Progress bar for AVAssetExportSession

Question

I\'ve got an app that exports an AVMutableComposition into a .mov file, and I\'d like for the user to see the status of the export with a progress bar

Answer 1

I came up with an answer a while back so I'll post it in case it can help someone:

First, in the method in which you call AVAssetExportSession you've got to set up a timer to update your UIProgressView once you've initiated the export:

//`AVAssetExportSession` code here
    self.exportProgressBarTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:.1 target:self selector:@selector(updateExportDisplay) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
...

Then you need a method to update your display taking into account that the progress property on AVAssetExportSession goes from 0 - 1:

- (void)updateExportDisplay {
    self.exportProgressBar.progress = exportSession.progress;
    if (self.exportProgressBar.progress > .99) {
        [self.exportProgressBarTimer invalidate];
    }
}