How to add video to iphone simulator

Question

Can anyone tell me how to add video the iPhone simulator so that I can test some apps I am working on? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can add Your file by adding these 2 lines of code in appdelegate.m

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"sample_iTunes" ofType:@"mov"];
UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum(path, self, @selector(video:didFinishSavingWithError:contextInfo:), nil);`

Answer 2

go to following path and past video

/Users/"username"/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/11BFF1F0-2A2B-409A-9727-3267D71E10D4/data/Media

Answer 3

If you're asking how to add video to your app the simple way to show video using MediaPlayer.h lib.

// fileURL is a NSURL made from file path in app bundle
MPMoviePlayerController *mp = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: fileURL];
[[mp view] setFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,100,100)];
[mp play];

You should set many parameters for mp object: scaling, controls, etc.

Answer 4

okey, try this:

- (void) downloadVideo {
NSData *imageData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/jon/trash/poolwaves.mov"]];

You can change the temp.mov to temp.m4v to save the vid in m4v.

NSString *tempPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/temp.mov", NSTemporaryDirectory()];
[imageData writeToFile:tempPath atomically:NO];
UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum (tempPath, self, @selector(video:didFinishSavingWithError: contextInfo:), nil);
}


- (void) video: (NSString *) videoPath
didFinishSavingWithError: (NSError *) error
   contextInfo: (void *) contextInfo {
    NSLog(@"Finished saving video with error: %@", error);
}

if you change the url to your moviefile, this should work really well... the movies are saved in this directory: /Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.3.2/Media/DCIM but you are right, if i copy a file to it, it won't show up in the simulator

greets

Answer 5

It's very simple you just drag any .MOV file to your simulator. Now it will be opened in Safari browser. At top left corner there is a 'Done' button. You just have to press it after this you can press Share button then just choose the option save video and it's done. Now play it in your app. :)

Answer 6

You need to add video in your application bundle itself. Later you can copy that to the documents directory.