NSURL *videoUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:url]; MPMoviePlayerViewController *mp = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoUrl]; if (mp) { mp.moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit; mp.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile; [mp.moviePlayer play]; [self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:mp]; [mp release]; }
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Playing video on iPhone SDK 3.2 and above
I was trying to figure out for a while what is the best way to play a video inside an iPhone application. I wanted the video to play full screen and show the previous view once it is done. After many tries, this is the code that worked best for me: