I am creating iPhone application using PhoneGap. In that I have used navigator.captureAudio method to record the audio. Normally the recorded audio files stored inside the Application(tmp folder). So the application size getting increase each time while recording. I don't want to keep the recorded file inside my application.
Is there any way to move this file from application storage to outside(like music)? How to move this files in Xcode? Any suggestion on this?
Thanks
AFAIK any files your application will create must be stored within the Application directory structure. This is because each iOS app operates within its own sandbox.
See Apple's docs on this: File System Programming Guide.
You can interact with other applications such as the music app using MPMusicPlayerController, but I've never tried adding files to this, only playing files.
You could always experiment with iCloud integration? Although this will still appear in your sandbox I think.
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i'm fairly new to Flutter and is currently working on a course app that requires downloading the videos to the app.
The downloaded video will only be accessible through the app just like Youtube and Netflix, and will be hidden/encrypted from gallery. Would greatly appreciate if someone if someone could point me in the right direction in building this feature.
On iOS and Android your app has it's own isolated folder for storing documents. Items stored there are not intended to be accessible to the user outside of your app. This folder isn't scanned by the Gallery or accessible to other apps on the device. (However, with a little effort a user can access the files so this is not a complete solution where security is an concern. You would need to add encryption if you didn't, say, want a motivated user to copy the video file to a PC and be able to play it.)
the path_provider plugin gives your Flutter app common file locations on a device. The private app folder location is retrieved with getApplicationDocumentsDirectory()
"Download video" is a vague requirement. Most video on the internet (Netflix, Youtube) is provided via HLS or DASH for streaming, which you do download but the video is split up into many files- sometimes thousands of files for a single video. The dart:http package is likely what you're going to want to use to get/download the files (unless the video files aren't available via HTTP/HTTPS, then you'll need a different transport-specific library, like FTP, RTSP, etc.)
I'm currently developing an ios app with a lot of audio. I want to release versions in different languages but this means having all the audio in every language, which would take up too much space.
Is there a way to release different versions of the app to the different app stores, including only the relevant audio? Can this be done under one app name/id?
Thanks!
I believe that the short answer is 'no', but there are work arounds.
Each app id has one binary associated with it, although you can change the app name by localisation.
Audio is a resource, so there is no reason not to download it separately from a web server under your control. I don't believe there is any restriction on downloading media.
Alternatively, you can store the audio on Apple's servers and call it downloadable content for a freebie in app purchase.
I think you should use webservices to get the audio files from the server and get the relevant file from the server so this may help you to achieve only the relevant data in the application.
I built an offline Web app (at www.chirp.com) that caches itself when bookmarked on the desktop. Testing on the iPhone4 in airplane mode shows that the program runs without a network connection (except for Google map access of course). But the mp3 sound files do not play in this mode. Is there a problem with the audio tag when running in offline mode? The sound files are included in the manifest file, so they should be cached with the other files. Image files are still shown for instance.
How about if I use PhoneGap to create an iPhone app from this webapp? Will the sound files be included in the resulting binary load? In other words will the time delay, of online download of the small mp3 files each time the app is run and the sound is requested, be removed?
It is a bug or design decision on iOS to silently disallow caching of audio resources.
See this answer for more detail.
Using PhoneGap should work because the audio files will be present locally.
How about if I use PhoneGap to create an iPhone app from this webapp? Will the sound files be included in the resulting binary load? In other words will the time delay, of online download of the small mp3 files each time the app is run and the sound is requested, be removed?
In iPhone, the iPod app saves the media files (audio, video) with strange names and in weird folders (F00,F01 etc). There is a file named iTunesMovies in iPhone, which contains all the information about the metadata of those video files and how they are to be displayed in iPod app. I copied that to my Mac also, and when i tried to open that file in textEdit, it showed some alien characters which made me believe that it is encrypted may be(Thats just a wild guess).
I want to read/change the contents of that iTunesMovies file. Can i do that? Is there any Framework which deals with that iTunesMovies file?
Thanks in advance
I don't think there's a framework to do this, but you can probably do it yourself by reading the file into an NSData object, then manipulating how you would like. Your app will have to be running outside the sandbox, as well. Something I don't know how to do.
Keep in mind that this isn't allowed by Apple, so any apps you make that use this would have be distributed through other means.
How does one access an MP3 stored in iPhone iTune_controls directory? When i want to see the MP3 it is not visible for me in my applcation.
I'm not sure I understand your question correctly, but it sounds like you want to access an MP3 from your app that is in the iTunes (iPod?) area of the phone, is this correct?
If so then you can't directly access the file, since your app runs in an isolated sand-box.
If on the other hand you're wanting to play an MP3 that's part of your app then look in the iPhone Library - Audio Queue Services section.