AVPlayerLayer

gistfile1.txt

override func viewDidLoad() {
  super.viewDidLoad()
  // 1
  let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer()
  playerLayer.frame = someView.bounds
  
  // 2
  let url = NSBundle.mainBundle().URLForResource("someVideo", withExtension: "m4v")
  let player = AVPlayer(URL: url)
  
  // 3
  player.actionAtItemEnd = .None
  playerLayer.player = player
  someView.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
  
  // 4
  NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "playerDidReachEndNotificationHandler:", name: "AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification", object: player.currentItem)
}

deinit {
  NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self)
}

// 5
@IBAction func playButtonTapped(sender: UIButton) {
  if playButton.titleLabel?.text == "Play" {
    player.play()
    playButton.setTitle("Pause", forState: .Normal)
  } else {
    player.pause()
    playButton.setTitle("Play", forState: .Normal)
  }
  
  updatePlayButtonTitle()
  updateRateSegmentedControl()
}

// 6
func playerDidReachEndNotificationHandler(notification: NSNotification) {
  let playerItem = notification.object as AVPlayerItem
  playerItem.seekToTime(kCMTimeZero)
}