iPad MPMoviePlayerController - Disable Fullscreen

Question

Is there a way to disable the fullscreen button of the MPMoviePlayerController ?

Answer 1

If the only thing you want to do is disable pinch to go full screen (i.e. keep interaction enabled and whatever control style you want), you can use this:

- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {

    NSSet *set = [event allTouches];
    NSArray *arr = [set allObjects];
    for (int i = 0; i < arr.count; i++) {
        UITouch *touch = (UITouch *) [arr objectAtIndex:i];

        NSArray *recognisers = touch.gestureRecognizers;
        for (UIGestureRecognizer *recogniser in recognisers) {
            if (recogniser.enabled && [recogniser isMemberOfClass:[UIPinchGestureRecognizer class]]) {
                recogniser.enabled = NO;
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Depending on your needs, you can also simply disable all user interactions on the player view.

player.view.userInteractionEnabled = NO;

Answer 3

You can set controlStyle to Fullscreen. these controls are somewhat different, but it doesn't feature a Fullscreen button!

[_moviePlayerController setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];

Answer 4

I know, it's a little outdated, but anyway. I did some research in that direction, and looks like a found an answer. I do not know, why it's working, but it is.

-(void) playMovieAtURL: (NSURL*) theURL {

    MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie =
    [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL: theURL];
    //That line is for ARC. Without it, it may not work.
    self.moviePlayer = theMovie;
    theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
    theMovie.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
    theMovie.repeatMode  = MPMovieRepeatModeOne;
    //Here you'd better use your custom ViewController subclass, if you want autorotating and all that stuff.
    UIViewController * vc = [UIViewController new];
    [vc.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
    theMovie.fullscreen  = YES;
    theMovie.view.frame = vc.view.bounds;
    vc.view = theMovie.view;
    [self presentModalViewController:vc animated:YES];
    theMovie.fullscreen  = YES;

    [theMovie prepareToPlay];
    [theMovie play];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(myMovieFinishedCallback:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification object:nil];
}

// When the movie is done, release the controller.

-(void) myMovieFinishedCallback: (NSNotification*) aNotification
{
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
    MPMoviePlayerController* theMovie = [aNotification object];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
 removeObserver: self
 name: MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
 object: theMovie];
    [self.moviePlayer.view removeFromSuperview];
    self.moviePlayer = nil;
    // Release the movie instance created in playMovieAtURL:
}

Answer 5

There's a cheat:

MPMoviePlayerController *mpc = (...some instance...)
UIView *fsbutton = [[mpc view] viewWithTag:512];
[fsbutton setHidden:YES];

The main catch is, you have to do it in viewDidAppear: or similar, because the MoviePlayer view sets itself up somewhere inside didMoveToWindow or didMoveToSuperview, which happen after viewWillAppear:. So you get a brief flash of the fullscreen button. Other obvious catches include: brittle vs. Apple changing that 512 tag value (although it works in 3.2 - 4.2); and of course Apple would rather you not do this.

The endorsed solution is to set the control style to MPMovieControlStyleNone and roll your own transport controls, which is more work.

Answer 6

Simple block to remove pinch zoom here

Hope it help

it work with me on iOS6

 for (UIView *view in  moviePlayer.view.subviews) {

    for(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *pinch in view.gestureRecognizers){
    if([pinch isKindOfClass:[UIPinchGestureRecognizer class]])
        [view removeGestureRecognizer:pinch];
    }
}