Playing an audio file

In this recipe, we will create a card that automatically plays an embedded audio file when the card is loaded.

Getting ready

The sample.aiff audio file is provided on the book's website.

How to do it...

Use the following steps to load and play an audio file in a mobile app:

1. Create a new main stack in LiveCode with the following properties:

   • Height: 360

   • Width: 480

   • backgroundColor: Black

2. Use the Standalone Application Settings dialog window and select the icon.

3. Use the Add Files dialog box to upload the sample.aiff file. Once this is done, your dialog window should look similar to the following screenshot:

   

4. Close the Standalone Application Settings dialog window.

5. Add the following code to the card:

   on openCard
     play specialFolderPath("engine") & "/sample.aiff"
   end openCard

6. Test the app in the mobile simulator. You should hear the audio playing.

How it works...

LiveCode allows us to use the play command to play embedded audio files on mobile devices. For this recipe, we made...