objective-C AVPlayer from URL - objective-c

Question

I'm trying to play a .mp3 from a url on an AVPlayer.
url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/jcq74691pet09d9/Chumbawamba%20-%20Tubthumping%20HD.mp3?dl=0"];
AVPlayerItem *item = [[AVPlayerItem alloc]initWithURL:url];
AVPlayer *player = [[AVPlayer alloc]initWithPlayerItem:item];
[player play];
I've already imported the AVFoundation.h and AVFoundation.m and the url link also works as a direct/hot link.
Can't get it to work and I don't know why.

Answer 1

// *** create AVAsset using URL ***
AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/jcq74691pet09d9/Chumbawamba%20-%20Tubthumping%20HD.mp3?dl=0"]];
// *** Create AVPlayerItem using AVAsset ***
AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
// *** Initialise AVPlayer ***
avPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
// *** Add AVPlayer to ViewController ***
AVPlayerLayer *avPlayerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:avPlayer];
avPlayerLayer.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480);
[avPlayerLayer setBackgroundColor:[UIColor grayColor].CGColor];
[self.view.layer addSublayer:avPlayerLayer];
// *** Start Playback ***
[avPlayer play];
// *** Register for playback end notification ***
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:)
name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
object:[avPlayer currentItem]];
// *** Register observer for events of AVPlayer status ***
[avPlayer addObserver:self forKeyPath:#"status" options:0 context:nil];
Add following Observer method to observe playback status of AVPlayer
// *** Observe status event and perform actions ***
- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context {
if (object == avPlayer && [keyPath isEqualToString:#"status"]) {
if (avPlayer.status == AVPlayerStatusFailed) {
NSLog(#"AVPlayer Failed");
} else if (avPlayer.status == AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay) {
NSLog(#"AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay");
[avPlayer play];
} else if (avPlayer.status == AVPlayerItemStatusUnknown) {
NSLog(#"AVPlayer Unknown");
}
}
}

Answer 2

Try like this:
NSURL *myurl = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/jcq74691pet09d9/Chumbawamba%20-%20Tubthumping%20HD.mp3?dl=0"];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:myurl];
audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithData:data error:NULL];
audioPlayer.delegate = self;
[audioPlayer play];
you can write Delegate method also:
-(void)audioPlayerDidFinishPlaying:(AVAudioPlayer *)player successfully:(BOOL)flag
[audioPlayer stop];
NSLog(#"Finished Playing");
}
- (void)audioPlayerDecodeErrorDidOccur:(AVAudioPlayer *)player error:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(#"Something wrong");
}