Playing sounds in iPhone SDK?

Question

Does anyone have a snippet that uses the AudioToolBox framework that can be used to play a short sound? I would be grateful if you shared it with me and the rest of the community. Everywhere else I have looked doesn't seem to be too clear with their code.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here is an easy example using the AVAudioPlayer:

-(void)PlayClick
{
    NSURL* musicFile = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] 
                                               pathForResource:@"click"
                                               ofType:@"caf"]];
    AVAudioPlayer *click = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:musicFile error:nil];
    [click play];
    [click release];
}

This assumes a file called "click.caf" available in the main bundle. As I play this sound a lot, I actually keep it around to play it later instead of releasing it.