Chap. 8 errata? or version issues?

c.J. · #1 (**permalink**) February 19th, 2011, 10:58 PM

Hi Gene,
I am at Chapter 8, page 299 and 300 and notice two large blocks of code that are different in my Xcode file than the example in the book.

In your book on page 299, you show a couple code modifications for the file "iPadLibraryMoviePlayerAppDelegate.m" and you have listed the instance methods (if I have that naming correctly..still learning)

Code:

-(void)applicationDidEnterBackground: (UIApplication *)application {  
...

-(void)applicationWillEnterForeground: (UIApplication *)application {

..

but that does not exist in my code that was generated by my Xcode version 3.2.5 --Simulator - 4.2
so I do not know where to put your code in bold.
I am very interested in the video playing ability on the iPad and need to grab time codes so I was hoping that your book will help but now I am rather stuck to finish this exercise.
Thank you so much!!
C.J.

thepianoguy · #2 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2011, 08:31 AM

These methods - which are delegate methods, not instance methods - are generated in the AppDelegate template, in this case, in iPodLibraryMoviePlayerAppDelegate.m To test this fact simply create a new View-based Application and look at the template for the AppDelegate. (Simply doing step 1 on p. 292 will demonstrate this.) If they are missing than something has gone wrong, since you should have not made any edits to this file up to this point. Are the other delegate methods present? (Running Xcode version 3.2.5)
Bob

gbacklin · #3 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2011, 11:47 AM

No you are not doing anything wrong at all. Good catch !!!

It should read "create a View-based application for the iPhone"...

The template for the iPhone and iPad are different, and as you found out, does not automatically supply these delegate methods.

ALSO..... when this book was published 4.0 and then soon after 4.1 was released. I have been keeping up with the SDK's so you, the reader, will not have to deal with the Base SDK Missing error when upgrading versions.

In 4.2, Apple no longer allows searching the iPod Library for Video content. So the traditional way I illustrate here will no longer work. I will be updating the project and will post an updated project ASAP. Gotta love change

The purpose of the chapter is to illustrate playing a movie, so the subject matter will remain the same, but the source of the video will no longer be the library, rather another source.

Stay tuned...

c.J. · #4 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2011, 01:26 PM

Thank you Gene..
i did try the IPhone "view-based" and it did work like the book code shows.

I bought the book solely for the video section. You can imagine I am eagerly waiting for the update code sample. I have been through four books and the Apple docs and can see that there is some confusion as to how to work with the AVfoundation and MediaPlayer frameworks and using both to get the frame info I need. It was a lot easier in QTKit on MAC OS.
I like the fact that you have both frameworks illustrated in one app and can compare the player controls that are provided by them and your use of a table to pull in a selection of videos to choose from. Nice!..
I have used the MediaPlayer to make a smaller view to play the video in the ipad but what is not covered in any book is how to go deeper into the information in the frame, like to grab time codes. I see examples in books that use either one or the other of the frameworks but don't see if once you've used one framework to get your video playing and paused, like the MediaPlayer, can you use a different framework to get the timecode somehow. I don't know if the MPMovieTimeOptionExact will be the correct choice to grab and set the player head.
So I look forward to your examples of using some videos on the iPad to compare these frameworks!
Thank you for your speedy support!
C.J.

gbacklin · #5 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2011, 03:00 PM

Ok,

I have updated the code and will upload the new project in a bit.

Things to note:

Code:

	[self setMovieList:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"http://www.marizack.com/video/wroxbook/Chapter8Demo1.m4v", @"DemoMovie1", nil],
						[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"http://www.marizack.com/video/wroxbook/Chapter8Demo2.m4v", @"DemoMovie2", nil],
						nil]];

That now gets rid of the iPodLibrary that no longer works for video listing in 4.2. This will set up your list in the table view for you to choose from. The movies are streamed from my server.

Next:

To display the information in the table view for selections:

Code:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	NSDictionary *movie = [[self movieList] objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
	NSArray *keys = [movie allKeys];
	NSString *cellText = [keys objectAtIndex:0];
    
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }
    
	// Configure the cell.
	[[cell textLabel] setText:cellText];
	
    return cell;
}

Finally:

To chose the proper movie from the table view selection:

Code:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	NSDictionary *movie = [[self movieList] objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
	NSArray *keys = [movie allKeys];
	NSString *key = [keys objectAtIndex:0];
	
