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Abramodj
Abramodj

Reputation: 5879

Is it possible to play sounds without stopping iPod music?

Is it possible to play sounds within an app without stopping iPod music?

Right now I'm using the following, but it stops iPod music

soundPath =[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"mySound" ofType:@"mp3"];
soundURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundPath];   
mySound = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:soundURL error:nil];
[mySound prepareToPlay];

and then

[mySound play];

Upvotes: 3

Views: 742

Answers (2)

Tertium
Tertium

Reputation: 6308

Yes, or just 

AVAudioSession *audiosession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
[audiosession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];

Upvotes: 5

Omar Abdelhafith
Omar Abdelhafith

Reputation: 21221

Yes you can, you could use the following code

// setup session correctly
AVAudioSession *audiosession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
[audiosession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:nil];
OSStatus propertySetError = 0;

UInt32 mixingAllow = true;
propertySetError = AudioSessionSetProperty ( kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers, sizeof (mixingAllow),&mixingAllow);

NSError *error = nil;
[audiosession setActive:YES error:&error];

// play sound
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
AVAudioPlayer *audioplayer = [[[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:&;error]autorelease];

Upvotes: 6

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