MPMoviePlayerController not working on iOS8 - iphone

Question

I was trying out a project I worked on during iOS6. Tried running the same on iOS8 and the video is playing. Is there anything else I need to do?
- (void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Mcdonald" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
[moviePlayerController.view setFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayerController.view];
moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(playMovie:) name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:moviePlayerController];
}
- (void)playMovie:(NSNotification *)notification {
MPMoviePlayerController *player = notification.object;
if (player.loadState & MPMovieLoadStatePlayable)
{
NSLog(#"Movie is Ready to Play");
[player play];
}
}
Thanks.

Answer 1

Finally. Adding it to the UIWindow solved the problem for me.
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:#"disc" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *movieURL = [[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
theMoviPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
theMoviPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
theMoviPlayer.view.transform = CGAffineTransformConcat(theMoviPlayer.view.transform, CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI_2));
UIWindow *backgroundWindow = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow];
[theMoviPlayer.view setFrame:backgroundWindow.frame];
[backgroundWindow addSubview:theMoviPlayer.view];
[theMoviPlayer play];

Answer 2

Init your MPMoviePlayerController in .h file like below :
#property(strong,nonatomic)MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController;
After above changes it will work .
Sample Code:
#interface ViewController : UIViewController
#property(strong,nonatomic)MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController;
#end
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
NSString *filepath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Mcdonald" ofType:#"mp4"];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
_moviePlayerController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:fileURL];
_moviePlayerController.allowsAirPlay = NO;
_moviePlayerController.shouldAutoplay = YES;
[_moviePlayerController.view setFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
_moviePlayerController.controlStyle=MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;
[self.view addSubview:_moviePlayerController.view];
_moviePlayerController.fullscreen = YES;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(playMovie:) name:MPMoviePlayerLoadStateDidChangeNotification object:moviePlayerController];
}
- (void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
}
- (void)playMovie:(NSNotification *)notification {
MPMoviePlayerController *player = notification.object;
if (player.loadState & MPMovieLoadStatePlayable)
{
NSLog(#"Movie is Ready to Play");
[player play];
}
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#end