AVPlayer loads multiple times before playing - long delay before streaming - swift

Question

I'm facing a very unique situation, AVPlayer is trying to stream a URL that it loads multiple times (I see in control centre) before eventually playing it, after a long delay of about 120 seconds or so (sometimes more). I don't know why that is happening. I use a singleton instance of KDEAudioPlayer - any help would be appreciated.
KDEAudioPlayer Code:
import UIKit
import KDEAudioPlayer
var urlToPlay : NSURL!
var titleTrackBeingPlayed = String?()
class MediaPlayerViewController: FXBlurView, AudioPlayerDelegate {
//MARK: Variables
var seekToTime = NSTimeInterval()
var streaming = true
var timer:NSTimer?
var change:CGFloat = 0.01
//MARK: Connections
#IBOutlet weak var loadingActivityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView!
#IBOutlet weak var streamingFromServerLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var timelineSlider: UISlider!
#IBOutlet weak var totalTimeLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var nowTimeLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var toggleButton: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var volumeControlSlider: UISlider!
#IBOutlet weak var titleLabel: UILabel!
//MARK: Actions
#IBAction func endTrackPlayerButtonPressed(sender: UIButton) {
//TODO: R&D how to dismiss.
print("media player view to be dismissed")
if let viewWithTag = self.viewWithTag(1089) {
print("Tag 1089")
Singleton.stop()
viewWithTag.removeFromSuperview()
}
}
#IBAction func timelineSliderValueChanged(sender: UISlider) {
Singleton.pause()
Singleton.seekToTime(NSTimeInterval(sender.value))
timelineSlider?.setValue(sender.value, animated: true)
Singleton.resume()
}
#IBAction func playPauseButtonPressed(sender: UIButton) {
toggle()
}
//MARK: Initializer for Class
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)!
self.tintColor = UIColor.clearColor()
if Singleton.isPlaying {
Singleton.isPlaying = false
}
playerSetup()
toggle()
}
//MARK: Setup for Audio Player
func playerSetup() {
Singleton.playItemWithUrl(urlToPlay)
Singleton.player.delegate = self
timelineSlider?.continuous = true
self.titleLabel?.text = titleTrackBeingPlayed
}
internal func refreshAudioView(_ :NSTimer) {
}
func toggle(){
if Singleton.isPlaying {
pauseTrack()
toggleButton.setImage(UIImage(named: "Play"), forState: .Normal)
}
else if !Singleton.isPlaying {
playTrack()
toggleButton?.setImage(UIImage(named: "Pause"), forState: .Normal)
}
}
func audioPlayer(audioPlayer: AudioPlayer, willStartPlayingItem item: AudioItem) {
titleLabel.text = titleTrackBeingPlayed
}
func audioPlayer(audioPlayer: AudioPlayer, didFindDuration duration: NSTimeInterval, forItem item: AudioItem) {
totalTimeLabel?.text = makeTimeString(Float(duration))
timelineSlider?.maximumValue = Float(duration)
timelineSlider?.minimumValue = 0.0
self.titleLabel?.text = titleTrackBeingPlayed
}
func audioPlayer(audioPlayer: AudioPlayer, didUpdateProgressionToTime time: NSTimeInterval, percentageRead: Float) {
timelineSlider?.setValue(Float(time), animated: true)
nowTimeLabel?.text = makeTimeString(Float(time))
Singleton.player.volume = volumeControlSlider.value
seekToTime = time
}
override func remoteControlReceivedWithEvent(event: UIEvent?) {
if let event = event {
Singleton.player.remoteControlReceivedWithEvent(event)
self.canBecomeFirstResponder()
}
}
func audioPlayer(audioPlayer: AudioPlayer, didChangeStateFrom from: AudioPlayerState, toState to: AudioPlayerState) {
if to == .Playing {
if streaming {
streamingFromServerLabel.hidden = false
loadingActivityIndicator.hidden = true
toggleButton?.setImage(UIImage(named: "Pause"), forState: .Normal)
}
timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(0.01, target: self, selector: #selector(TrackMediaPlayerViewController.refreshAudioView(_:)), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
}
else if to == .Buffering || to == .WaitingForConnection {
loadingActivityIndicator.hidden = false
}
else {
streamingFromServerLabel.hidden = true
}
}
func playTrack() {
if seekToTime > 0.0 {
Singleton.resume()
} else {
Singleton.play()
}
Singleton.isPlaying = true
}
func pauseTrack() {
Singleton.pause()
Singleton.isPlaying = false
}
//MARK: Convert NSTime to String
func makeTimeString(value:Float) -> String
{
if value == 0 || value.isNaN
{
return "00:00"
}
let hr = (Int)(value / 3600)
let min = (Int)((value % 3600) / 60)
let sec = (Int)((value % 3600) % 60)
let timestamp = String(format:"%d:%02d.%02d", hr, min, sec)
return timestamp
}
}
Singleton Code:
import Foundation
import UIKit
import KDEAudioPlayer
class Singleton: AudioPlayerDelegate {
static let shareInstance = DarsPlayerSingleton()
static let player = AudioPlayer()
static var isPlaying = Bool()
private init (){
}
static func playItemWithUrl(url: NSURL) {
let item = AudioItem(mediumQualitySoundURL: url)
player.playItem(item!)
}
static func play() {
player.resume()
isPlaying = true
}
static func pause() {
player.pause()
isPlaying = false
}
static func stop() {
player.stop()
}
static func seekToTime(time: NSTimeInterval){
player.seekToTime(time)
}
static func resume() {
player.resume()
}
}