navigation controller
    [_moviePlayerController.view removeFromSuperview];
    if (IS_IPAD()) {
        self.navigationController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
        self.navigationController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve;
        [self.navigationController dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
    } else {
        [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
    }
    
    //We need to set the status bar to default because media player custoized status bar with gray color and translucent. 
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleDefault];
    
    // in case we were notified as a result of a network error/etc remove the loading view JIC
    [self hideLoadingView];
    
}

-(void) genericCallback:(NSNotification *)notification {
    //NSLog(@"VideoViewController:genericCallback");
    [_moviePlayerController setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
}

-(void)loadStateChangedCallback:(NSNotification *)notification {
    //NSLog(@"VideoViewController:loadStateChangedCallback");
    
    //NSLog(@"loadState [%i]",_moviePlayerController.loadState);
    if (_moviePlayerController.loadState & MPMovieLoadStatePlayable ) {
        //NSLog(@"Movie is ready to play.");
        [_moviePlayerController setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
        // Remove observer
        [[NSNotificationCenter 	defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
        [self hideLoadingView]; 
        [_moviePlayerController play];
    }
}

-(void)setupMediaPlayer {
    //NSLog(@"VideoViewController:setupMediaPlayer");
    
    CGRect viewFrame = self.view.frame;

    MPMoviePlayerController* mpc = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
    self.moviePlayerController = mpc;
    TT_RELEASE_SAFELY(mpc);
    
    [[_moviePlayerController view] setFrame:viewFrame];
        
   	//[_moviePlayerController setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleNone];
   	[_moviePlayerController setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
    [self.navigationController.view addSubview:[_moviePlayerController view]];
}

-(CGRect)setupLoadingViewFrame {
    CGRect rect = [self.view bounds];
    //NSLog(@"current frame size is [%f,%f,%f,%f]", rect.origin.x,rect.origin.y, rect.size.width, rect.size.height);   
    
    if (IS_IPAD()) {
        rect = self.navigationController.view.frame;
        //NSLog(@"current iPad frame size is [%f,%f,%f,%f]", rect.origin.x,rect.origin.y, rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
        
        rect = CGRectMake(0,0,1024,768);
    }
    return rect;
}




#pragma mark - Loading View 
-(void) showLoadingView {
    
    CGRect loadingFrame = [self setupLoadingViewFrame];
    CGRect cancelButtonFrame = CGRectMake(123,320,75,50);
    
    //check if iPad or not
    if (IS_IPAD()) {
        cancelButtonFrame   =  CGRectMake(loadingFrame.origin.x, loadingFrame.origin.y + 70, loadingFrame.size.width, loadingFrame.size.height);
        
        //NSLog(@"Cancel button  frame size is [%f,%f,%f,%f]", cancelButtonFrame.origin.x,cancelButtonFrame.origin.y, cancelButtonFrame.size.width, cancelButtonFrame.size.height);
    }
    
    TTActivityLabel* label = [[[TTActivityLabel alloc] initWithStyle:TTActivityLabelStyleBlackBox] autorelease];
    label.text = @"Loading...";
    [label sizeToFit];
    label.frame = loadingFrame;
    self.loadingView = label;
    
    UIButton *cancel                = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    UIImage* cancelNormalImage      = [UIImage imageNamed:@"cancelButton_normal.png"];
    UIImage* cancelHighlightedImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"cancelButton_highlighted.png"];
    [cancel setImage:cancelNormalImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [cancel setImage:cancelHighlightedImage forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [cancel addTarget:self action:@selector(cancelButtonPressed)forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    cancel.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
    cancel.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin |UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin |UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin;
    cancel.frame        = cancelButtonFrame;

    [self.loadingView addSubview:cancel];   
    [self.navigationController.view addSubview:_loadingView];
        
    // Use this event to tell our tabbar to hide itself
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:kEventWillPlayMovieFromHome object:nil]; 

}

-(void) cancelButtonPressed {
    [FlurryAnalytics logEvent:@"Video playback cancelled by user"]; 
    
    [_moviePlayerController stop];
    [self playbackFinishedCallback:nil];
    
    // Use this event to tell our tabbar to show itself
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:kEventMovieCancelButtonPressed object:nil]; 
    
    
}

-(void) hideLoadingView {
    if ( self.loadingView != nil) {
        [self.loadingView removeFromSuperview];
        self.loadingView = nil;
    }
}
@end

[Domele]

Since it's going to be fullscreen, why don't you use MPMoviePlayerViewController and just present it as a modal view controller?

[JamesCahall]

Originally Posted by Domele

Since it's going to be fullscreen, why don't you use MPMoviePlayerViewController and just present it as a modal view controller?

The videos are being loaded from our kaltura server so we built it this way to allow for a loading screen to appear being the video is loaded. This allows the user to cancel if it is taking too long.

Note: when audio+video is playing, it looks completely normal with seek bar, done button, etc.

[Domele]

I know it this technically shouldn't change anything but try this in your setupMediaPlayer method:

[_moviePlayerControllersetControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleDefault];
[_moviePlayerControllersetControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];