Question

i made a video playing when my app loads however it doen’t quit after playing even if you prees “Done”. What am i doing wrong?

- (void)viewDidLoad {
NSBundle *bundle=[NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"Video Logo Final" ofType:@"mp4"];
NSURL *movieURL=[[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
MPMoviePlayerController *theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
theMovie.view.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 320.0, 480.0);
[self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
[theMovie play];
[super viewDidLoad];  }

Also, i made a try to put the same code in “application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions” but i get a warning at “[self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];”
Ay ideas about that?

p.s. As you probably guessed i am very new to programming, any help would be really appreciated…

Answer 1

Basically you need to register for a notification.

The way I do it is:

// Register for the playback finished notification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver: self 
    selector: @selector(myMovieFinishedCallback:) 
    name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
    object: theMovie];

Change the parameters to fit however it should in your app.

Here’s the documentation for the MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification.

Also, if it’s not “quitting” after playing (even when hitting the “Done” button), it sounds like you need to remove the theMovie MPMoviePlayerController and associated view from the view you originally added it to.