Swift 3: AVAudioPlayer not playing sound - swift

Question

I have a struct with my audio player in it:
struct MT_Audio {
func playAudio(_ fileName:String, _ fileExtension:String, _ atVolume:Float) {
var audioPlayer = AVAudioPlayer()
if let audioPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: fileName, ofType: fileExtension) {
let audioURL = URL(string:audioPath)
do {
audioPlayer = try AVAudioPlayer(contentsOf: audioURL!)
audioPlayer.volume = atVolume
audioPlayer.prepareToPlay()
audioPlayer.play()
} catch {
print(error)
}
}
}
}
//I'm calling it in viewDidLoad like this:
guard let fileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource:"heartbeat-01a", withExtension: "mp3")
else {
print("can't find file")
return
}
let myAudioPlayer = MT_Audio() //<--RESOLVED THE ISSUE BY MAKING THIS A PROPERTY OF THE VIEWCONTROLLER
myAudioPlayer.playAudio("heartbeat-01a", "mp3", 1.0)
Since it doesn't crash and burn on the guard I know the file is there. I've also put a break point in after the try and I am getting to the audio player. When I go to the actual file and click on it in Xcode it plays. This fails on both the sim and device. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Looks like your audioPlayer is only stored within your playAudio function.
Try to keep the audioPlayer as an variable inside your class like this:
struct MT_Audio {
var audioPlayer: AVAudioPlayer?
mutating func playAudio(_ fileName:String, _ fileExtension:String, _ atVolume:Float) {
// is now member of your struct -> var audioPlayer = AVAudioPlayer()
if let audioPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: fileName, ofType: fileExtension) {
let audioURL = URL(string:audioPath)
do {
let audioPlayer = try AVAudioPlayer(contentsOf: audioURL!)
audioPlayer.volume = atVolume
audioPlayer.prepareToPlay()
audioPlayer.play()
} catch {
print(error)
}
}
}
}