To play a button sound when button tapped, I use AudioToolbox and AVFoundation.
I import these in my .h using
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>
Via storyboard, I connected a UIButton to a new IBAction and then included the following in my .m
- (IBAction)playSound11:(id)sender {
//Load an audio file from the bundle
NSString *audioFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"11" ofType:#"mp3"];
//Convert string to NSURL
NSURL *audioURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:audioFile];
//Initialize an audio player with the mp3 URL
AVAudioPlayer *player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:audioURL error:nil];
// Start playing
[player play];
}
I get no issues and the app does open but there is no sound at all.
What am I doing wrong?
Problem with your URL perhaps?
This is how I use it
NSURL *audioURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/11.mp3", [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath]]];
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I'm a Swift guy going back to do some Objc work and I'm trying to add a sound to my app, problem is, the path is null when trying to locate the file
The file is located at myProj/Resources/Sounds/genericButtonPress.wav
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"myProj/Resources/Sounds/genericButtonPress" ofType:#"wav"];
NSLog(#"%#", path); // NULL
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
AVAudioPlayer *player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc]initWithContentsOfURL:url error:NULL];
[player play];
From the docs, it looked like pathForResource had to be absolute but I've also tried with just genericButtonPress as my string.
Would love some help here. Thanks!
The answer is this:
Remember kids, always make sure that your files are assigned to your proper target or things won't show up and won't work. That goes for fonts and audio files especially.
My solution is
ViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <AVKit/AVKit.h>
#interface ViewController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic,strong)AVAudioPlayer *player;
- (IBAction)actionPlayAudio:(id)sender;
#end
ViewController.m
#import "ViewController.h"
#interface ViewController ()
#end
#implementation ViewController
#synthesize player;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
}
- (IBAction)actionPlayAudio:(id)sender {
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"youraudiofilename" ofType:#"wav"];
NSURL *soundFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundFileURL error:nil];
[player play];
}
I have been following tutorials and looking at other posts but I can't seem to get audio to start playing automatically when my app starts.
I want the wav file to just keep playing in the background and looping. I do NOT want start and stop controls etc...
Below is the code I have in my ViewController.m file (is this the right place?) and I have added the AVFoundation.frameowrk and imported it to my .m file. Additionally I have added my wav file called AlienRoom to my supporting files. Any help would be awesome! I am new so please go step by step or make it real clear if you can. Thank you!!!
p.s. I haven't added the code to make it loop so any help there would be great too!
//play background sound upon opening app
-(void) awakeFromNib
{
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: #"AlienRoom" ofType: #"wav"];
AVAudioPlayer* theAudio = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] error:NULL];
[theAudio play];
}
Implement AVAudioPlayerDelegate in ViewController.h
#interface ViewController : UIViewController <AVAudioPlayerDelegate>
#property(nonatomic,strong)AVAudioPlayer *theAudio;
ViewController.m file
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: #"AlienRoom" ofType: #"wav"];
if(!self.theAudio)
self.theAudio = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] error:NULL];
self.theAudio.delegate = self;
[self.theAudio play];
}
- (void)audioPlayerDidFinishPlaying:(AVAudioPlayer *)data successfully:(BOOL)flag{
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:#selector(playAudioAgain) toTarget:self withObject:nil];
}
- (void)playAudioAgain{
[self.theAudio play];
}
-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
if(self.theAudio.isPlaying)
{
self.theAudio.delegate = nil;
[self.theAudio stop];
}
}
I'm trying to get an audio file playing in my iOS app. This is my current code
NSString *soundFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/test.m4a", [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath]];
NSLog(#"%#",soundFilePath);
NSURL *fileURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath: soundFilePath];
audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:fileURL error:nil];
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:nil];
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];
[audioPlayer setVolume:1.0];
audioPlayer.delegate = self;
[audioPlayer stop];
[audioPlayer setCurrentTime:0];
[audioPlayer play];
I've being checking a bunch of other posts but they all generally do the same thing. I'm not getting an error, but I don't hear any audio playing on the simulator or device.
This is the path I get for the audio file on the simulator
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications/long-numbered-thing/BookAdventure.app/test.m4a
Any help is appreciated!
Maybe you should try using the NSBundle method pathForResource:ofType: method to create the path to the file.
The following code should successfully play an audio file. I have only used it with an mp3, but I imagine it should also work with m4a. If this code does not work, you could try changing the format of the audio file. For this code, the audio file is located in the main project directory.
/* Use this code to play an audio file */
NSString *soundFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"test" ofType:#"m4a"];
NSURL *soundFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundFilePath];
AVAudioPlayer *player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundFileURL error:nil];
player.numberOfLoops = -1; //Infinite
[player play];
EDIT
Ok, so try this:
NSString *soundFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/test.m4a",[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath]];
NSURL *soundFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundFilePath];
AVAudioPlayer *player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundFileURL error:nil];
player.numberOfLoops = -1; //Infinite
[player play];
Also, make sure you do the proper imports:
#import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
You need to store a strong reference to 'AVAudioPlayer'
#property (strong) AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer;
And if you are sure that your audio file is in following Bundle Resources, it should play.
