AVPlayer Programmatically

AvPlayer_ViewController.m

@interface ViewController ()

@property (nonatomic, strong) AVPlayer *videoPlayer;
@property (nonatomic, strong) AVPlayerItem *playerItem;
@property (nonatomic, strong) AVPlayerLayer *layer;

@end
  
@implementation ViewController
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
    
    // remote file from server:
    NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ElephantsDream.mp4"];

    AVURLAsset *avAsset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:url options:nil];
    self.playerItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc] initWithAsset:avAsset];
    self.videoPlayer = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem:self.playerItem];

    self.layer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer: self.videoPlayer];
    self.layer.frame = self.view.layer.bounds;
    UIView *newView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
    [newView.layer addSublayer:self.layer];
    [self.view addSubview:newView];

    [self.videoPlayer play];
}
@end

AVPlayer_ViewController.swift

import AVFoundation

class ViewController {
    private var videoPlayer: AVPlayer?
    private var playerItem: AVPlayerItem?
    private var layer: AVPlayerLayer?

    func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidAppear(animated)

        // remote file from server:
        let url = URL(string: "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ElephantsDream.mp4")

        var avAsset: AVURLAsset? = nil
        if let url = url {
            avAsset = AVURLAsset(url: url, options: nil)
        }
        if let avAsset = avAsset {
            playerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: avAsset)
        }
        videoPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)

        layer = AVPlayerLayer(player: videoPlayer)
        layer?.frame = view.layer.bounds
        let newView = UIView(frame: view.bounds)
        if let layer = layer {
            newView.layer.addSublayer(layer)
        }
        view.addSubview(newView)

        videoPlayer?.play()
    }
}