HLS Downloader

Downloads a HLS (m3u8 file format) to the user's device

Supporting functions

• Download, pause, resume and cancel a download task

Usage

Declare a set of cancelable objects to subcribe to a Combine publisher

var cancelables = Set<AnyCancellable>()

Subscribe to the file status

let hlsFile = HLSFile(url: URL(string: "https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/playlist.m3u8")!)
hlsFile.fileStatusPublisher.sink { status in
    print("Offline match status: \(status)")
}
.store(in: &cancelables)

Download the file

hlsFile.download()

You can check whether the file is being download as below

hlsFile.download { isDownloading in
    print("File is downloading \(isDownloading)")
}

Pause the download task

hlsFile.pause()

Resume the download task

hlsFile.resume()

Cancel the download task

hlsFile.cancel()

Notes

At the time of writting this library, the above functions do NOT work on simulator. You would get an unknown error below. Error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1.) It will work fine on the real device.