Playing past broadcasts on iOS

API
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Hi guys,

I’m developing an iPad app which, among other things, provides a custom frontend to some Twitch functionality. I’ve already figured out how to get streams and play them using the HTML5 player in a UIWebView. I was wondering if something similar exists for archived video.

I see that the endpoint exists, but there doesn’t seem to be any way to play past broadcasts using anything other than the flash player.

Could someone confirm/deny if this is true? If it’s impossible to play past broadcasts on iOS, is there any timeline on when that functionality will be added?

Thanks!
-Frank

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Currently there is no way to view past broadcasts using anything other than the flash player.

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Thanks for your input Gareth, it’s much appreciated. I was wondering if there’s any planned support for this in the future? The video integration options on iOS are quite limited, which is really unfortunate =\

Thanks again!
-Frank

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Yes, there are plans but sadly we can’t go into what they are right now.

If you contact brooke@twitch.tv he is our account manager, depending on what you are working on NDAs might be able to be signed etc.