No audio playback on iOS devices

[Devin Asay]

>> On Feb 10, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Randy Hengst <iowahengst at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> When I’ve had this problem, it’s because I didn’t pay attention to the name of the sounds files… I’m pretty sure iOS is case sensitive. I called a name without matching case. I can’t remember if the sounds played on the simulator and then failed on the device like you stated… just a thought.
>> 
>> be well,
>> randy
>> 

> On Feb 10, 2016, at 8:32 PM, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu> wrote:
> 
> You might be right, Randy. I've actually been bitten by this before, but I didn't think to check that in this case. I'll have a look at it when I get back to my computer.

Well, this is still stumping me. 

I’m using code that has worked in the past on iOS devices.

I’m using “nothing-fancy” .wav and .mp3 files that I have used on iOS devices before.

I have checked the file path and file names—there are no case mismatches.

I ran a check on open card: answer there is a file tFilePath # where tFilePath contains the full path to the file I’m trying to play. The file path is based on specialFolderPath(“engine”)
This check returns “true”.

I verified that the asset files are being copied to the app bundle.

It still plays fine on the simulator and on an Android device.

Has anything changed in terms of what kinds of files can be played on iOS devices? 

Suggestions appreciated.

Devin


>> 
>>> On Feb 10, 2016, at 5:23 PM, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’ve been testing some small apps that I use in my class on iOS devices. I’m finding that my apps fail to play audio files. It doesn’t seem to matter if I use a simple ‘play’ command or the ‘mobilePlaySoundOnChannel’ command. I’m on Mac Yosemite 10.10.5, and I’ve tried building with LC 7.1.1, 7.1.2 RC2, and 8.0DP14. I’ve tried it on iOS 9.2  and 8.3 on several different iOS devices.
>>> 
>>> It works on the iOS simulator.
>>> It works on Android.
>>> I have verified that the audio assets are copied successfully to the app bundle. Other external assets, like image files, show up properly in the app.
>>> iOS devices are not muted.
>>> 
>>> I have built apps for iOS in the past and audio playback has worked without problems.
>>> 
>>> Am I missing something? Has anyone else run into this?
>>> 
>>> Devin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Devin Asay
>>> Office of Digital Humanities
>>> Brigham Young University
>>> 
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Devin Asay
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University