ios - AVPlayer : How to handle network interruptions

Question

When using AVPlayer to play audio from an url it will discontinue to play when for example disconnecting from wifi.

[player play];

Does not resume the AVPlayer

player.rate // Value is 1.0

player.currentItem.isPlaybackLikelyToKeepUp // Value is YES

player.status // Value is AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay

player.error // Value is nil

But the player is not playing any audio.

How do I handle a disconnect from AVPlayer, for reconnecting the AVPlayer and start playing again?

Answer 1

In order to handle network changes, you have to add an observer for AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTimeNotification.

- (void) playURL:(NSURL *)url
{
    AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:url];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(playerItemFailedToPlayToEndTime:) name:AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTimeNotification object:playerItem];
    self.player = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
    [self.player play];
}

- (void) playerItemFailedToPlayToEndTime:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    NSError *error = notification.userInfo[AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTimeErrorKey];
    // Handle error ...
}