Playing Sounds in iOS

[Chris Sheffield]

Your code seems okay as far as I can tell. I'm guessing the path is not getting set correctly. Are you running this in the simulator or on a device?

One really quick way to verify the path of a file, especially if you're running in the simulator, is to simply place an answer command right before the call to mobilePlaySoundOnChannel to check the existence of the file you're trying to play. So something like:

answer there is a file tSoundFile

This will return true if the file exists, false otherwise. If your app is built for a device and you want to make sure the file are copying into the bundle correctly, in the Finder, right click on the bundle and choose Show Package Contents. Your files will either be right inside that folder or inside a sub folder. So just make sure to set the path accordingly. You can also verify the path by looking at the path as it's listed in Standalone Application Settings. If there are any folder names as part of the path, those folders will be created inside your app bundle and need to be included when building paths for the sound files.

So if you've verified the path and things are still not working, the only other thing I can think of is that you've got files that are not compatible with iOS for whatever reason, though I believe those file types are.

Chris


On Jun 20, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:

> I'm sorry, I forgot to include the Subject 
> 
> Thanks, Chris. I tried a number of variations of your suggestion to no avail!
> 
> I tried these code snippets:
> 
> 		put the engine folder & "/assets/mySnd.caf" into tSoundFile
>    or 	put specialFolderPath("engine") & "/mySnd.caf" into tSoundFile
> 
>     mobilePlaySoundOnChannel tSoundFile, "current", "now"
> 
> I tried these for both wav and caf file formats, again all to no avail.
> 
> I copied sound files directly into the "non-stack files in the application" of the Standalone Application Settings. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid (again), but I can't figure it out. I would greatly appreciate any more help you might provide.
> 
> BTW, you suggest verifying "that it's copying correctly in the app bundle". How do I do that?
> 
> Thanks,
> Roger
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 20, 2012, at 10:00 AM, use-livecode-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:
> 
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:38:58 -0600
>> From: Chris Sheffield <cmsheffield at me.com>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>> Subject: Re: Playing Sounds in iOS
>> Message-ID: <40FFFF72-D477-42C7-BC36-0DC45EE0BAA2 at me.com>
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>> 
>> Roger,
>> 
>> When using mobilePlaySoundOnChannel, I've always had to build the full path to the file for it to work correctly. So if you've verified that it's copying correctly into the app bundle and, assuming it's not in a sub folder of the bundle, try something like this:
>> 
>> if the environment is "mobile" then
>> put specialFolderPath("engine") & "/mySnd.wav" into tPath
>> mobilePlaySoundOnChannel tPath, "current", "now"
>> else
>> play "mySnd.wav"
>> end if
>> 
>> Hopefully that'll work for you. If you have the sound file in a sub folder in the bundle, simply make sure to include that in the path.
>> 
>> Chris Sheffield
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 20, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to play a sound in iOS.
>>> 
>>> My code: 			if the environment is "mobile" then mobilePlaySoundOnChannel  "mySnd.wav", "current", "now"
>>> 				else play "mySnd.wav"
>>> 
>>> I've imported mySnd.wav to the stack and I've copied it to the "Non-stack files in the application" of the Standalone Application Settings.
>>> 
>>> it works in the IDE but not in the simulator nor my iPad. 
>>> 
>>> Any help please?
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> Roger 
>> 
> 
> 
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