Playing a Sound While App Runs

Question

EDITED still not sure whats wrong please help

hi there I'm creating and iOS application and trying to make it play a sound when running I've type up my code in the app delegate .h , .m and it plays the sound fine but the thing is it goes to a black screen when my ViewController.xib has a blue background heres heres the code i have

AppDelegate.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
@class ViewController;

@interface AppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate, AVAudioPlayerDelegate> {
    UIWindow *window;
    ViewController *viewController;
    AVAudioPlayer *_backgroundMusicPlayer;
    BOOL _backgroundMusicPlaying;
    BOOL _backgroundMusicInterrupted;
    UInt32 _otherMusicIsPlaying;
}


@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet ViewController *viewController;

- (void)tryPlayMusic;

AppDelegate.m

#import "AppDelegate.h"

#import "ViewController.h"

@implementation AppDelegate

@synthesize window = _window;
@synthesize viewController = _viewController;

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {    

    // Set up the audio session
    // See handy chart on pg. 55 of the Audio Session Programming Guide for what the categories mean
    // Not absolutely required in this example, but good to get into the habit of doing
    // See pg. 11 of Audio Session Programming Guide for "Why a Default Session Usually Isn't What You Want"
    NSError *setCategoryError = nil;
    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:&setCategoryError];

    // Create audio player with background music
    NSString *ticktockPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ticktock" ofType:@"wav"];
    NSURL *ticktockURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:ticktockPath];
    NSError *error;
    _backgroundMusicPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:ticktockURL error:&error];
    [_backgroundMusicPlayer setDelegate:self];  // We need this so we can restart after interruptions
    [_backgroundMusicPlayer setNumberOfLoops:-1];   // Negative number means loop forever

    // Override point for customization after app launch    
    [window addSubview:viewController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

- (void) audioPlayerBeginInterruption: (AVAudioPlayer *) player {
    _backgroundMusicInterrupted = YES;
    _backgroundMusicPlaying = NO;
}

- (void) audioPlayerEndInterruption: (AVAudioPlayer *) player {
    if (_backgroundMusicInterrupted) {
        [self tryPlayMusic];
        _backgroundMusicInterrupted = NO;
    }
}

- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(NSNotification *)notification {
    [self tryPlayMusic];
}

- (void)tryPlayMusic {


    // Play the music if no other music is playing and we aren't playing already
    if (_otherMusicIsPlaying != 1 && !_backgroundMusicPlaying) {
        [_backgroundMusicPlayer prepareToPlay];
        [_backgroundMusicPlayer play];
        _backgroundMusicPlaying = YES;
    }   
}

- (void)dealloc {
    [viewController release];
    [window release];
    [super dealloc];
}


@end

ok so thats all the code

and heres what i get when app loads and the sound works fine

and this is what i want to get (ViewController.xib)

Thank in advanced

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {    


    NSError *setCategoryError = nil;
    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:&setCategoryError];
    self.viewController = [[ViewController alloc] init];
    // Create audio player with background music
    NSString *ticktockPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ticktock" ofType:@"wav"];
    NSURL *ticktockURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:ticktockPath];
    NSError *error;
    _backgroundMusicPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:ticktockURL error:&error];
    [_backgroundMusicPlayer setDelegate:self];  // We need this so we can restart after interruptions
    [_backgroundMusicPlayer setNumberOfLoops:-1];   // Negative number means loop forever

    // Override point for customization after app launch    
    [window addSubview:viewController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

new code

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] autorelease];
    // Override point for customization after application launch.
    self.viewController = [[[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ViewController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
    self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;
}

Answer 1

You never initialized your view controller.

Somewhere before you do

[window addSubview:viewController.view];

You need to do

self.viewController = [[ViewController alloc] init];

I see that you declared the property as an IBOutlet.. is it actually hooked up to something in Interface Builder?

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- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] autorelease];

    NSError *setCategoryError = nil;
    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:&setCategoryError];
    // Create audio player with background music
    NSString *ticktockPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ticktock" ofType:@"wav"];
    NSURL *ticktockURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:ticktockPath];
    NSError *error;
    _backgroundMusicPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:ticktockURL error:&error];
    [_backgroundMusicPlayer setDelegate:self];  // We need this so we can restart after interruptions
    [_backgroundMusicPlayer setNumberOfLoops:-1];   // Negative number means loop forever

    self.viewController = [[[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ViewController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
    self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;
}

Copy that function and just delete this one - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application completely.

You should also consider converting your project to use ARC. It will remove the need to retain/release/autorelease statements.

Answer 2

You have two targets - are all your resources included in the target that you're building?