Objective-C exception handling - objective-c

Question

I'm trying to figure out how exception handling works in Objective-C. So I'm forcing an exception by performing a selector (boom) which does not exist. When I run it, the application crushes, the exception is not handled properly. Can somebody show me the proper way of handling exceptions in objective-c?
#try{
[self performSelector:#selector(boom)];
}
#catch (NSException *ex) {
NSLog(#"Error");
}
... And can somebody also show me how to handle exception for the code below. I'm using one instance variable for four different sound effects. After playing, I set the variable to nil. For some reason, the code below crushes the app at times, so I will like to handle that exception. Thanks.
- (void) playSound:(NSUInteger) number withDelay:(NSTimeInterval) delay
{
if(sound == nil)
{
NSURL* url;
switch (number)
{
case 1: url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:#"Shuffle" withExtension:#"caf"]; break;
case 3: url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:#"Clap" withExtension:#"caf"]; break;
case 4: url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:#"Glass" withExtension:#"caf"]; break;
case 5: url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:#"Knock" withExtension:#"caf"]; break;
default: break;
}
if (url != nil)
{
sound = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:nil];
[sound setCurrentTime:0];
[sound prepareToPlay];
[sound setVolume:1.0];
[sound performSelector:#selector(play) withObject:nil afterDelay: delay];
}
}
}

Answer 1

Exception Handling will not solve your problem here,
If you call - (void) playSound:(NSUInteger) number withDelay:(NSTimeInterval) delay from button press events. Multiple button presses would lead to this kind of crashes. Because you are using the same AVAudioPlayer variable *sound and that same object is used to play sounds after delays.A call from other button press could be initiating the sound player, while another one tries to play the sound.
If these are short sound clips (less than 30sec), Without using AVAudioPlayer , you better use AudioServicesPlaySystemSound,
You can write a method to delay the start of play, This will let you play multiple sound clips at the same time without any problem.
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Shuffle" ofType:#"caf"];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
SystemSoundID soundFileObject;
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID ((__bridge_retained CFURLRef) url, &soundFileObject);
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound (soundFileObject);