Creating the player

Use the following procedure to create a new Apple iOS or tvOS project to build the basic player for app development using Swift. 

1. Unzip the opy-sdk-ios-fps-5.1.x-integration.zip or opy-sdk-tvos-fps-5.1.x-integration.zip file, and copy the OPYSDKFPS.framework or OPYSDKFPSTv.framework file to an appropriate location (for example, the project root).

2. In Xcode, create a new Single View project for your iOS/tvOS platform.

   • In project options, select Swift as the language.

   • On the General tab, add the framework to Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content, ensuring Embed & Sign is selected.

3. To connect to non-HTTPS URLs, add Application Transport Security (ATS) settings to info.plist. Open the info.plist file and add an App Transport Security entry for your content (replacing  www.example.com  with the actual URL):

   XML

       <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
         <dict>
         <key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
             <dict>
             <key>www.example.com</key>
               <dict>
               <key>NSIncludesSubdomains</key>
               <true/>
               <key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
               <true/>
             </dict>
           </dict>
         </dict>
   

4. Add the following import in ViewController.swift .

   AppleScript

   import OPYSDKFPS // or OPYSDKFPSTv for tvOS
   

   Below the imports, add the code for the PlayerView class:

   AppleScript

       class PlayerView: UIView {
   
           var player: AVPlayer? {
               get { return playerLayer.player }
               set { playerLayer.player = newValue }
           }
   
           var playerLayer: AVPlayerLayer {
               return layer as! AVPlayerLayer
           }
   
           override class var layerClass: AnyClass {
               return AVPlayerLayer.self
           }
       }
   

5. Add members for the player and player view below the ViewController class definition.

   AppleScript

       let otvPlayer: OTVAVPlayer
       @IBOutlet weak var playerView: PlayerView!
   

   Add the content URL:

   AppleScript

       let assetURL = URL(string:
       "https://d3bqrzf9w11pn3.cloudfront.net/basic_hls_bbb_clear/index.m3u8")!
   

6. Instantiate an OTVAVPlayer

   Ensure SDK has been loaded before constructing the player.

   Initialise the player in the init method by passing in the asset url:

   AppleScript

       required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
           OTVSDK.load()
           otvPlayer = OTVAVPlayer(url: assetURL)
           super.init(coder: aDecoder)
       }
   

   The OTVAVPlayer takes either an OTVAVPlayerItem object or the URL of a content stream.

7. Inside the  viewDidAppear  method, assign our player to the playerView and start playback:

   AppleScript

   override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
           super.viewDidAppear(animated)
           playerView.player = otvPlayer
           otvPlayer.play()
       }
   

   Your ViewController class should look like the following:

   AppleScript

   class ViewController: UIViewController {
   
           let otvPlayer: OTVAVPlayer
           @IBOutlet weak var playerView: PlayerView!
   
           let assetURL = URL(string: "https://d3bqrzf9w11pn3.cloudfront.net/basic_hls_bbb_clear/index.m3u8")!
   
           required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
               OTVSDK.load()
               otvPlayer = OTVAVPlayer(url: assetURL)
               super.init(coder: aDecoder)
           }
   
           override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
               super.viewDidAppear(animated)
               playerView.player = otvPlayer
               otvPlayer.play()
           }
       }
   

8. Link the view to the player:

   Open Main.storyboard and open the assistant editor. Drag from the small blue circle next to the IBOutlet that you added in ViewController.swift to the ViewController view:

Next step: Run the app in clear playback mode.