On BT 2.0, I use the background audio feature, but I would like the audio track (about 6 mins long) to continue playing when the phone goes to sleep; which is usually a minute or so after starting. Is there any way to allow audio to continue to play?

Hi Have you add " Required background modes " to your info.plist file?

I'm not familiar with that! Could you explain what I need to do please?

Never done iphone but Google searched and find this. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1816825/avoid-the-iphone-go-into-sleep-mode May or may not help

Look here http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=95D786F2233610A930AE45F

I bookmarked that Mackimack as will probably require it in future

Hi @Mackimack, I've gone through the post, cut and pasted into this post the two things that I think was needed that relate to BT 2.0 (which has no BT_Screen_Audio.m file). First, from @rossideas :- --------------------------- Sorry... right click add a row and name it UIBackgroundModes then the drop down arrows add array then click drop down arrow just left of UIBackgroundModes then you add an item 0 string = audio --------------------------- Then, from @Laurand, around line number 909 :- --------------------------- I did all the audio requirements with info.plist, and then i open BT_Config appDelgate.m i scrolled down until i found the coding. //setup audio session for background sounds. Allow iPod to continue if it's already playing. [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error: nil]; [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil] I selected and removed whole this code you see above, that was all it plays the audio in background, hope so that is not a issue but my app is in review by today. --------------------------- I made the changes, ran it in my iPhone, no diference, the audio peters out when phone gooes to sleep. Did I miss something?

This was how I did it :) https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=7A474A813F3BB85E439589B&command=isSearching&currentPage=2&topicTitle=&createdBy=Alex@TM&repliedBy=&minViews=-1&maxViews=-1&minReplies=-1&maxReplies=-1&forumCategory=

Hi @Alex@TM, I read your post, but I cannot find the BT_Screen_Audio.m file. I think it is no longer there in BT 2.0 , so I don't know where that code would go...

Interesting, the mods I made on @Mackimack's link had no effect on the playing of background audio in the custom/html plugin, but it *did* have an effect on html player. The html 5 player doesn't stop when I leave the page, which is a different problem, is this a clue to somebody?

@AlanMac I ran into the problem of the audio not stopping on screen exit with html player and found the solution in this post. http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=F560C8D4CA4A25A965FEA4A&currentPage=1 I guess it would just be a case of finding an ios equivalent. Hope this helps you in some way.

Cheers @Mr stuck, it's another piece of the puzzle, I just don't know where it fits! PS - love the alias

Sure someone can tell how to easily adapt it for ios use. Its as easy as it looks for eclipse though.

@AlanMac I found new stuff. Do you use Ios6? Look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11616001/uiwebview-html5-audio-pauses-in-ios-6-when-app-enters-background/12414719 You have to add this to your custom html plugin.

I don't use IOS 6, but if i ever get this app released, I will need it, so thanks @MackiMack. However, I am useless on Objective C, where does it go exactly please?

If look at you custom/html plugin go to .m file and I thing you can put this code where ever you want. if you get warnings try to put in ViewDidLoad or WillAppear. AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance]; BOOL ok; NSError *setCategoryError = nil; ok = [audioSession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:&setCategoryError]; if (!ok) { NSLog(@"%s setCategoryError=%@", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, setCategoryError); }

Sorry, not tried on v2 but will take a look when I return home from 2 hours at the skatepark with my son :/ It's a cold one tonight!

Yep it sure is cold. Its snowing where i am.

Code added @Mackimack, didn't make anything worse on my 3GS with 5.1. I noticed the html5 plugin keeps on playing now even when I leave the app, so it isn't right yet, but I appreciate everybody's help here, it seems that playing audio ought to be a lot simpler than it seems to be. Wrap up warm guys!

The solution i posted for android should be able to be applied to ios somehow. It just tells the webview to load a blank url which kills the sound on screen exit otherwise it will play to the end. There must a similar way to achieve the same with ios. Might be worth posting again asking how to do it. It works great on android.

Cheers @Mr stuck, I agree that tip has possibilities, but I am really bad at Objective C. I'll have a look around and see if I can find anything on stackoverflow while watching Arsenal on TV.

I have finally worked out how to allow audio to continue playing in the background when the phone goes into sleep mode. Hooray! Step 1 ------- In directory BT_Config open BT_info.plist Position your mouse below the key entries, right click and Add Row Name the row UIBackgroundModes, of Type Array Add a Row - it will be called item 0 Give the row a Value called audio Step 2 ------- In directory BT_Config open the file ending with appDelgate.m Search for //setup audio session for background sounds. (line 952 or thereabouts) Add code below the following lines :- //setup audio session for background sounds. Allow iPod to continue if it's already playing. [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error: nil]; [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil]; So that the finished changes look like this :- //setup audio session for background sounds. Allow iPod to continue if it's already playing. [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error: nil]; [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil]; AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance]; BOOL ok; NSError *setCategoryError = nil; ok = [audioSession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:&setCategoryError]; if (!ok) {NSLog(@"%s setCategoryError=%@", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, setCategoryError); } Thanks and credit to @mackimackfor the smarts that made this work. Tested on an iPhone 3GS and an iPod 3, both running IOS 5.1.1

When listening to an audio file on my BT App and when the screen times out the audio stops. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening so that the audio continues to play when the screen times out? BTW, I'm using the custom url to the audio file so it opens in Quicktime. This only happens on a iPhone 5 running IOS 6.0.1. Tested on a 2nd Generation iPod Touch running IOS 4.2.1 and it works fine and continues to play when the screen times out. Anybody know how to fix this issue for IOS 6.0.1?

hi @MDG, Have you tried the solution I posted here?

No, but I will give it a try. I will keep you posted.