iPad MPMoviePlayerController - Disable Fullscreen

Question

Is there a way to disable the fullscreen button of the MPMoviePlayerController ?

Answer 1

You could hide the playback controls and add your own custom ones, this will prevent the default buttons being rendered at all

I.e with

[player setMovieControlMode:MPMovieControlModeNone];

Answer 2

Depending on your needs, you can also simply disable all user interactions on the player view.

player.view.userInteractionEnabled = NO;

Answer 3

in order to disable switch to full screen mode, either form button or pinch gesture, you can use this:

moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
moviePlayer.view.userInteractionEnabled =NO; 

Answer 4

I know, it's a little outdated, but anyway. I did some research in that direction, and looks like a found an answer. I do not know, why it's working, but it is.

-(void) playMovieAtURL: (NSURL*) theURL {

    MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie =
    [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: theURL];
    //That line is for ARC. Without it, it may not work.
    self.moviePlayer = theMovie;
    theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
    theMovie.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
    theMovie.repeatMode  = MPMovieRepeatModeOne;
    //Here you'd better use your custom ViewController subclass, if you want autorotating and all that stuff.
    UIViewController * vc = [UIViewController new];
    [vc.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
    theMovie.fullscreen  = YES;
    theMovie.view.frame = vc.view.bounds;
    vc.view = theMovie.view;
    [self presentModalViewController:vc animated:YES];
    theMovie.fullscreen  = YES;

    [theMovie prepareToPlay];
    [theMovie play];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(myMovieFinishedCallback:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
}

// When the movie is done, release the controller.

-(void) myMovieFinishedCallback: (NSNotification*) aNotification
{
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
    MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie = [aNotification object];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
 removeObserver: self
 name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
 object: theMovie];
    [self.moviePlayer.view removeFromSuperview];
    self.moviePlayer = nil;
    // Release the movie instance created in playMovieAtURL:
}

Answer 5

This is the Swift version of the first solution of Javier Calatrava Llavería:

func hideFullScreenButton() {
    self.hideFullScreenSubview((self.moviePlayerController?.view.subviews)!)
}

func hideFullScreenSubview(subviews: [UIView]) {
    for view: UIView in subviews {
        if view.subviews.count > 0 {
            self.hideFullScreenSubview(view.subviews)
        }
        if view.frame.origin.x == 631 {
            view.hidden = true
        }
    }
}

And when the user taps on Play:

self.performSelector(#selector(VideoViewController.hideFullScreenButton), withObject: self, afterDelay: 0.5)

(VideoViewController is the view controller in which I have the MPMoviePlayerController)

Answer 6

You can set controlStyle to Fullscreen. these controls are somewhat different, but it doesn't feature a Fullscreen button!

[_moviePlayerController setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];