	NSURL *aURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[movie objectForKey:key]];
	
	if([playerSwitch selectedSegmentIndex] == 0) {
		UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
		MediaPlaybackViewController *controller = [[MediaPlaybackViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MediaPlaybackViewController" bundle:nil];
		[controller setMovieURL:aURL];
		[controller setMovieTitle:[[cell textLabel] text]];
		[controller setStartPlayer:YES];
		[self setMediaPlaybackViewController:controller];
		
		[self presentModalViewController:controller animated: YES];
	}else {
		MPMoviePlayerViewController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc]
											   initWithContentURL:aURL];
		[self presentModalViewController:player animated:YES];
		[player release];
	}
	[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath: indexPath animated: YES];
}

The change is now to get the movie URL from the NSDictionary we initialized in the viewDidLoad:

Code:

	NSDictionary *movie = [[self movieList] objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
	NSArray *keys = [movie allKeys];
	NSString *key = [keys objectAtIndex:0];
	
	NSURL *aURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[movie objectForKey:key]];

The complete listing:

Code:

//
//  iPodLibraryMoviePlayerViewController.m
//  iPodLibraryMoviePlayer
//
//  Created by Gene Backlin on 7/18/10.
//  Copyright Marizack Consulting 2010. All rights reserved.
//

#import "iPodLibraryMoviePlayerViewController.h"
#import "MediaPlaybackViewController.h"
#import "iPodLibrary.h"
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>

@implementation iPodLibraryMoviePlayerViewController

@synthesize movieTableView;
@synthesize playerSwitch;
@synthesize movieList;
@synthesize mediaPlaybackViewController;


#pragma mark -
#pragma mark View lifecycle

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
	[self setMovieList:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"http://www.marizack.com/video/wroxbook/Chapter8Demo1.m4v", @"DemoMovie1", nil],
						[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"http://www.marizack.com/video/wroxbook/Chapter8Demo2.m4v", @"DemoMovie2", nil],
						nil]];
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
	return YES;
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table view data source

// Customize the number of sections in the table view.
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    return 1;
}

// Customize the number of rows in the table view.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return [movieList count];
}

// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	NSDictionary *movie = [[self movieList] objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
	NSArray *keys = [movie allKeys];
	NSString *cellText = [keys objectAtIndex:0];
    
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }
    
	// Configure the cell.
	[[cell textLabel] setText:cellText];
	
    return cell;
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table view delegate

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
	NSDictionary *movie = [[self movieList] objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
	NSArray *keys = [movie allKeys];
	NSString *key = [keys objectAtIndex:0];
	
	NSURL *aURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[movie objectForKey:key]];
	
	if([playerSwitch selectedSegmentIndex] == 0) {
		UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
		MediaPlaybackViewController *controller = [[MediaPlaybackViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MediaPlaybackViewController" bundle:nil];
		[controller setMovieURL:aURL];
		[controller setMovieTitle:[[cell textLabel] text]];
		[controller setStartPlayer:YES];
		[self setMediaPlaybackViewController:controller];
		
		[self presentModalViewController:controller animated: YES];
	}else {
		MPMoviePlayerViewController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc]
											   initWithContentURL:aURL];
		[self presentModalViewController:player animated:YES];
		[player release];
	}
	[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath: indexPath animated: YES];
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Memory management

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}

- (void)viewDidUnload {
    // For example: self.myOutlet = nil;
	[self setMovieTableView:nil];
	[self setPlayerSwitch:nil];
	[self setMediaPlaybackViewController:nil];
}

- (void)dealloc {
	[movieTableView release];
	[playerSwitch release];
	[mediaPlaybackViewController release];
	
    [super dealloc];
}

@end

I will be posting the URL for the updated project for SDK 4.2 in my next post. Thanks again for bringing this to my attention !!!!

Take Care,
Gene

gbacklin · #6 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2011, 03:14 PM

Ok, the updated project for SDK 4.2 is now available at the following url:

Chapter8 iPodLibraryMoviePlayer for SDK 4.2

Just a note, there is no audio with these sample movies, as I wanted to put together something quick to keep you going with this chapter, but they are me showing you how to actually create this application from scratch. So a sneak preview of maybe a future podcast ????

Enjoy !

c.J. · #7 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2011, 03:29 PM

You are amazing!! Can't wait to load the code...
i can't thank you enough. How many times can I click that "thanks" button?!!
I will be watching all of your podcasts as soon as you do them. Let us know for sure when that happens and any other books and book signings "out West" !!
Thanks again!!!
C.J.

gbacklin · #8 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2011, 03:34 PM

No, I thank you for purchasing my book !!!

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