3 strategic questions I have re iOS development

[William Prothero]

Folks:
I’ve been getting more and more into iOS development and need some direction. If you have input on any of the questions below, I’d appreciate it very much. I’d like to implement solutions that will last well into LC8.

1. Can iOS do audio recording, without Xtras? If not, is mergAV a good choice? It has much more capability than I currently need, but may be the best solution for the future. With mergeAV, I’d also get (I think) the capability to determine the play time of audio files, go to a specific spot in an audio file, etc. These are listed as video capabilities on the mergeEXT site, but I assume they would also work for audio (Monte?)

2. Is it possible for LC to link to iTunes songs. Seems I really only need to determine the directory. I notice there is also a mergeMP extra, but since I’ll just be playing a selected audio file, I wonder if it is needed.

3. What is the simplest way to store a file in the iOS dropbox (or Google Drive)? Do I need an external for that?

4. Is it possible (or feasible) to store data in the user’s iCloud storage? 

Comment: the LC implementation of the AV Foundation capabilities is really minimal. The standalone player is very nice. It would be great if the mobile system had the same capabilities.

My questions are those that I have and can’t find dictionary or lesson entries, or Google answers for. Also, with LC8 coming out, I’d like to use a minimum of externals.

Thanks for any input.
Best regards,
Bill

William A. Prothero
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