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Camus
Camus

Reputation: 845

How to play audio file ios

I am trying to play an audio file but I can get it working. I imported the AVFoundation framework.

Here is the code:

NSString *fileName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Alarm" ofType:@"caf"];
    NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:fileName];
    NSLog(@"Test: %@ ", url);

    AVAudioPlayer *audioFile = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:NULL];
    audioFile.delegate = self;
    audioFile.volume = 1;

    [audioFile play];

I am receiving an error nil string parameter

I copied the file to the supporting files folder so the file is there.

Can you guys help me?

Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8378

Answers (4)

Syed Rizwan Jafry
Syed Rizwan Jafry

Reputation: 677

Just follow two simple steps

Step1:

UIViewController.h

#import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>

@property(nonatomic, retain) AVAudioPlayer *player;

Step 2:

UIViewController.m

NSString *soundFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"sound" 
                                                      ofType:@"m4a"];
NSURL *soundFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundFilePath];

 _player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:NULL];
[_player setVolume:1.0];
[_player play];

Just make sure AVAudioPlayer property must be nonatomic and retain.

Upvotes: 2

msweet168
msweet168

Reputation: 371

Make sure you import your audiotoolbox framework and then write the following. This is what I use to play simple sounds

#import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>

 CFBundleRef mainBundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
CFURLRef soundFileURLRef;
soundFileURLRef = CFBundleCopyResourceURL(mainBundle, (CFStringRef) @"Your sound here", CFSTR ("mp3"), NULL);

UInt32 soundID;
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID(soundFileURLRef, &soundID);
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(soundID);

If you have any confusion with this let me know.

Upvotes: 0

martin&#39;s
martin&#39;s

Reputation: 3955

I use something like this when the file is in a specific folder:

// Build URL to the sound file we are going to play
NSURL *sound_file = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:sound_file_name ofType:@"mp3" inDirectory:directory]];   

// Play it
audio_player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:sound_file error:nil];
audio_player.delegate = self;
[audio_player play];
[sound_file release];

sound_file_name is the file name name without the extension: @"success"

directory is something like: @"media/sound_effects"

Upvotes: 0

Mike Jaoudi
Mike Jaoudi

Reputation: 106

Add this and see if the program recognizes the file exists.

NSLog(@"File Exists:%d",[[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:fileName]);

It will print a 1 if it exists. If not make sure you have the proper filename (case matters).

Upvotes: 0

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