Re: Help with androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()
That did the trick, thank you. On 3/28/21 2:08 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I've seen similar issues when trying to read other file types from the resources folder in an Android standalone. Try copying the file to specialFolderPath("documents") and play it from there. It's likely a permissions problem that I wish didn't exist. On 3/28/21 1:24 PM, Derek Bump via use-livecode wrote: Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has insight into the usage of "androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()", or can confirm that it works? I setup a test stack that attempts to play a public domain MP3 using the following script but nothing plays. I receive nothing from the function, and I'm getting the following in logcat: LiveCode: JNI exception thrown when calling native method on mouseUp local tFile put specialFolderPath("engine") & "/" & "spring_song.mp3" into tFile if there is not a file tFile then answer "File not found:" && tFile end if put androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground(tFile) into card field "result" -- logcat: LiveCode: JNI exception thrown when calling native method end mouseUp I've tested this build using Community 9.6.2 (rc3) and 9.0.5, on an Android 9.0 Virtual Device and a Android 9.0 phone. Same result across the board, nothing plays. I did test and confirm the ability to play the audio file with "mobilePlaySoundOnChannel", but I need background playback for my project to work. Also, I searched the LiveCode Quality Control site for existing bugs (no results) and searched the forum a bit. Does anyone have any ideas? Here is my test stack if you're willing to give it a shot on your end: https://www.speedbump.io/shared/backgroundPlayTest.minimal.zip Thank you in advance, Derek Bump ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Help with androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()
I've seen similar issues when trying to read other file types from the resources folder in an Android standalone. Try copying the file to specialFolderPath("documents") and play it from there. It's likely a permissions problem that I wish didn't exist. On 3/28/21 1:24 PM, Derek Bump via use-livecode wrote: Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has insight into the usage of "androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()", or can confirm that it works? I setup a test stack that attempts to play a public domain MP3 using the following script but nothing plays. I receive nothing from the function, and I'm getting the following in logcat: LiveCode: JNI exception thrown when calling native method on mouseUp local tFile put specialFolderPath("engine") & "/" & "spring_song.mp3" into tFile if there is not a file tFile then answer "File not found:" && tFile end if put androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground(tFile) into card field "result" -- logcat: LiveCode: JNI exception thrown when calling native method end mouseUp I've tested this build using Community 9.6.2 (rc3) and 9.0.5, on an Android 9.0 Virtual Device and a Android 9.0 phone. Same result across the board, nothing plays. I did test and confirm the ability to play the audio file with "mobilePlaySoundOnChannel", but I need background playback for my project to work. Also, I searched the LiveCode Quality Control site for existing bugs (no results) and searched the forum a bit. Does anyone have any ideas? Here is my test stack if you're willing to give it a shot on your end: https://www.speedbump.io/shared/backgroundPlayTest.minimal.zip Thank you in advance, Derek Bump ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode