Best method to play an short audio sound on iOS 8.2

Question

What is the best way to play an audio on iOS 8.2?

Answer 1

The easiest way is to import the AudioToolbox framework like so #import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h> then all you need to do is this:

NSString *soundPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Beep" ofType:@"mp3"];
SystemSoundID soundID;
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID((__bridge CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundPath], &soundID);
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(soundID);

This is best for really short sounds like beeps e.t.c because you wont have much control over the sounds like you would with AVAudioPlayer.