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I'm trying to add button on top of a video player. Button is getting added but the click event is not getting triggered from iOS simulator.

However, the event gets triggered accurately when I do it programmatically.

override func viewDidLoad() 
 super.viewDidLoad()
 // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.


 guard let url = URL(string: "https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_example_hevc/master.m3u8") else 
 return
 
 // Create an AVPlayer, passing it the HTTP Live Streaming URL.
 let player = AVPlayer(url: url)

 // Create a new AVPlayerViewController and pass it a reference to the player.
 let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
 playerLayer.frame = self.view.bounds



 let btn = UIButton(type: .roundedRect)
 btn.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow
 btn.setTitle("Do stuff 1", for: .normal)
 btn.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 330, width: 300, height: 300)
 btn.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
 btn.addTarget( self, action: #selector(self.pressButton(button:)), for: .touchUpInside)

 //btn.sendActions(for: .touchUpInside)
 //controller.contentOverlayView?.addSubview(btn)
 playerLayer.addSublayer(btn.layer)

 self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
 player.play()

Please help. How can I fix this?

You are not able to press the button using storyboard button because it is behind the layer.

You have two options.

1) In storyboard Create a separate view where you can add your video layer instead of adding directly to main view and button top of it

2) Change Z position of button

button.layer.zPosition = 1

The problem is that you are adding the button's layer rather than adding the button as a subview. Here's the full code you can cut and paste.

import UIKit
import AVFoundation

class ViewController: UIViewController 

 override func viewDidLoad() 
 super.viewDidLoad()
 // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.


 guard let url = URL(string: "https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_example_hevc/master.m3u8") else 
 return
 
 // Create an AVPlayer, passing it the HTTP Live Streaming URL.
 let player = AVPlayer(url: url)

 // Create a new AVPlayerViewController and pass it a reference to the player.
 let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player)
 playerLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
 self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)

 let btn = UIButton(type: .roundedRect)
 btn.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow
 btn.setTitle("Do stuff 1", for: .normal)
 btn.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 330, width: 300, height: 300)
 btn.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
 btn.addTarget( self, action: #selector(self.pressButton(button:)), for: .touchUpInside)
 view.addSubview(btn)
 player.play()
 

 @objc func pressButton(button: Any) 
 print("PRESSED")
 

The main thing though was simply the view.addSubview(btn).