Adding airplay support to MPMoviePlayer

Question

Hi i am building iOS application target iOS 5 and above. I am using MPMoviePlayerController to stream movie file. I that player i want to give airplay support.

According to apple documentation

Default Movie players (iOS 4.3 and later) support wireless movie playback to AirPlay-enabled hardware such as Apple TV. The movie player presents a control that allows the user to choose AirPlay-enabled hardware for playback when such hardware is in range.

It seems that by default it will display airplay button in fullscreen mode if any airplay device is in range. But it is not seems to be happening. I am unable to see airplay button in movie player.

Am i missing something? Please advise.

Answer 1

By default, MPMoviePlayerController enables AirPlay support. If you haven't set it as FALSE. Then, probably you need to check your network or AppleTV's network connection. They need to be in same network (intranet usually).

There is a safe way to detect whether your iOS device is able to find AppleTV. You can double click HOME button, swipe task bar from left to right side, if you can see "Airplay" route button, then you can reach it. Otherwise, you need to check your AppleTV setting to make sure Airplay function is enabled and AppleTV is connected to same network that you iOS device in.

If you are using your own customized video play controller interface, you can embedded the "Airplay" button into your own UI.

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