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Tibor Udvari
Tibor Udvari

Reputation: 3012

Swift Sprite Kit Audio API instead of AVFoundation?

I'm making a game with Swift and Sprite Kit.

I would like to add background music and sound effects.

The "classic" way is to use AVFoundation, but this does not seem to have new Swift APIs, only Objective C ones.

Is there a new modern swift sound API I can use with Sprite Kit easily?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2118

Answers (1)

rickster
rickster

Reputation: 126167

No frameworks have new Swift APIs in iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite. All Objective-C frameworks are automatically bridged to Swift, and those include both SpriteKit and AVFoundation.

If you're looking for a quick high-level alternative to the more detailed AVFoundation APIs for adding sounds and music to your game, look no further than SpriteKit itself. (Regardless of whether you use Swift or Objective-C.)

SKAction provides a playSoundFileNamed:waitForCompletion: action. Pass false for the second parameter to play sound effects, or pass true and make a repeating action to loop music.

Upvotes: 2

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