Phonegap - play local sound when locking your iOS 6 phone

Question

I am creating an application using PhoneGap that should play local .mp3 files even if the phone is locked / standby. The sound player is built in HTML5 and works great, but the music stops when I close the application or turn off the phone.

I tried following the answer provided in this UIWebView link : HTML5 audio files in iOS 6 when the application enters the wallpaper

But no luck ...

I made the import code at the top with other import functions. And I also included the scope of AVFoundation in my goal.

This is what the code looks like in AppDelegate.m

/** * This is main kick off after the app inits, the views and Settings are setup here. (preferred -iOS4 and up) */ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication*)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary*)launchOptions { /* THE GOOD STUFF */ AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance]; BOOL ok; NSError *setCategoryError = nil; ok = [audioSession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:&setCategoryError]; if (!ok) { NSLog(@"%s setCategoryError=%@", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, setCategoryError); } 

I tried in the simulator and on the iPhone 5.

Can anybody help?

Answer 1

First, you must set your audio category in your app_name-info.plist

Then use the Phonegap API Media Player http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.7.0/cordova_media_media.md.html#media.play

 function playAudio(url) { // Play the audio file at url var my_media = new Media(url, // success callback function() { console.log("playAudio():Audio Success"); }, // error callback function(err) { console.log("playAudio():Audio Error: "+err); }); // Play audio my_media.play({ playAudioWhenScreenIsLocked : true }); 

Note that the default value of playAudioWhenScreenIsLocked is true.

Also note that in the simulator, Audio will never run in the background, so you will need to test the device.

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