Playing video in custom size screen - view in iPhone

Question

Suppose user taps on a button and video begins to play. Now when video plays, it always in full screen mode.

Video should be played in a portrait mode (but normally

Answer 1

Here's what I did. Add NSNotification to notify you when preloading of the video finishes.

- (void)playVideoUrl:(NSString *)videoUrl {
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:videoUrl];
    MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]   
             initWithContentURL:url]; 
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 

    //MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self                           
                       selector:@selector(myMovieFinishedPreloading:)                                            
                           name:MPMoviePlayerContentPreloadDidFinishNotification                                                
                         object:theMovie]; 


    // Movie playback is asynchronous, so this method returns immediately. 
    [theMovie play]; 
     }

Callback selector:

-(void)myMovieFinishedPreloading:(NSNotification*)aNotification  {
    NSArray *windows = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows];

    UIWindow *moviePlayerWindow = nil;
    if ([windows count] > 1) 
    {
        moviePlayerWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
    }

    CGAffineTransform transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(0.5, 0.5);
    transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, -90.0f*M_PI/180.0f);
    [moviePlayerWindow setTransform:transform];

 }