How to detect when AVPlayer video ends playing?

Question

I\'am using AVPlayer for playing local video file (mp4) in Swift. Does anyone know how to detect when video finish with playing? Thanks

Answer 1

Swift 4.2 Version:

var player: AVPlayer!
  //
  //
// Configure Player
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    let filepath: String? = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "selectedFileName", ofType: "mp4")
    if let filepath = filepath {
        let fileURL = URL.init(fileURLWithPath: filepath)
        player = AVPlayer(url: fileURL)
        let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
        // Register for notification
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                               selector: #selector(playerItemDidReachEnd),
                                                         name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime,
                                                         object: nil) // Add observer

        playerLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
        self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
        player.play()
    }
}
// Notification Handling
@objc func playerItemDidReachEnd(notification: NSNotification) {
    player.seek(to: CMTime.zero)
    player.play()
}
// Remove Observer
deinit {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

Answer 2

To get the AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification your object needs to be an AVPlayerItem.

To do so, just use the .currentItem property on your AVPlayer

Now you will get a notification once the video ends!

See my example:

let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)       

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "playerDidFinishPlaying:",
        name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: videoPlayer.currentItem)

func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
    print("Video Finished")
}

Swift 3

let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)       

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("playerDidFinishPlaying:")), 
       name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: videoPlayer.currentItem)

func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
    print("Video Finished")
}

Don't forget to remove the Observer in your deinit

Swift 4, 5

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(playerDidFinishPlaying), name: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil)

Answer 3

Swift 3.0

let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:#selector(self.playerDidFinishPlaying(note:)),name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)

func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification){
    //Called when player finished playing
}

Answer 4

Swift 4.0

This one works for me. Thanks to @Channel

    private func playVideo(fileURL: String) {

            // Create RUL object
            let url = URL(string: fileURL)

            // Create Player Item object
            let playerItem: AVPlayerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url!)
            // Assign Item to Player
            let player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)

            // Prepare AVPlayerViewController
            let videoPlayer = AVPlayerViewController()
            // Assign Video to AVPlayerViewController
            videoPlayer.player = player

            NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(myViewController.finishVideo), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil)

            // Present the AVPlayerViewController
            present(videoPlayer, animated: true, completion: {
                    // Play the Video
                    player.play()
            })

    }

    @objc func finishVideo()
    {
            print("Video Finished")
    }

Answer 5

In Swift 3 and RxSwift 3.5 all you have to do is:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    NotificationCenter.default.rx.notification(Notification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime)
        .asObservable().subscribe(onNext: { [weak self] notification in

            //Your action

        }).addDisposableTo(disposeBag)
}

Answer 6

For SWIFT 3.0 This is working fine

class PlayVideoViewController: UIViewController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(PlayVideoViewController.finishVideo), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: nil)
    }

    func finishVideo()
    {
        print("Video Finished")
    }
}