iOS 5 and above: enable landscape mode in MPMoviePlayerController

Question

I have an application entirely in portrait mode. (iOS 5 and above) I have a video played using MPMoviePlayerController, now in this video i want that when user rotates the iPhone, the video should go to landscape mode(in fullscreen). When video ends , again the video should go into portrait mode. Code:

    -(void)PlayVideo:(NSURL*)videoUrl
{


    moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoUrl];
    [moviePlayerController.view setFrame:CGRectMake(6, 69, 309, 196)];
    [self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
    //    moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;


    moviePlayerController.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
    [self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.shareView];
    [self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.qualityView];

    [moviePlayerController play];

    // Register to receive a notification when the movie has finished playing.
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                             selector:@selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)
                                                 name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
                                               object:moviePlayerController];

}

Rest of the app, i want in portrait only. How do i achieve this?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:50

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First you need to set Support interface orientation to Portrait as well as Landscape

As shows here

Now in every UIViewController you need to override these methods -

for iOS 5 -

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

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    return NO;
}

for iOS 6

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}

In UIViewController where you are going to add MPMoviePlayerController override -

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

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    return YES;
}

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAllButUpsideDown;
}

answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:50

Rahul Mane

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but by doing this, all other controls in the viewController having the moviePlayer will also be in landscape mode, i want only the movieplayer to be in landscape – z22 Jul 31 '13 at 09:27
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then you can check in `- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate` (**iOS 5**) `-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations` (**iOS 6**) whether moviePlayer is full screen or not. If full screen then return `YES` otherwise return `NO`. Check using `[moviePlayer isFullscreen]` – Rahul Mane Jul 31 '13 at 09:54
and i should implement - (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations { return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait; } in every controller? – z22 Jul 31 '13 at 10:17
unfortunately but yes. – Rahul Mane Jul 31 '13 at 10:21
when i write : `- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations { return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait; }` , in the viewcontroller having moviePlayer, i can still rotate to landscape. How do i solve this? – z22 Jul 31 '13 at 10:22
Are you using UINavigationController for navigating through application? – Rahul Mane Jul 31 '13 at 10:26
no i am using revealSideViewController, no navogationController – z22 Jul 31 '13 at 10:27
check this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12520030/how-to-force-a-uiviewcontroller-to-portait-orientation-in-ios-6 . It helped me hope it will be helpful for you too. – Rahul Mane Jul 31 '13 at 10:37
i saw the link, but i haven't used navigation controller – z22 Jul 31 '13 at 10:54

stosha · Answer 2 · 2013-08-01T11:58:32.730

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I created Xcode project with sample of the video player. It can show video on full screen in landscape mode. You can download it . I hope it helps you.

And second. Instead of

[self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.shareView];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.qualityView];

you should write like this:

    [moviePlayerController.view insertSubview: self.shareView
                                      atIndex: 2];

    [moviePlayerController.view insertSubview: self.qualityView
                                      atIndex: 2];

then shareView and qualityView appears on top of the movie player.

edited Aug 01 '13 at 11:58

answered Aug 01 '13 at 06:17

stosha

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hey thanks, but i can't unzip the file after downloading, seems there is some error with the zip – z22 Aug 01 '13 at 07:25
please read answer for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2751227/how-to-download-source-from-github – stosha Aug 01 '13 at 10:10
@stosha- good one. **z22** i think this is what you are looking for. it worked on my MAC. – Rahul Mane Aug 01 '13 at 10:52
@z22 have you any problem? i can send the project by email. – stosha Aug 02 '13 at 12:37
@stosha sure that would be great, id: user8.lanetteam@gmail.com – z22 Aug 03 '13 at 06:28

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