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# iOS (AVPlayer)

Example of video playback on iOS using AVPlayer

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Note

Before you can play videos, you must first [upload a video to Cloudflare Stream](https://41dd6664.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/stream/uploading-videos/) or be [actively streaming to a live input](https://41dd6664.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live)

```swift
import SwiftUI
import AVKit

struct MyView: View {
    // Change the url to the Cloudflare Stream HLS manifest URL
    private let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(string: "https://customer-9cbb9x7nxdw5hb57.cloudflarestream.com/8f92fe7d2c1c0983767649e065e691fc/manifest/video.m3u8")!)

    var body: some View {
        VideoPlayer(player: player)
            .onAppear() {
                player.play()
            }
    }
}

struct MyView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        MyView()
    }
}
```

### Download and run an example app

1. Download [this example app ↗](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/offline%5Fplayback%5Fand%5Fstorage/using%5Favfoundation%5Fto%5Fplay%5Fand%5Fpersist%5Fhttp%5Flive%5Fstreams) from Apple's developer docs
2. Open and run the app using [Xcode ↗](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/).
3. Search in Xcode for `m3u8`, and open the `Streams` file
4. Replace the value of `playlist_url` with the HLS manifest URL for your video.
![Screenshot of a video with Cloudflare watermark at top right](https://41dd6664.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=2928,height=762,format=webp/_astro/ios-example-screenshot-edit-hls-url.CK2bGBBG.png) 
1. Click the Play button in Xcode to run the app, and play your video.

For more, see [read the docs](https://41dd6664.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/ios/).

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