iPad MPMoviePlayerController - Disable Fullscreen

Question

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

Answer 1

Wired does this. For the videos that start in fullscreen, they have the standard MPMoviePlayerController controls, but are missing the fullscreen buttons. And they're using the standard built-in ones, since they suddenly got an AirPlay button with 4.2.

Answer 2

This worked on iOS 7, iPhone 5s.

Add Notification:

MPMoviePlayerDidEnterFullscreenNotification : @"moviePlayFullscreenNote:"

- (void)moviePlayFullscreenNote:(NSNotification*)notification
{
    if (notification.object == self.videoPlayer)
    {
        [self.videoPlayer setFullscreen:NO animated:YES];
        self.videoPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;
    }
}

Notice that I only listen for "DID" and not the "WILL" notification as well as running it animated. I think this works as it gives the system time to react. When I used the "WILL" and "DID" as noted in answers above it led to a black screen with no controls. There is a slight glitch that is visible when the transition occurs, but I need the play/scrub buttons from embedded.

Answer 3

Unfortunately none of above worked for me properly, so picking the above I implemented the following (and worked fine):

1. Hide the full screen button.

Add this code in the method where you initialise the movie player.

    ....

        //Because we have to wait until controllers are shown

        [self performSelector:@selector(hideFullscreenButton) withObject:self afterDelay:0.5];

    ...

Add the methods:

    -(void) hideFullscreenButton{

        //Hide full screen mode button

        [self hideFullscreenSubview:movieClip.view.subviews];

    }



    -(void) hideFullscreenSubview:(NSArray*)arr{

        for(UIView *v in arr){

            if([v.subviews count]>0)

                [self hideFullscreenSubview:v.subviews];

            else

                NSLog(@"%@",v);

            if(v.frame.origin.x==975 ){

                v.hidden=TRUE;

            }

        }

    }

The problem relies that there is no tag to identify which view you have to hide. In my case I figure it out by the view coordinates.

2. Overwrite tap gestures for do not allowing fullscreen zoom.

 movieClip.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;    

    //Disable tap for not allowing that video control set on a full screen mode.
    UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget: self action:@selector(doSingleTap)];
    singleTap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
    [movieClip.view addGestureRecognizer:singleTap];



    UITapGestureRecognizer *doubleTap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget: self action:@selector(doDoubleTap)];
    doubleTap.numberOfTapsRequired = 2;
    [movieClip.view addGestureRecognizer:doubleTap];
    [singleTap requireGestureRecognizerToFail:doubleTap];

And add the selector methods:

    -(void) doSingleTap{
        //DO NOTHING!!!
    }

    -(void) doDoubleTap{
        //DO NOTHING!!!
    }

Answer 4

No, there is no way. Hopefully with the next update.