iphone - how to Play movie in portrait mode

Question

Can i play movie in portrait mode?If yes than how to play?

Answer 1

Instead of using the MPMoviePlayerController explicitly, you can load the movie into a UIWebView. That will launch the movie in portrait mode, with the usual movie player controls. Credits go to this blog post.

Here's a code snippet:

self.webView = [[[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0)] autorelease];
NSURLRequest *request = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL: urlToMovie];
[self.webView loadRequest: request];
[request release];

Here the webView instance is initialized as a 1x1 pixel element, and is not added as a sub-view. When it loads the URL request of the movie, it will automatically fill the entire screen and you'll see the movie play in portrait mode.

Note: it seems like it requires iPhone OS 3.1 (or higher) for videos to play in UIWebView.