Swift version: 5.6
ReplayKit is one of many useful social media features built into iOS, and it's trivial to add to your projects. What's more, it's not just for games – you can record any kind of app just fine. I should add, though, that the recording quality is fairly low, so it's not worth trying to record fine details.
Below is a complete example of how to use ReplayKit to record the screen. You'll need to add a navigation controller around your view controller because the code uses the right bar button item to start and stop recording, and of course it's down to you to add some interesting user interface that's actually worth recording!
import ReplayKit
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, RPPreviewViewControllerDelegate {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Start", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(startRecording))
}
@objc func startRecording() {
let recorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()
recorder.startRecording{ [unowned self] (error) in
if let unwrappedError = error {
print(unwrappedError.localizedDescription)
} else {
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Stop", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(self.stopRecording))
}
}
}
@objc func stopRecording() {
let recorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()
recorder.stopRecording { [unowned self] (preview, error) in
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Start", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(self.startRecording))
if let unwrappedPreview = preview {
unwrappedPreview.previewControllerDelegate = self
self.present(unwrappedPreview, animated: true)
}
}
}
func previewControllerDidFinish(_ previewController: RPPreviewViewController) {
dismiss(animated: true)
}
}
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