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[laoluadeyo]

Hi!

I was wondering if this plugin has been tested on iOS yet?

[arielfaur]

Hi! Yes it works on iOS ☺️

On Monday, 28 September 2015, Laolu Adeyo notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi!

I was wondering if this plugin has been tested on iOS yet?

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[laoluadeyo]

Hi,
I implemented this last night in a streaming app I was working on, It worked fine on my android but on my iOS device it freezes once I hit the play button. I'm not sure why.

[arielfaur]

What iOS version are you on? iOS will freeze the UI while the track is loading by default, but then the track should start playing. At least that is the behavior I have seen and what others have reported. Do you see any errors in the console?

[laoluadeyo]

Hi, I am using iOS version 7.1.2. When I ran the ionic serve command and opened the console I saw "ionic-audio: missing Cordova Media Plugin. Have you installed the plugin?
Run 'ionic plugin add org.apache.cordova.media'"

But I have already installed the cordova media plugin

[arielfaur]

This will not work with ionic serve. You need to test on your device.
There's an error in the documentation. To make sure you have the latest Media plugin remove it and add it again with:
ionic plugin add cordova-plugin-media

[laoluadeyo]

Hi,
I removed the media plugin and reinstalled it, I ran it on my iOS device, but it still freezes again. It still plays fine on the android

[arielfaur]

Is it an iPhone 4? I've never tested on iOS 7.1.2. Only on iOS 8.4.1 and 9.
You should be able to do remote debugging if you have your iPhone plugged to your dev machine and open Safari as explained here:
http://phonegap-tips.com/articles/debugging-ios-phonegap-apps-with-safaris-web-inspector.html

You can then open your device's console window while your app is running and see if there are any errors.

[leonardosalles]

You checked if sound starts play after a minute? If you use this on iOS the app will freeze until all the audio files is downloade.

[laoluadeyo]

I forgot to post but I was able to get it working about a month ago. I think it was because I was trying to access an m4a file not an mp3. Thanks for the help.

[leonardosalles]

You're welcome.

[NurdinDev]

who I can make play Audio When Screen Is Locked in IOS?

[arielfaur]

You need to enable background audio in xCode

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 6:44 AM, nuruddinbadawi notifications@github.com
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who I can make play Audio When Screen Is Locked in IOS?

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[NurdinDev]

in IOS when start playing its take long time to starting play and spinner is frozen
how to fix this and thanks?

[arielfaur]

There is no fix for that. That's how the Cordova Media works.

[badawiZad]

hi ..
I have a problem with IOS when to play any Audio " internet link " the app is freeze 10 sec or 15 after that is start play
why ?

[NurdinDev]

I have problem in ios when play audio app is freezing
please any solution if anyone know how fix this ?

[laoluadeyo]

I think that's just how it works for iOS. Since the cordova media plugin does not support streaming, it is going to freeze until the audio file is completely downloaded. I would suggest using maybe Web Audio API instead
example: https://www.airpair.com/ionic-framework/posts/using-web-audio-api-for-precision-audio-in-ionic

[NurdinDev]

Is there a way to solve the freezing problem temporarily?
For example, show loading or something else.

[NurdinDev]

who I can allow stop audio in background mode and I enable background mode in xCode and work good
but the problem is I can't pause audio outside application .

[arielfaur]

You can use MediaManager.stop() as explained here: http://arielfaur.github.io/ionic-audio/#MediaManager

[bazimov]

I think cordova media plugin 2.2 newest version has fixed the issue. And thank you so much @arielfaur for such an awesome project.