avplayer is not playing the URL - ios

Question

I am using avplayer for play audio url, but it is not working, I don't know where i am wrong
NSString *radioURL = #"https://www.example.com";
radioPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:radioURL]] ;
// [radioPlayer seekToTime:kCMTimeZero];
NSLog(#"radio player %#",radioPlayer.currentItem);
[radioPlayer play];
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I strongly recommended the code below to play radio streaming: please take a look also AVPlayer_Class
-(void)Play{
NSString *radioURL = #"https://www.example.com"; //this url must valid
AVPlayer *player = [[AVPlayer alloc]initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:radioURL]];
self.songPlayer = player; //self.songPlayer is a globle object of avplayer
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:)
name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification
object:[songPlayer currentItem]];
[self.songPlayer addObserver:self forKeyPath:#"status" options:0 context:nil];
}
- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context {
if (object == songPlayer && [keyPath isEqualToString:#"status"]) {
if (songPlayer.status == AVPlayerStatusFailed) {
NSLog(#"AVPlayer Failed");
} else if (songPlayer.status == AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay) {
NSLog(#"AVPlayerStatusReadyToPlay");
[self.songPlayer play];
} else if (songPlayer.status == AVPlayerItemStatusUnknown) {
NSLog(#"AVPlayer Unknown");
}
}
}
- (void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *)notification {
// code here to play next sound file
}
Ref link is - Streaming mp3 audio with AVPlayer

Answer 2

I had the same issue and just realized that I wasn't retaining the player (using ARC)! So it gets deallocated and stop playing immediately after start.
You need to make sure that you have a strong property radioPlayer and use self.radioPlayer instead of radioPlayer.

Answer 3

You are doing good but your method need to correct on one place.Check using the below method:
NSURL *audioURL = [NSURL URLWithString:radioURL];
NSData *audioData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:audioURL];
self.audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithData:audioData error:nil];
self.audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = -1;
self.audioPlayer.delegate = self;
[self.audioPlayer prepareToPlay];
self.audioPlayer.volume=1.0;
[self.audioPlayer autorelease];
[self.audioPlayer Play];
and add proper delegate methods for AVAudioPlayer.

Answer 4

Make Sure URL is AddingPercentEscapes.
NSURL *audioURL = // Your Url;
NSString *encodedString = [#"Your Url" stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL *myURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:encodedString]
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:myURL];
[player prepareToPlay];
player play];

Answer 5

Did you forgot to set the attribute App Transport Security Settings -> Allow Arbitrary Loads (Yes)?