AVPlayer detect lost connection

Question

I am using the AVPlayer object in iOS 6.1. I am currently connecting to an Icecast server to stream a live music feed. However when the stream goes down for any reason (such as a restart or change of signal) the AVPlayer stops playing. I have tried adding an observer for "status" but that only seams to be called whenever I start or stop the player. Is there a way to detect the lost connection so I can reconnect the player?

Answer 1

You should use Reachability

this post shows how to implement it iphone-reachability-checking