AVPlayer stops playing video after buffering

Question

When I load a video from the internet (10-40MB large) I am unable to provide a smooth playing experience.

My AVPlayer either loads the whole video and then plays it,

Answer 1

Since iOS 10.x, you can make some buffer settings, for example you can decide how many seconds you'll need to buffering your video:

    if #available(iOS 10.0, tvOS 10.0, OSX 10.12, *) {
        avPlayer?.automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling = .playWhenBufferNotEmpty
        //preferredForwardBufferDuration -> default is 0, which means `AVPlayer` handle it independently, try more seconds like 5 or 10.
        playerItem.preferredForwardBufferDuration = TimeInterval(5) 
    }