ABMediaView

What is ABMediaView?

ABMediaView can display images, videos, as well as now GIFs and Audio! It subclasses UIImageView, and has functionality to lazy-load images from the web. In addition, it can also display videos, downloaded via URL from disk or web.

Videos contain a player with a timeline and scrubbing. GIFs can also be displayed in an ABMediaView, via lazy-loading from the web, or set via NSData. The GIF that is downloaded is saved as a UIImage object for easy storage. Audio can also be displayed in the player by simply providing a url from the web or on disk.

A major added functionality is that this mediaView has a queue and can present mediaViews in fullscreen mode. There is functionality which allows the view to be minimized by swiping, where it sits in the bottom right corner as a thumbnail. Videos can continue playing and be heard from this position. The user can choose to swipe the view away to dismiss. There are various different functionality that can be toggled on and off to customize the view to one’s choosing.

Features:

• Display for image, video, GIF, and Audio
• Easy Lazy-loading for images, videos, and GIFs
• Fullscreen display with minimization and dismissal
• Queue for presenting mediaViews in fullscreen
• Track for buffer, progress, and scrubbing
• Automated caching

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