Add custom controls to AVPlayer in swift

here I add the points , you need to customize based on your need.

Step-1

initially hide your AVPlayer controls,

 YourAVPlayerViewController.showsPlaybackControls = false

Step-2

create the structure like

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one label for current Duration, One label for overall Duration, one UIbutton for pause and play your current player and one UISlider for seek The video.

step-3

initially close the simple steps.

first stop and play the player using button action , currentPlayer is your AVPlayer name.

@IBAction func handlePlayPauseButtonPressed(_ sender: UIButton) {
   //  sender.isSelected ?  currentPlayer.pause() :   currentPlayer.play()
    if sender.isSelected {
        currentPlayer.pause()
    }
    else {
        currentPlayer.play()
    }
}

second set the video duration, as like

    let duration : CMTime = currentPlayer.currentItem!.asset.duration
    let seconds : Float64 = CMTimeGetSeconds(duration)

    lblOverallDuration.text = self.stringFromTimeInterval(interval: seconds)

third set the player current time to current duration label

    let duration : CMTime = currentPlayer.currentTime()
    let seconds : Float64 = CMTimeGetSeconds(duration)

    lblcurrentText.text = self.stringFromTimeInterval(interval: seconds)

the following method is convert from NSTimeinterval to HH:MM:SS

func stringFromTimeInterval(interval: TimeInterval) -> String {

    let interval = Int(interval)
    let seconds = interval % 60
    let minutes = (interval / 60) % 60
    let hours = (interval / 3600)
    return String(format: "%02d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds)
}

finally we go for slider control for calulate the seek time

_playheadSlider.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.handlePlayheadSliderTouchBegin), for: .touchDown)
_playheadSlider.addTarget(self, action:    #selector(self.handlePlayheadSliderTouchEnd), for: .touchUpInside)
_playheadSlider.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.handlePlayheadSliderTouchEnd), for: .touchUpOutside)
_playheadSlider.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.handlePlayheadSliderValueChanged), for: .valueChanged)

lets we go for action, initially when touchbegin is start then stop the player

handlePlayheadSliderTouchBegin

@IBAction func handlePlayheadSliderTouchBegin(_ sender: UISlider) {
currentPlayer.pause()
}

set the current item label for calculate the sender.value * CMTimeGetSeconds(currentPlayer.currentItem.duration)

@IBAction func handlePlayheadSliderValueChanged(_ sender: UISlider) {

        let duration : CMTime = currentPlayer.currentItem!.asset.duration
     let seconds : Float64 = CMTimeGetSeconds(duration) * sender.value
 //   var newCurrentTime: TimeInterval = sender.value * CMTimeGetSeconds(currentPlayer.currentItem.duration)
lblcurrentText.text = self.stringFromTimeInterval(interval: seconds)
   }

finally move the player based on seek

 @IBAction func handlePlayheadSliderTouchEnd(_ sender: UISlider) {

  let duration : CMTime = currentPlayer.currentItem!.asset.duration
var newCurrentTime: TimeInterval = sender.value * CMTimeGetSeconds(duration)
var seekToTime: CMTime = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(newCurrentTime, 600)
currentPlayer.seek(toTime: seekToTime)
}

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