iPhone UIPickerView not playing selection sound - iphone

I have a UIPickerView in my app in which the 'tick' sound when moving from one index to the next is not played. I swear it used to play the sound, but recently it has not played.
I am using custom labels for each item in the picker, and I tried commenting that out and the sound still does not play.
I have searched around and saw there is a method [pickerView setSoundsEnabled:YES], but it is a private API, so I cannot use that.
Most threads I have found are people trying to stop the sound from playing, shouldn't it be playing the sound by default?
Any help appreciated, thanks.

I believe this sound is set/unset via the system-level preferences panel, Settings->Sounds->Keyboard Clicks->On, and cannot be set at the API level (at least, not officially).

The issue ended up being with using the FMOD library. I filed a bug report, it was when using the PLAY_AND_RECORD filter.

Related

Combine two audio files together and play them in iPhone

I do not want any code but want to get a reference about my question mentioned below...
There is background music available and there is recording option in my app...
Once I start recording , application records my sound and when play button clicks , It will play the recording along with the background music...
I had use this Link but can not get as I want...
I think there is a mechanism like merging two audio files and make it one before playing....
How can I achieve this by coding... Is there any reference link or any sample code available?
Thnx in advance...
Most people mistake the one instance of AVAudioPlayer as the unit that plays the sound directly, but it doesnt. Mixing is done by the OS, not by the instance of AVAudioPlayer.
With other words:
No one says you can't have more then one AVAudioPlayer.
Create one for you background and let it play. Create another instance of AVAudioPlayer for you recorded sound and let it play. Voila

Is it Possible to Have own scrubber for MPMoviePlayercontroller

I want to play videos. I am using MPMoviePlayer, but I don't want to use the controls provided by MPMoviePlayer. So I am trying to create my own custom controls. All the functionality like play, pause, fullscreen, forward, backward are done. The only problem is with the scrubber. I am having one UISlider but I don't know how exactly work with this. How to track the currently playing video time? How to play video from where I will slide the thumb of slider?
If anyone knows this kindly help me in this.
Thanks in advance.
I was having a similar problem. I figured out how to create custom movie controls and put it up on github. Let me know if that helps. Feel free to ask me any questions if you want details.
First, we should note that all of this is possible in iOS 3.2+, if you are OK not to support iOS 3.1.x.
In iOS 3.2+, MPMoviePlayerController implements the MPMediaPlayback protocol, meaning that it responds to play, stop, etc., all the controls you would expect -- sounds like you already have some of this working. Please see the reference for the MPMediaPlayback protocol.
To get the MPMoviePlayerController to stop showing its own controls, do this on initialization:
yourPlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleNone;
Finally, to get the scrubber to work, you need to set the UISlider valueChanged: callback to something, and update the value of currentPlaybackTime property. If you want to seek 10 seconds in:
yourPlayer.currentPlaybackTime = 10;

iPhone AVAudioRecorder, AudioQueueServices, how to auto record audio when sound is detected

i'm using AVAudioRecorder and AudioQueueServices to record audio from the iphone's mic but I want to auto record the sound once it is detected so theres no need to press on a record button
I've looked at a tutorial about the AVFoundation:
www.iphoneam.com/blog/index.php?title=using-the-iphone-to-record-audio-a-guide&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
and also a tutorial that explains how the iphone mic can detect sound levels, i've tried adding the two tutorials together but i cant get the code to work at all
Can't figure out what to do and i'm not sure if i'm taking the wrong approach
Any advice?
Thanks
Check out this tutorial: http://mobileorchard.com/tutorial-detecting-when-a-user-blows-into-the-mic/
I got something similar working using the above tutorial. I have one AVAudioRecorder monitoring the mic's volume and another that records the mic's input when a certain threshold is reached.

How to keep MPMoviePlayerController open after movie ended?

If I use MPMoviePlayerController to play video in my iPhone app, it opens, loads the movie, plays it and then closes. Is it possible to force it to stay open after the movie finishes, so that user can replay it using its controls, instead of using controls in parent view? Also, is it possible to start MPMoviePlayerController in the paused mode?
thanks for any advice.
None of that is possible using the available API in the Pre-3.2 OS. One thing you could do is take a scerenshot of the last frame and stick that behind the movie so when it's done playing, it looks like it's still there, then just stick a button on it to replay. you could make an interface that looks/behaves similar to the standard movie player interface just for the play button if you need to.
For anyone stumbling over this now... There is a way to do this. Check out this question :)

Halting a playing sound sample on iPhone using AudioServices

I am implementing a sound effect that plays while a user is dragging a UISlider.
Here is the IBAction: called by the UISlider's Value Changed event
-(IBAction)playTone4; {
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(soundID4);
}
I would like the sound to halt when the user is not dragging the slider but has not released it.
Is there a way to do that? There doesn't seem to be an AudioServicesStopSystemSound() function.
System sounds cannot be stopped.
See the iPhone Programming Guide: section Multimeda Support for more information.
To accomplish the desired effect, I would recommend using AVAudioPlayer or audioQueues. The Programming Guide I addressed covers everything you want to know about these techniques.