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

Swift 3 example

Using Notification Center to send progress updates to listeners

//`AVAssetExportSession` code above
var exportProgressBarTimer = Timer() // initialize timer
if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
    exportProgressBarTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 0.1, repeats: true) { timer in
    // Get Progress
    let progress = Float((exportSession?.progress)!);
    if (progress < 0.99) {
       let dict:[String: Float] = ["progress": progress]
       NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.Name("ProgressBarPercentage"), object: nil, userInfo: dict)
    }
  }
}

// on exportSession completed
exportSession?.exportAsynchronously(completionHandler: {
   exportProgressBarTimer.invalidate(); // remove/invalidate timer
   if exportSession?.status == AVAssetExportSessionStatus.completed { 
      // [....Some Completion Code Here]
   }
})

Then setup the notification center listener anywhere you'd like using

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.statusUpdate(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name(rawValue: "ProgressBarPercentage"), object: nil)