IOS can I use AVAudioPlayer on the appDelegate? - objective-c

Question

I have a TabBarController with two tabs and I want to play music on both tabs. Right now I have my code on the main appDelegate
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle]
pathForResource:#"My Song"
ofType:#"m4a"]]; // My Song.m4a
NSError *error;
self.audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc]
initWithContentsOfURL:url
error:&error];
if (error)
{
NSLog(#"Error in audioPlayer: %#",
[error localizedDescription]);
} else {
//audioPlayer.delegate = self;
[audioPlayer prepareToPlay];
}
but I'm getting the error Program received signal: "SIGABRT" on UIApplicationMain
Is there a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? If this is how I should do it, where do I start checking for problems?

Answer 1

yes you can use AVAudioPlayer in App Delegate.
What you need to do is:-
In appDelegate.h file do:-
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>
AVAudioPlayer *_backgroundMusicPlayer;
BOOL _backgroundMusicPlaying;
BOOL _backgroundMusicInterrupted;
UInt32 _otherMusicIsPlaying;
Make backgroundMusicPlayer property and sythesize it.
In appDelegate.m file do:-
Add these lines in did FinishLaunching method
NSError *setCategoryError = nil;
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:&setCategoryError];
// Create audio player with background music
NSString *backgroundMusicPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"SplashScreen" ofType:#"wav"];
NSURL *backgroundMusicURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:backgroundMusicPath];
NSError *error;
_backgroundMusicPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:backgroundMusicURL error:&error];
[_backgroundMusicPlayer setDelegate:self]; // We need this so we can restart after interruptions
[_backgroundMusicPlayer setNumberOfLoops:-1]; // Negative number means loop forever
Now implement delegate methods
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark AVAudioPlayer delegate methods
- (void) audioPlayerBeginInterruption: (AVAudioPlayer *) player {
_backgroundMusicInterrupted = YES;
_backgroundMusicPlaying = NO;
}
- (void) audioPlayerEndInterruption: (AVAudioPlayer *) player {
if (_backgroundMusicInterrupted) {
[self tryPlayMusic];
_backgroundMusicInterrupted = NO;
}
}
- (void)tryPlayMusic {
// Check to see if iPod music is already playing
UInt32 propertySize = sizeof(_otherMusicIsPlaying);
AudioSessionGetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_OtherAudioIsPlaying, &propertySize, &_otherMusicIsPlaying);
// Play the music if no other music is playing and we aren't playing already
if (_otherMusicIsPlaying != 1 && !_backgroundMusicPlaying) {
[_backgroundMusicPlayer prepareToPlay];
if (soundsEnabled==YES) {
[_backgroundMusicPlayer play];
_backgroundMusicPlaying = YES;
}
}
}