Implementation of HTTP Live Streaming in iOS

A short and to the point implementation. The included URL points to a valid stream (as of 12/15/2015), but you can just replace with your own URL to a .m3u8 file.

Objective-C:

#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>@interface ViewController ()@property (strong, nonatomic) MPMoviePlayerController *streamPlayer;@end@implementation ViewController- (void)viewDidLoad{    [super viewDidLoad];    NSURL *streamURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/sl.m3u8"];    _streamPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:streamURL];    // depending on your implementation your view may not have it's bounds set here    // in that case consider calling the following 4 msgs later    [self.streamPlayer.view setFrame: self.view.bounds];    self.streamPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;    [self.view addSubview: self.streamPlayer.view];    [self.streamPlayer play];}- (void)dealloc{     // if non-ARC    // [_streamPlayer release];    // [super dealloc];}@end

Swift:

import UIKitimport MediaPlayerclass ViewController: UIViewController {     var streamPlayer : MPMoviePlayerController =  MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: NSURL(string:"http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/sl.m3u8"))     //Let's play     override func viewDidLoad() {         super.viewDidLoad()         // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.         streamPlayer.view.frame = self.view.bounds         self.view.addSubview(streamPlayer.view)         streamPlayer.fullscreen = true         // Play the movie!         streamPlayer.play()    }}

Updated answer for both the languages. Also MPMoviePlayerController is deprecated in iOS 9, but you can use AVPlayerViewController instead. Happy Coding.!!!

If you point a UIWebView at that target m3u8 URL, it will just work.

Below is my Swift 4 solution with AVPlayer

[since MPMoviePlayerController is deprecated in iOS 9]

import UIKitimport AVKit...class VideoPlayerViewController: UIViewController {    var player: AVPlayer?    override func viewDidLoad() {        super.viewDidLoad()        guard let url = URL(string: "http://stream-url.com/file.m3u8") else {            print("Umm, looks like an invalid URL!")            return        }        player = AVPlayer(url: url)        let controller = AVPlayerViewController()        controller.delegate = self        controller.player = player        // present the player controller & play        present(controller, animated: true) {            self.player?.play()        }    }}