I'm trying to play a video on the apple watch using WKInterfaceMovie. I want it to be a video on a remote server.
In a similar question a solution is given and I was able to reproduce this for local files. It's also said in the solution, that it only works for local files and I'm wondering why that is.
Are there any sources in the documentation or is it the general experience?
I was beginning to wonder, because it is said in the transition guide under The Movie Object (WKInterfaceMovie) that:
"The URL you specify for your media assets may refer to a local file or an asset located on a remote server. For remote assets, the movie object downloads the movie completely before playing it."
So I think it should be possible by that documentation even though I wasn't be able to implement it successfully, yet.
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I would like to get songs from my computer to my iPhone inside of my own app. This would be a music playing app that would have the ability to load songs into its own directory from some private source like a laptop or cloud storage.
Example: If I have 100 songs on a Google Drive and I write an iOS app that loads those files from the Google Drive into the apps directory.
iOS, iPhone, Swift.
Yes you can download files into your app's Documents directory, which will be private to your app.
Here's a SO question on downloading a file in Swift/iOS that shows some concrete code examples: How to download file in swift?
You can also find many tutorials online on saving files and making HTTP requests in Swift.
You'll need to determine specifically how to make requests to your file provider e.g. Google Drive. This might involve not only the URL itself but also authentication, SSL validation etc. which are deeper topics in themselves but fully supported in Swift/iOS.
Yes, you can definitely download songs to your phone from your computer. You just have to make a directory area in your app and have the song be fetched into that directory.
I am need a solution for protect music file downloaded in an music app.
We have all rights for the audios, so, we need to garante only our app is able to play this audios.
This music app actually is only for streaming. The next update is for implement the functionality for download e play music offline.
I know Spotify , for example, use DRM protection, but it is a little bit controvercious for some people, and I think this is not what we need now.
During my researches, I dont find any concrete solution. So, my questions are which functionalities, libraries or resources can I use to protect the downloaded files.
Maybe I need to encrypt/decrypt the files? But, Swift have a native functionality for this, and have some documentation available?
So, what can I use to protect the audios with Swift, and keep playing the audio only in my own app?
This question gets asked almost daily and the answer is, and will always be, the same - if a user can play your audio on their device, then they can also extract and keep a copy of that audio - no amount of DRM, encryption or any other naive concept anyone dreams up can change this.
You can prevent "script kiddies" from just copying the files off their phone by embedding an encryption key in your app and streaming files through a stream cipher before playing them, but again, it's trivial to reverse engineer and get the key.
You can transcode your .mp3 files to HLS file which will generate one master playlist and several segment files and then you can apply ALS encryption on it using ffmpeg or Apple Media segmenter.
For More Info:
https://www.theoplayer.com/blog/content-protection-for-hls-with-aes-128-encryption
I am currently working on an iOS app where users can watch several videos (e.g. fitness videos). The videos are all captured by my team, so I don't need access to external videos.
Now my question is, does it make more sense to store the video files offline right in the app or use some kind of online server (and which one would you recommend)? I don't want to embed Youtube videos.
Thanks in advance!
It is always better to go online. Because the size of video may vary and huge video files would scrap user device's memory. SO it is recommended to use an external server to host the video files.
You can also add an option to download the files if needed.
I am trying to use the internal sound files such as alarm, siren etc.. in an app I am trying to code. Basically when I turn a switch on, I want one of the internal sound files of my choosing to play.
I am currently using WAV's in the project file to do this, but I would like to use the internal sound files on iOS.
How can this be done/accessed?
You can use the iOSSystemSoundsLibrary like: <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>.
The way it works is: AudioServicesPlaySystemSound (1003); // SMSReceived.
The list of sound and the examples "How to use" you can find at the page: TUNER88.
I am developing an iOS app that will play music from soundcloud. I want to give the user the option of an offline mode so he/she can play music even if there is no connection available.
it is technically possible to download the streamed mp3:s locally (I have already implemented it) but will Soundcloud allow me to do it? I have no intention of making these mp3:s accessible outside the app.
The problem of using a downloaded copy instead of the streamed track would be that the play would not count. Is there a way to register a play without actually playing the track?
I have tried to reach them through mail and twitter but I have got no reply yet.
Any thoughts?
Short summary of nickf:s comment above:
this is expressly disallowed