ming-tv-ios

Project Overview

The iOS edition of ming-tv is a SwiftUI + AVPlayer client sharing its origin with the Android app, compatible with TVBox / AppleCMS collection interfaces. It bundles live TV, cloud drives and all-source aggregated search, is adapted for iPhone / iPad and verified on an iPhone 13, and is positioned for development and testing.

The iOS sibling of the Android player — collection sources, live TV and cloud drives on your phone.

Key Features

• Collection sources: TVBox / AppleCMS Type 0/1 interfaces with site switching and category browsing
• Live TV: interface channels plus a built-in fallback, grouped lists, EPG timeline and per-channel UA
• Cloud drives: play WebDAV (PROPFIND) and AList (login + public path) media directly
• Aggregated search: concurrent all-source search with incremental results, source filtering and 20 history entries
• Playback control: 0.5–2.0x speed, ±10 s, prev/next episode, loop, audio-track switching and landscape fullscreen
• m3u8 ad filtering: matches Android rules to drop SCTE-35 ranges and keyword ad segments
• Anti-hotlink playback: injects Referer / Cookie / Authorization into player and segment requests
• Data management: resume history, favorites and source settings, with a toggleable splash page

Target Audience

• iPhone and iPad users
• Players holding TVBox collection interfaces
• Android ming-tv users wanting cross-platform parity
• iOS developers studying video players

Quick Start

1. Prepare Xcode 16+ and clone the repository
2. Run xcodegen generate in the ios directory
3. Open MingTV.xcodeproj, build and install to a device (DEVELOPMENT_TEAM required)
4. Enter a collection interface URL in settings to start

Core Advantages

• Shared core with Android: the MingTVCore package is reused on both platforms
• Native and light: SwiftUI + AVPlayer with no third-party kernels
• Open source: build your own version freely

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
OS	iOS 17 or later
Devices	iPhone, iPad
Build	Xcode 16+
Device install	Apple ID signing

Notes

• Only Type 0/1 collection sources work; Android's jar / drpy spiders cannot run on iOS
• Without an FFmpeg kernel, mkv, avi, flv and webm in cloud drives won't play
• LAN push, QR scanning, DLNA casting and danmaku are not implemented
• Free Apple ID signatures expire after 7 days; for development and testing only