Best method to play an short audio sound on iOS 8.2

Question

What is the best way to play an audio on iOS 8.2?

Dulcle

how about AVAudioPlayer ? – Commercialize

Answer 1

The easiest way is to import the AudioToolbox framework like so #import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h> then all you need to do is this:

NSString *soundPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Beep" ofType:@"mp3"];
SystemSoundID soundID;
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID((__bridge CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundPath], &soundID);
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(soundID);

This is best for really short sounds like beeps e.t.c because you wont have much control over the sounds like you would with AVAudioPlayer.

Ruvalcaba

Thanks. Seem that for short sounds this is the best method. – Dulcle

mp3 interrupts other sounds and cannot be played with others. You might need caf instead. – Chainplate

Answer 2

Use AVAudio - more to code that using the AudioToolbox but it is also more flexible (if you need it in the future)

0.

#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>

1.

//conform to delegate and make a property
@interface ViewController () <AVAudioPlayerDelegate>
@property (nonatomic, strong) AVAudioPlayer *audioplayer; //the player
@end

2.

//have a lazy property for the player! where you also tell it to load the sound
#define YourSound @"sound.caf"
- (AVAudioPlayer *)audioplayer {
    if(!_audioplayer) {
        NSURL *audioURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:YourSound.stringByDeletingPathExtension withExtension:YourSound.pathExtension];
        NSData *audioData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:audioURL];
        NSError *error = nil;
        // assing the audioplayer to a property so ARC won't release it immediately
        _audioplayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithData:audioData error:&error];
        _audioplayer.delegate = self;
    }
    return _audioplayer;
}

3.

//play
- (void)action {
    [self.audioplayer play];
}

Uribe

Thanks, it works for me. But for short audios I will try the C functions. – Dulcle

Answer 3

#Import Avfoundation.Framework

AVAudioPlayer *_audioPlayer;  //Declare Globally

Nsstring *path =[Nsstring stringwithformat:@"%@/Beep.mp3",[[Nsbundle mainBundle] resourcePath]];         //Give Your Local Path

Nsurl *soundUrl= [Nsurl FileUrlWithPath:path];

_audioPlayer=[[AvAudioPlayer alloc] initwithContents ofurl:soundUrl error:nil];

_audioPlayer.volume=1.0;  //Give Volume

_audioPlayer.numberOfLoops=loop;  //Give number of loop for repeating sound

_audioPlayer.enableRate = Yes;

_audioPlayer.rate=2.0f;  //Give for fast playing sound. default value is 1.0f;

[_audioPlayer Play];

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