How to make a AVPlayerViewController go to fullscreen programmatically?

Question

I\'m trying to make a AVPlayerViewController go to full screen mode programmatically, coming from \"embedded\" mode, however this does not appear to be possible with the pub

Answer 1

Swift 3 version for the answer of ToddH:

extension AVPlayerViewController {

    func goFullScreen() {
        let selector = NSSelectorFromString("_transitionToFullScreenViewControllerAnimated:completionHandler:")
        if self.responds(to: selector) {
            // first argument is animated (true for me), second is completion handler (nil in my case)
            self.perform(selector, with: true, with: nil)
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

UPDATE: Swift 4 version of ToddH's answer:

private func enterFullscreen(playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController) {

    let selectorName: String = {
        if #available(iOS 11.3, *) {
            return "_transitionToFullScreenAnimated:interactive:completionHandler:"
        } else if #available(iOS 11, *) {
            return "_transitionToFullScreenAnimated:completionHandler:"
        } else {
            return "_transitionToFullScreenViewControllerAnimated:completionHandler:"
        }
    }()
    let selectorToForceFullScreenMode = NSSelectorFromString(selectorName)

    if playerViewController.responds(to: selectorToForceFullScreenMode) {
        playerViewController.perform(selectorToForceFullScreenMode, with: true, with: nil)
    }
}

Answer 3

I did not have the need to use any restricted code.

For this, I am assuming that you have added the AVPlayerViewController as a child view controller.

Then for that you will first have to remove the child view controller and then present it again as a fullscreen controller as well attach the AVPlayer view properly to it's parent view.

Here is how I did it. Please note that I am using a library called Easy Peasy for restoring the playerVC.view constraints - one can do that with proper constraints as well.

    @objc func fullscreenButtonClicked() {

        playerVC.willMove(toParentViewController: nil)
        playerVC.view.removeFromSuperview()
        playerVC.removeFromParentViewController()


        self.present(self.playerVC, animated: false, completion: {
            self.playerVC.view.easy.layout(Top(), Right(), Left(), Bottom())
        })
    }