How to play mp3 audio from URL in ios swift
I tried the following:-
let urlstring = "http://radio.spainmedia.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tailtoddle_lo4.mp3"
let url = NSURL(string: urlstring)
print("the url = \(url!)")
downloadFileFromURL(url!)
Add the below methods:-
func downloadFileFromURL(url:NSURL){
var downloadTask:NSURLSessionDownloadTask
downloadTask = NSURLSession.sharedSession().downloadTaskWithURL(url, completionHandler: { [weak self](URL, response, error) -> Void in
self?.play(URL)
})
downloadTask.resume()
}
And your play method as it is:-
func play(url:NSURL) {
print("playing \(url)")
do {
self.player = try AVAudioPlayer(contentsOfURL: url)
player.prepareToPlay()
player.volume = 1.0
player.play()
} catch let error as NSError {
//self.player = nil
print(error.localizedDescription)
} catch {
print("AVAudioPlayer init failed")
}
}
Download the mp3 file and then try to play it, somehow AVAudioPlayer does not download your mp3 file for you. I am able to download the audio file and player plays it.
Remember to add this in your info.plist since you are loading from a http source and you need the below to be set for iOS 9+
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Use AVPlayer instead of AVAudioPlayer to play remote content. As per documentation AVAudioPlayer needs mp3 file to play Audio. AVAudioPlayer not provide support for streaming.
Try this code , its working fine for me
func play(url:NSURL) {
print("playing \(url)")
do {
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(URL: url)
self.player = try AVPlayer(playerItem:playerItem)
player!.volume = 1.0
player!.play()
} catch let error as NSError {
self.player = nil
print(error.localizedDescription)
} catch {
print("AVAudioPlayer init failed")
}
}
Please keep in mind to set App Transport Security(ATS) in info.plist file.
<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
<true/>
</dict>