How to change view after video played?

Question

I would like to make an application in which, when I press a button, one video starts playing, and when it finishes or when I press "done" button it should take me to a view different from the first one where I launched the video.

Answer 1

Unless you need something very custom, MPMoviePlayerController will probably suit your needs. You can add it to your view or a smaller subview, and you can disable the controls for fullscreen, etc. The url can be to a local file or remove resource.

MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: url];
[player view].frame = [myView bounds];
[myView addSubview: [player view]];
[player play];

Observe the MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification to figure out when it is done, and from that observer's block or selected method you can dismiss your view or present a new view.

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] 
        addObserver:self
           selector:@selector(movieFinishedCallback:)                                                 
               name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
             object:player];

Then

- (void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*) notification {
    MPMoviePlayerController *player = [notification object];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] 
        removeObserver:self
                  name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
                object:player];    
    [player release];

    // dismiss your view or present a new view here.
}

Answer 2

This is the code I'm using but it doesn't work. I need to use MPMoviePlayerViewController instead of MPMoviePlayerController. Any idea?

NSBundle *Bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
    NSString *moviePath = [Bundle pathForResource:@"video1" ofType:@"m4v"];
    NSURL *movieURL = [[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
    MPMoviePlayerViewController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
    [self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:moviePlayer];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(movieFinishedCallback:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:moviePlayer];


- (void) movieFinishedCallback:(NSNotification*) notification {
    MPMoviePlayerViewController *moviePlayer = [notification object];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] 
     removeObserver:self
     name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
     object:moviePlayer];    
    [moviePlayer release];
    // dismiss your view or present a new view here.
    View1 *View1b = [[View1 alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    View1b.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
    [self presentModalViewController: View1b animated:YES];
}

Answer 3

Using the code on this way, the video plays correctly and takes you to he chosen view at the end, but the rotation functionality doesn't work during the video. Anybody can help?

NSBundle *Bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [Bundle pathForResource:@"RCPDESA" ofType:@"m4v"];
NSURL *movieURL = [[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
MPMoviePlayerController *theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
if ([theMovie respondsToSelector:@selector(view)]) {
    //theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
    theMovie.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
    [theMovie.view setFrame:self.view.bounds];
    [self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
}
[theMovie play];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(movieFinishedCallback:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:theMovie];