why video is not getting played only showing loader in swift

Question

I am trying to play the video from the web url it showing buffering loader only but not getting played I have used the following code.

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    let url = URL(string: "https://sandbox-api.digiboxx.com/uploads/E2D6024483AB4B04/1602945683_sample_640x360.mp4")!

    playVideo(url: url)
}

func playVideo(url: URL) {
    let player = AVPlayer(url: url)

    let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
    vc.player = player

    self.present(vc, animated: true) { vc.player?.play() }
}

Answer 1

I tried your URL just in the browser (Safari) on my computer and nothing plays. So I think something is wrong with the URL or the file at the other end.

Answer 2

I tested your link and the video is loading, so I don't know why your code isn't working ...

This is how I use VideoPlayer in Swift :

import UIKit
import AVKit

class MediaManager: UIViewController {

    var player = AVPlayer()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        play(url: "yourUrl")
    }

    func play (url: String) {
    
        player = AVPlayer(url: URL(string: url)!)
    
        let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
        playerViewController.player = player
    
        self.view.present(playerViewController, animated: false) { self.player.play() }
    }
}

Try with my code and tell me if it's okay for you