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# iOS tutorial 5: A Complete media player
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2016-05-16 14:30:34 +00:00
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# Goal
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This tutorial wants to be the “demo application” that showcases what can
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be done with GStreamer on the iOS platform.
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It is intended to be built and run, rather than analyzed for its
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pedagogical value, since it adds very little GStreamer knowledge over
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what has already been shown in [iOS tutorial 4: A basic media
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player](iOS%2Btutorial%2B4%253A%2BA%2Bbasic%2Bmedia%2Bplayer.html).
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It demonstrates the main functionality that a conventional media player
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has, but it is not a complete application yet, therefore it has not been
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uploaded to the AppStore.
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# Introduction
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The previous tutorial already implemented a basic media player. This one
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simply adds a few finishing touches. In particular, it adds the
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capability to choose the media to play, and disables the screensaver
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during media playback.
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These are not features directly related to GStreamer, and are therefore
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outside the scope of these tutorials. Only a few implementation pointers
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are given here.
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# Selecting the media to play
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A new `UIView` has been added, derived from `UITableViewController`
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which shows a list of clips. When one is selected, the
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`VideoViewController` from [Tutorial
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4](iOS%2Btutorial%2B4%253A%2BA%2Bbasic%2Bmedia%2Bplayer.html) appears
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and its URI property is set to the URI of the selected clip.
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The list of clips is populated from three sources: Media from the
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device’s Photo library, Media from the application’s Documents folder
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(accessible through iTunes file sharing) and a list of hardcoded
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Internet addresses, selected to showcase different container and codec
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formats, and a couple of bogus ones, to illustrate error reporting.
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# Preventing the screen from turning off
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While watching a movie, there is typically no user activity. After a
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short period of such inactivity, iOS will dim the screen, and then turn
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it off completely. To prevent this, the `idleTimerDisabled` property of
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the `UIApplication` class is used. The application sets it to YES
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(screen locking disabled) when the Play button is pressed, so the screen
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is never turned off, and sets it back to NO when the Pause button is
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pressed.
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# Conclusion
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This finishes the series of iOS tutorials. Each one of the preceding
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tutorials has evolved on top of the previous one, showing how to
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implement a particular set of features, and concluding in this Tutorial
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5. The goal of Tutorial 5 is to build a complete media player which can
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already be used to showcase the integration of GStreamer and iOS.
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It has been a pleasure having you here, and see you soon\!
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## Attachments:
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[ios-tutorial5-screenshot0.png](attachments/3571769/3539071.png)
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[ios-tutorial5-screenshot1.png](attachments/3571769/3539046.png)
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[ios-tutorial5-screenshot0.png](attachments/3571769/3539045.png)
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