MPMoviePlayerController playing audio stream in the background - ios

Question

I am running into trouble with playing an audio stream when the application enters background.
I use the code to start the stream:
NSURL *mediaURL = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://url.to.my.stream"];
MPMoviePlayerController *mp = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:mediaURL];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(moviePlayBackDidFinish:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackDidFinishNotification
object:nil];
[mp setControlStyle:MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen];
[mp setMovieSourceType:MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming];
[mp setFullscreen:YES];
[self.view addSubview:[mp view]];
[mp prepareToPlay];
[mp play];
It works perfect. But allthough I set the flag 'App plays audio' in the property list when the app enters background the stream stops playing.
How do I make my application play the audio stream in the background?
Best regards and thanks a lot for help!

Answer 1

I didn't tried it myself but this looks promising: iOS Multitasking: Background Audio
Once the project has been created go to APP-Info.plist and add
UIBackgroundModes as a new row. It should then create the array.
Open the array and to the right of Item 0 set it to audio.
EDIT
Is your AVAudioSession set up properly?
AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
[audioSession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:nil];
[audioSession setActive:YES error:nil];

Answer 2

This code worked for me, first you must to give your app permissions to keep playing music in the background (In your .plis), after that go to the wished class and implement this code, first the imports and the the method to play the music.
#import <MediaPlayer/MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.h>
#import <MediaPlayer/MPMediaItem.h>
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
---- o ----
-(void) playMusic{
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setDelegate: self];
NSError *myErr;
// Initialize the AVAudioSession here.
if (![[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:&myErr]) {
// Handle the error here.
NSLog(#"Audio Session error %#, %#", myErr, [myErr userInfo]);
}else{
// Since there were no errors initializing the session, we'll allow begin receiving remote control events
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];
}
//initialize our audio player
audioPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.cocoanetics.com/files/Cocoanetics_031.mp3"]];
[audioPlayer setShouldAutoplay:NO];
[audioPlayer setControlStyle: MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded];
audioPlayer.view.hidden = YES;
[audioPlayer prepareToPlay];
[audioPlayer play];
}//end playmusic