AVAudioPlayer not playing sounds simultaneously - ios

Question

I am trying to play a couple of sounds files at the same time for the AVAudioPlayer. I read a thread explaining how to do it # AVAudioPlayer Help: Playing multiple sounds simultaneously, stopping them all at once, and working around Automatic Reference Counting . It seems to be a weird issue as I when i try to only play one file at a time (when self.options.on is ON), it works, but when I try creating multiple instances (the else statements) and play them nothing plays. I checked to see if the outputfile URL is correct and it is, so what is the reason that it isn't working?
Thanks!
- (void)playTapped:(id)sender
{
if (!recorder.recording)
{
if(self.options.on)
{
AVAudioSession *session = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
[session setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:nil];
NSArray *pathComponents = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject],
[NSString stringWithFormat:#"sound%i.m4a",last],
nil];
NSURL *outputFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPathComponents:pathComponents];
player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:outputFileURL error:nil];
NSLog(#"%#",player.url);
[player setDelegate:self];
[player play];
}
else
{
// trying to play all sounds at once
for (NSString *str in self.soundsCreated){
NSLog(#"%#",str);
NSArray *pathComponents = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject],
[NSString stringWithFormat:#"sound%#.m4a",str],
nil];
NSURL *outputFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPathComponents:pathComponents];
AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:outputFileURL error:nil];
NSLog(#"%#",audioPlayer.url);
[audioPlayer prepareToPlay];
[audioPlayer setDelegate:self];
[audioPlayer play];
}
}
}
}
NOTE
I tried initializing with NSError check but i'm not getting any errors:
NSError *sessionError = nil;
AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:outputFileURL error:&sessionError];
if (sessionError)
{
NSLog(#"Error in audioPlayer: %#",[sessionError localizedDescription]);
}
SOLUTION
It seemed to be an issue with the initialization of my NSMutableArrays.
I changed them from:
self.soundsCreated = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
self.playerArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
to
self.soundsCreated = [NSMutableArray new];
self.playerArray = [NSMutableArray new];
and that fixed it

Answer 1

I have faced the same while played a small file:
Here is my solution (example)
- (void)dropSoundWhileRefresh
{
NSError *sessionError = nil;
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:&sessionError];
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive:YES error:&sessionError];
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setDelegate:self];
NSURL *musicFile = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"waterDrops" ofType:#"mp3"]];
dropSound = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:musicFile error:nil];
[dropSound setDelegate:self];
[dropSound setVolume:0.10];
[dropSound setNumberOfLoops:0];
[dropSound play];
}

Answer 2

Instead of passing error as nil try this and check if initialization is working correct.
AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:&error];
if (error)
{
DebugLog(#"Error in audioPlayer: %#",[error localizedDescription]);
}