How do you loop AVPlayer in Swift?

Question

Simple question I can\'t seem to find an answer to for some reason.

How do you loop AVPlayer in Swift?

numberOfLoops = -1 only works for AVAudioPlayer

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Answer 1

Starting from iOS 10, there's no need to use notifications to loop a video, simply use a AVPlayerLooper, just like this:

let asset = AVAsset(url: videoURL)
let item = AVPlayerItem(asset: asset)
let player = AVQueuePlayer(playerItem: item)
videoLooper = AVPlayerLooper(player: player, templateItem: item)

make sure this looper is created outside of a function scope, in case it stops when function returns.

Answer 2

Swift 3.0:

First check for video end point:-

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(LoginViewController.playerItemDidReachEnd), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: self.player?.currentItem)



func videoDidReachEnd() {

        //now use seek to make current playback time to the specified time in this case (O)
        let duration : Int64 = 0 (can be Int32 also)
        let preferredTimeScale : Int32 = 1
        let seekTime : CMTime = CMTimeMake(duration, preferredTimeScale)
        player!.seek(to: seekTime)
        player!.play()
    }