Playing continuous audio in Iphone - ios

Question

I have this piece of code for playing audio, but once it is finished, I want to play the same audio again and again, I think I should use numberofloops=-1, but where I need to use this directly. Please help me.
#import "JetNapMusicPlayer.h"
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#interface JetNapMusicPlayer()
#property(nonatomic,strong) AVQueuePlayer *avQueuePlayer;
#end
static JetNapMusicPlayer *sharedManager = nil;
#implementation JetNapMusicPlaye
#pragma mark Singleton Methods
+ (id)sharedManager {
#synchronized(self) {
if(sharedManager == nil)
sharedManager = [[super alloc] init];
}
return sharedManager;
}
- (id)init {
if (self = [super init]) {
// [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];
MPRemoteCommandCenter *rcc = [MPRemoteCommandCenter sharedCommandCenter];
MPRemoteCommand *playCommand = rcc.playCommand;
[playCommand setEnabled:YES];
[playCommand addTargetWithHandler:^MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatus(MPRemoteCommandEvent *event) {
[(JetNapMusicPlayer *)[JetNapMusicPlayer sharedManager] play];
return MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess;
}];
MPRemoteCommand *pauseCommand = rcc.pauseCommand;
[pauseCommand setEnabled:YES];
[pauseCommand addTargetWithHandler:^MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatus(MPRemoteCommandEvent *event) {
[(JetNapMusicPlayer *)[JetNapMusicPlayer sharedManager] pause];
return MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess;
}];
}
return self;
}
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
}
-(AVPlayer *)avQueuePlayer
{
if (!_avQueuePlayer) {
[self initSession];
_avQueuePlayer = [[AVQueuePlayer alloc] init];
}
return _avQueuePlayer;
}
-(void)initSession
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver: self
selector: #selector(audioSessionInterrupted:)
name: AVAudioSessionInterruptionNotification
object: [AVAudioSession sharedInstance]];
//set audio category with options - for this demo we'll do playback only
NSError *categoryError = nil;
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:&categoryError];
if (categoryError) {
NSLog(#"Error setting category! %#", [categoryError description]);
}
//activation of audio session
NSError *activationError = nil;
BOOL success = [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: &activationError];
if (!success) {
if (activationError) {
NSLog(#"Could not activate audio session. %#", [activationError localizedDescription]);
} else {
NSLog(#"audio session could not be activated!");
}
}
}
#pragma mark - notifications
-(void)audioSessionInterrupted:(NSNotification*)interruptionNotification
{
NSLog(#"interruption received: %#", interruptionNotification);
}
#pragma mark - player actions
-(void) pause
{
[[self avQueuePlayer] pause];
}
-(void) play
{
[[self avQueuePlayer] play];
}
-(void) clear
{
[[self avQueuePlayer] removeAllItems];
}
#pragma mark - remote control events
#pragma mark - Kony FFI
+ (BOOL)playMusic:(NSString *)filename artistname:(NSString *)artistname songname:(NSString *)songname {
NSString *name = [filename stringByDeletingPathExtension];
NSString *ext = [filename pathExtension];
AVPlayerItem *avSongItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:name] ofType:ext]]];
if (avSongItem) {
[(JetNapMusicPlayer *)[JetNapMusicPlayer sharedManager] clear];
[[[JetNapMusicPlayer sharedManager] avQueuePlayer] insertItem:avSongItem afterItem:nil];
[(JetNapMusicPlayer *)[JetNapMusicPlayer sharedManager] play];
[MPNowPlayingInfoCenter defaultCenter].nowPlayingInfo = #{MPMediaItemPropertyTitle: songname, MPMediaItemPropertyArtist:artistname};
}
return YES;
}
+ (BOOL)stopMusic {
[(JetNapMusicPlayer *)[JetNapMusicPlayer sharedManager] pause];
[(JetNapMusicPlayer *)[JetNapMusicPlayer sharedManager] clear];
return YES;
}
#end

Answer 1

To loop a song use below code after alloc init of avSongItem.
avSongItem.actionAtItemEnd = AVPlayerActionAtItemEndNone;
More info : Looping a video with AVFoundation AVPlayer?
Also as mentioned in the link use notification.
avSongItem.actionAtItemEnd = AVPlayerActionAtItemEndNone;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:)
name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
object:[avPlayer currentItem]];
this will prevent the player to pause at the end.
in the notification:
- (void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *)notification {
AVPlayerItem *p = [notification object];
[p seekToTime:kCMTimeZero];
}