Load temp video and play - swift

Question

I need to play continuously a video stored inside the temp directory.
func setVideo(url vid: String!) {
let directory = NSTemporaryDirectory()
let tempURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()).appendingPathComponent("tempMovie\(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)").appendingPathExtension("mp4")
let tempFile = NSURL.fileURL(withPathComponents: [directory])
let file = vid.components(separatedBy: ".")
guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "\(tempURL)", ofType:file[2]) else {
debugPrint( "\(file.joined(separator: ".")) not found with path: \(file[0] + "." + file[1])")
return
}
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path))
let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
playerLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
self.videoView.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
player.play()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: self.player.currentItem, queue: nil, using: { (_) in
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.player?.seek(to: kCMTimeZero)
self.player?.play()
}
})
}
The video location and file url is:
file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/E7D12401-F147-4905-83BE-72909F91E004/tmp/tempMovie1501672791.33525.mp4
The continuous loop part works from a previous project however I can't seem to get the temp stored video to load inside the player. I've tried to get the temp directory manually but it didn't work.

Answer 1

Moving the video from tmp to Documents directory worked for me.
This is how you do it:
let documentsDirectoryURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
let destinationURL = documentsDirectoryURL.appendingPathComponent("filename.fileExtension")
do {
try FileManager.default.moveItem(at: previousTempLocation, to: destinationURL)
} catch let error as NSError { print(error.localizedDescription)}
let player = AVPlayer(url: destinationURL)
Apple says this on /tmp directory
Use this directory to write temporary files that do not need to
persist between launches of your app. Your app should remove files
from this directory when they are no longer needed; however, the
system may purge this directory when your app is not running.
Apple also recommends this for user data
Put user data in Documents/. User data generally includes any files
you might want to expose to the user—anything you might want the user
to create, import, delete or edit. Video and audio apps may even include
files that the user has downloaded to watch or listen to later.