Remaining bytes while saving video in documents directory

Question

I am downloading video from URL to the documents directory. There is no constant size for videos. How can I show a download status for the users. Is there any way to show the remaining bytes to be downloaded ?

Here is my code -

       dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
       NSString *urlToDownload = @"http://someurl.mp4";
       NSURL  *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlToDownload];
       NSData *urlData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
        if ( urlData )
        {
            NSArray       *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
            NSString  *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
            NSString  *filePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@.mp4", documentsDirectory,[[[array objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:@"name"]stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@"_"]];


            //saving is done on main thread
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                [urlData writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];
                NSLog(@"File Saved -------- %@!",filePath);

            });
             }
             }
          });

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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Use NSURLConnection instead: http://codewithchris.com/tutorial-how-to-use-ios-nsurlconnection-by-example/

And use its delegate functions to get progress: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2269670/78496

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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