Project>Build Phases>Copy
To play file with extension .caf, .m4a, .mp4, .mp3,.wav, .aif
Download following two files from GitHub
SoundManager.h
SoundManager.m
Add these files to your project
Also add audio files to resource folder (sample files)
mysound.mp3, song.mp3
Import header file in desired file
#import "SoundManager.h"
And add following two lines in -(void)viewDidLoad
[SoundManager sharedManager].allowsBackgroundMusic = YES;
[[SoundManager sharedManager] prepareToPlay];
Use following line to play sound (mysound.mp3)
[[SoundManager sharedManager] playSound:#"mysound" looping:NO];
Use following line to stop the sound (mysound.mp3)
[[SoundManager sharedManager] stopSound:#"mysound"];
Also you can play music (song.mp3) as
[[SoundManager sharedManager] playMusic:#"song" looping:YES];
And can be stop music as
[[SoundManager sharedManager] stopMusic];
Complete Documentation is on GitHub
First import this framework to your file
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
Then declare an instance of AVAudioPlayer.
AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer;
NSString *soundFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Name of your audio file"
ofType:#"type of your audio file example: mp3"];
NSURL *soundFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundFilePath];
audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundFileURL error:nil];
audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = -1;
[audioPlayer play];
To play your bundle audio file using below code if you generate the system sound ID
for(int i = 0 ;i< 5;i++)
{
SystemSoundID soundFileObject;
NSString *audioFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Alarm%d",i+1];
NSURL *tapSound = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource: audioFileName
withExtension: #"caf"];
// Store the URL as a CFURLRef instance
CFURLRef soundFileURLRef = (__bridge CFURLRef) tapSound;
// Create a system sound object representing the sound file.
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID (
soundFileURLRef,
&soundFileObject
);
[alarmToneIdList addObject:[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLong:soundFileObject]];
}
You can play the sound by using below code
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound([[alarmToneIdList objectAtIndex:row]unsignedLongValue]);
To achieve this below framework need to add in your Xcode
AudioToolbox
Finally below header files are needs to be import in controller
#import AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h
#import AudioToolbox/AudioServices.h
Updated for Swift 4
Playing from main bundle
- iOS 11 only
import AVFoundation
var player: AVAudioPlayer?
The following code loads the sound file and plays it, returning an error if necessary.
guard let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "test", withExtension: "m4a") else { return }
do {
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback)
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
guard let player = player else { return }
player.play()
} catch let error {
// Prints a readable error
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
Swift 4.2
var soundFilePath = "\(Bundle.main.resourcePath ?? "")/test.m4a"
var soundFileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: soundFilePath)
var player = try? AVAudioPlayer(contentsOf: soundFileURL)
player?.numberOfLoops = -1 //Infinite
player?.play()
(using AVFoundation.framework)
#import "AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h"
So I got a problem, I tried this code first in init method of my class (that is the one that is loaded first)
NSString* soundFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"music" ofType:#"mp3"];
NSURL* soundFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundFilePath];
AVAudioPlayer* player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundFileURL error:nil];
player.numberOfLoops=-1;
[player play];
But it didn't work, than I decided to do it in thread:
in init method:
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:#selector(playMusic) toTarget:self withObject:nil];
and method itself:
-(void) playMusic {
NSString* soundFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"music" ofType:#"mp3"];
NSURL* soundFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundFilePath];
AVAudioPlayer* player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundFileURL error:nil];
player.numberOfLoops=-1;
[player play];
}
it is declared in *.h file of course. It also didn't work.
I tried to debug, on line
}
of playMusic method the file is played for 2 or 3 seconds and then stops. It isn't played without debug. What is the problem?
The AVAudioPlayer will be deallocated immediately. You need to retain the player.
So make the AVAudioPlayer an instance variable of the class.
How do I load an HTML file into my app (xcode)? I'm using the following code:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"index" ofType:#"html"]isDirectory:NO]]];
}
When I start the app, I only see a white page. What's wrong?
.h file:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface poules : UIViewController {
IBOutlet UIWebView *webView;
}
#property (nonatomic,retain) UIWebView *webView;
#end
Here is a working example from one of my projects. My index.html file is in a folder called Documentation/html in the resources directory. Its important to note that these are "folder references", not groups (hence the blue icon):
then to load it in a webView:
NSString *resourceDir = [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath];
NSArray *pathComponents = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:resourceDir, #"Documentation", #"html", #"index.html", nil];
NSURL *indexUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPathComponents:pathComponents];
NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:indexUrl];
[webView loadRequest:req];
try loadHTMLString:baseURL: method
NSString *html=[NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:your_html_path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
[webview loadHTMLString:html baseURL:baseURL];
First thing you can check whether your webView is connected or not.
If it is then, you can break down your code to check what is wrong with request that you are trying to load.
1.. Create a NSString for the file path like this, and check if the path is returned or not.
NSString *urlString = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"index" ofType:#"html"];
2.. Create a NSURL from the above string like this, and check if the url is correct or nil.
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLFromString:urlString];
3.. And then create the request.
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestFromURL:url];