PlayerPreference

Initial playback time from where the player should begin playback after loading media. If no preference is set by deafult VOD start playback from 0.0 and LIVE starts playback from live edge. Passing in 0.0 for live contents, starts playback from beginning of stream and not from live edge. Negative values has no effect. This value should be in seconds.

Preferred max bit rate.

Preferred initial forward buffer duration. To reset set the value to 0.0. it will use the system prefered buffer. Setting this preference before calling play() or load() API will be effective. The value should be in seconds.

Preferred forward buffer duration after a rebuffer. To reset set the value to 0.0. it will use the system prefered buffer. The value should be in seconds.

Perform additional security checks on top of basic jailbreak detection and reverse engineering detections. Setting this preference without allowPlaybackOnInsecureDevice(allow: false) will have no effect.

API to allow/disallow playback on Insecure Devices. When set to true, no security checks would be performed. When set to false, playback would be aborted on insecure devices. Use this API with caution. Default value is true.

The desired maximum resolution of a video that is to be downloaded. Defaults to CGSizeZero, which indicates there is no limit on the video resolution. Any other value indicates a preferred maximum video resolution. This property only applies to HTTP Live Streaming assets

canUseNetworkResourcesForLiveStreamingWhilePaused property has been added to AVPlayerItem.

An upper limit on the resolution of video to download when connecting over expensive networks. Available versions are above iOS 15.0+ and tvOS 15.0+

API that indicates whether playback starts with the first eligible variant that appears in the stream’s main playlist. Available versions are above iOS 14.0+ and tvOS 14.0+

API which limit of network bandwidth consumption by the item when connecting over expensive networks. Re-set it to zero to get the usual “highest quality/bitrate supported by connection”. Available versions are above iOS 15.0+ and tvOS 15.0+

API will enable ad-markers in the AVPlayerViewController

Preference to allow/disallow playback to repeat when played till the end. When set to true, when triggering play() after the playback reached the end time, will start the playback from the begining. When set to false, the playback wont be started once it reached the end time. Default value is false

API to customize default MPRemoteCommand actions in MPRemoteCommandCenter.

• Default MPRemoteCommand actions for VOD content:

  • MPRemoteCommand.togglePausePlay
  • MPRemoteCommand.play
  • MPRemoteCommand.pause
  • MPRemoteCommand.skipBackward
  • MPRemoteCommand.skipForward
  • MPRemoteCommand.changePlaybackPosition
  • MPRemoteCommand.changePlaybackRate
  • MPRemoteCommand.enableLanguageOption
  • MPRemoteCommand.disableLanguageOption

• Default MPRemoteCommand actions for Live content:

  • MPRemoteCommand.togglePausePlay
  • MPRemoteCommand.play
  • MPRemoteCommand.pause
  • MPRemoteCommand.enableLanguageOption
  • MPRemoteCommand.disableLanguageOption

When this preference is enabled (true):

Automatically updates MPRemoteCommandCenter actions:

• For Live content:

  • MPRemoteCommand.play
  • MPRemoteCommand.stop

• For VOD content:

  • Default MPRemoteCommand actions.

• For multiple VOD content in a queue player:

  • MPRemoteCommand.togglePausePlay
  • MPRemoteCommand.play
  • MPRemoteCommand.pause
  • MPRemoteCommand.previousTrack
  • MPRemoteCommand.nextTrack
  • MPRemoteCommand.changePlaybackPosition
  • MPRemoteCommand.changePlaybackRate
  • MPRemoteCommand.enableLanguageOption
  • MPRemoteCommand.disableLanguageOption

If the preference is disabled (false), default actions are used.

• Developer Note: To activate this preference in the AdPlayer, ensure the player supports multicast delegate implementation.

Usage:

PlayerPreference.assignRemoteActions(true)

API to override remote command action forward and backward interval duration.

Configures the behavior of the main remote command action, which can either toggle play/pause or stop playback.

API to handle interrupted resume playback by automatically or not

API to enable or disable Picture in Picture (PiP) support

API to enable AdditionalSubtitleFormat for the playback

API to handle player audio interruption by the application

Use MPNowPlayingInfoCenter on tvOS instead of the default MPNowPlayingSession.

Setting this preferred track will auto select the track if it is available. The application can still override the selected track by using the selectTrack API.

Controls the player’s audiovisual background playback policy.

Determines how the player handles audiovisual content when the app transitions to the background.

• automatic: The system decides whether playback continues when the app goes to the background.
• continuesIfPossible: The app continues playback in the background, if possible.
• pauses: The app pauses playback when entering the background.

Use this preference to customize how playback behaves when your app transitions to the background. The default is .automatic.