Hello, I am thinking about making an app that requires audio to play when you tap on a image. I was wondering if anyone here knows if Android supports the <audio> tag in HTML5 or do I have to use the <video> tag?? Also if it does support it where in my app would I place the audio file? I am new to this whole HTML5 thing and my web development skill are a little rusty. Thanks in advace!

You can test the tags to see if they work and get back to us :) You could try and put the files on a third party site if you want, rather then buzztouch, but you can place it in the BT_Sound folder otherwise.

If you are tapping a button within the app it is very easily done. The BT code will preload any mp3 files you add to it, all you have to do is add them to the appDelegate.m file in Eclipse. Look for this code: //load sound effects -(void)loadSoundEffects{ //this runs in it's own thread NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [ [ NSAutoreleasePool alloc ] init ]; [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@loadSoundEffects %@, @]]; //fill an array of sound effect file names self.soundEffectNames = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self.soundEffectNames addObject:@saywhat.mp3]; [self.soundEffectNames addObject:@nice.mp3]; Add your mp3 file references in a list and they will be good to go. Remember though, audio clips for button presses or quiz answers should be around 3 seconds max or you'll experience some performance degradation. Are you looking at playing sound effects or streaming longer music?

What I am looking to do is to get an audio file to play when an image is touched and the loop the 2 minute track until it is touched again. I would also like to be able to have everything be avalible offline.

Very doable. MP3 will be added to app so is available online. Large mp3 files are going to add I app size though and remember many will download on 3G. I wouldn't place the sounds on a third party site, no way they will play as you touch the button. Try exporting in the audio in lowest bitrate you can without losing quality. Anyway, few tutorials on here showing how to do what you are tying. Have a wee search and if you can't find it post back and I'll try and dig it out. you'll have to change a few lines of code but you'll be good.

Guys, although audio is not yet available for android 1.5 or 2.0, has anyone figured out a work around to get music to stream for android? I've added .mp3 files to my server and tried to fetch and play them through a custom URL link and it does not work. Any suggestions on how to get my project going. This is my big holdup to releasing My app for android.