AVPlayer layer inside a view does not resize when UIView frame changes

Question

I have a UIView which contains an AVPlayer to show a video. When changing orientation, I need to change the size and location of the video.

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Answer 1

For those of you who are only concerned with resizing the AVPlayer during device rotation, you can alter your layer frame in the viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) method as shown below.

//Swift 4
//Method in UIViewController
//Variable definitions are:
//self.layer is the AVPlayerLayer
//self.videoPlayerView is the view that the AVPlayerLayer is the sublayer of
override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    super.viewWillTransition(to: size, with: coordinator)
    coordinator.animate(alongsideTransition: { context in
        self.layer.layoutIfNeeded()
        UIView.animate(
            withDuration: context.transitionDuration,
            animations: {
                self.layer.frame = self.videoPlayerView.bounds
            }
        )
    }, completion: nil)
}

This will animate your layer frame along with all the other views during the rotation.