'How to detect when AVPlayer video ends playing?

I'am using AVPlayer for playing local video file (mp4) in Swift. Does anyone know how to detect when video finish with playing? Thanks

Solution 1:^[1]

To get the AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification your object needs to be an AVPlayerItem.

To do so, just use the .currentItem property on your AVPlayer

Now you will get a notification once the video ends!

See my example:

let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)       

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "playerDidFinishPlaying:",
        name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: videoPlayer.currentItem)

func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
    print("Video Finished")
}

Swift 3

let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)       

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("playerDidFinishPlaying:")), 
       name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: videoPlayer.currentItem)
    
func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification) {
    print("Video Finished")
}

Don't forget to remove the Observer in your deinit

Swift 4, 5

NotificationCenter.default
    .addObserver(self,
    selector: #selector(playerDidFinishPlaying),
    name: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime,
    object: videoPlayer.currentItem
)

Solution 2:^[2]

Swift 3.0

let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:#selector(self.playerDidFinishPlaying(note:)),name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)

@objc func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification){
        print("Video Finished")
    }

Solution 3:^[3]

Swift 4.2 Version:

var player: AVPlayer!
  //
  //
// Configure Player
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    let filepath: String? = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "selectedFileName", ofType: "mp4")
    if let filepath = filepath {
        let fileURL = URL.init(fileURLWithPath: filepath)
        player = AVPlayer(url: fileURL)
        let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
        // Register for notification
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                               selector: #selector(playerItemDidReachEnd),
                                                         name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime,
                                                         object: nil) // Add observer

        playerLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
        self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
        player.play()
    }
}
// Notification Handling
@objc func playerItemDidReachEnd(notification: NSNotification) {
    player.seek(to: CMTime.zero)
    player.play()
}
// Remove Observer
deinit {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

Solution 4:^[4]

For SWIFT 3.0 This is working fine

class PlayVideoViewController: UIViewController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(PlayVideoViewController.finishVideo), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: nil)
    }

    func finishVideo()
    {
        print("Video Finished")
    }
}

Solution 5:^[5]

Swift 4.0

This one works for me. Thanks to @Channel

    private func playVideo(fileURL: String) {

            // Create RUL object
            let url = URL(string: fileURL)

            // Create Player Item object
            let playerItem: AVPlayerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url!)
            // Assign Item to Player
            let player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)

            // Prepare AVPlayerViewController
            let videoPlayer = AVPlayerViewController()
            // Assign Video to AVPlayerViewController
            videoPlayer.player = player

            NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(myViewController.finishVideo), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil)

            // Present the AVPlayerViewController
            present(videoPlayer, animated: true, completion: {
                    // Play the Video
                    player.play()
            })

    }

    @objc func finishVideo()
    {
            print("Video Finished")
    }

Solution 6:^[6]

If you fancy using Combine:

private var cancelBag: Set<AnyCancellable> = []

NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime)
.sink { _ in
    player.seek(to: CMTime.zero)
    player.play()
}
.store(in: &cancelBag)

Solution 7:^[7]

2019

It's really this simple

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
    self,
    selector: #selector(fileComplete),
    name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime,
    object: nil
)

(It's fine for the object to be nil.)

and then

@objc func fileComplete() {
    print("IT'S DONE!")
}

Solution 8:^[8]

Swift 3.0

let videoPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: url)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:#selector(self.playerDidFinishPlaying(note:)),name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)

func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification){
    //Called when player finished playing
}

Solution 9:^[9]

For SWIFT 3.0

Here 'fullUrl' is the URL of the video and make sure that there would be no space in the URL, You should replace 'Space' with '%20' so that URL will work file.

  let videoURL = NSURL(string: fullUrl)
  let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL! as URL)

  playerViewController.delegate = self
  playerViewController.player = player
  self.present(playerViewController, animated: false) {

    self.playerViewController.player!.play()

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(yourViewControllerName.playerDidFinishPlaying), name: Notification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: self.player?.currentItem)
  }

Add this below given method in your view controller.

func playerDidFinishPlaying(){    
print("Video Finished playing in style")
}

Solution 10:^[10]

I know there are a lot of accepted answers here...

But, another route might be to add a boundary time observer to your AVPlayer. You would have to have the duration of the video, which you can get from your player.currentItem, and then add it as your desired time boundary.

fileprivate var videoEndObserver: Any?

func addVideoEndObserver() {
    guard let player = YOUR_VIDEO_PLAYER else { return }

    // This is just in case you are loading a video from a URL.
    guard let duration = player.currentItem?.duration, duration.value != 0 else {
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5, execute: { [weak self] in
            self?.addVideoEndObserver()
        })

        return
    }

    let endTime = NSValue(time: duration - CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(0.1, duration.timescale))
    videoEndObserver = player.addBoundaryTimeObserver(forTimes: [endTime], queue: .main, using: {
        self.removeVideoEndObserver()

        // DO YOUR STUFF HERE...
    })
}

func removeVideoEndObserver() {
    guard let observer = videoEndObserver else { return }

    videoPlayer.player?.removeTimeObserver(observer)
    videoEndObserver = nil
}

Solution 11:^[11]

In Swift 3 and RxSwift 3.5 all you have to do is:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    NotificationCenter.default.rx.notification(Notification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime)
        .asObservable().subscribe(onNext: { [weak self] notification in

            //Your action

        }).addDisposableTo(disposeBag)
}

Solution 12:^[12]

Using Combine, and also making sure the notification comes from the AVPlayerItem you are interested in and not just any. I am playing multiple items at once, so this would work in that scenario as well.

private var subscriptions: Set<AnyCancellable> = []

NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: player.currentItem)
    .receive(on: RunLoop.main)
    .sink { [weak self] notification in
        guard let item = notification.object as? AVPlayerItem else { return }
        if item == self?.player.currentItem {
         //.... Here you know it was the item you are interested in that played to end and not just any
        }
    }
    .store(in: &subscriptions)

Solution 13:^[13]

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil, queue: .main) { noti in
        guard let item = noti.object as? AVPlayerItem else{
            return
        }
        //DidPlayToEndTime
    }

Solution 14:^[14]

func shareEditedVedio() -> AVPlayer {
    let editedVedioPlayer = AVPlayer(url: self.vedioData.vedioURLWithAddedSounds!)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:#selector(self.playerDidFinishPlaying(note:)),name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: editedVedioPlayer.currentItem)
    return editedVedioPlayer
}


@objc func playerDidFinishPlaying(note: NSNotification){
    //Called when player finished playing
}

Solution 15:^[15]

I had an issue with the Notification never getting called, setting the notification inside the presentation of the AVPlayerViewController solved it for me:

func presentVideo(url:URL) {
        let player = AVPlayer(url: url)
        let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
        playerViewController.player = player
        
        self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) {
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                playerViewController.player!.play()
                //NOTE: The notification must be created here for it to work as expected
                NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.videoDidEnd), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil)
            }
        }
    }

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