@capacitor-community/native-audio

Native Audio

@capacitor-community/native-audio

Capacitor community plugin for playing sounds natively.

Capacitor Native Audio Plugin

Capacitor plugin for native audio engine. Capacitor v5 - ✅ Support!

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Maintainers

Maintainer	GitHub	Social
Maxim Bazuev	bazuka5801	Telegram

Mainteinance Status: Actively Maintained

Preparation

All audio place in specific platform folder

Andoid: android/app/src/assets

iOS: ios/App/App/sounds

Web: assets/sounds

Installation

To use npm

npm install @capacitor-community/native-audio

To use yarn

yarn add @capacitor-community/native-audio

Sync native files

npx cap sync

On iOS, Android and Web, no further steps are needed.

Configuration

No configuration required for this plugin.

Supported methods

Name	Android	iOS	Web
configure	✅	✅	❌
preload	✅	✅	✅
play	✅	✅	✅
pause	✅	✅	✅
resume	✅	✅	✅
loop	✅	✅	✅
stop	✅	✅	✅
unload	✅	✅	✅
setVolume	✅	✅	✅
getDuration	✅	✅	✅
getCurrentTime	✅	✅	✅
isPlaying	✅	✅	✅

Usage

Example repository

import {NativeAudio} from '@capacitor-community/native-audio'


/**
 * This method will load more optimized audio files for background into memory.
 * @param assetPath - relative path of the file or absolute url (file://)
 *        assetId - unique identifier of the file
 *        audioChannelNum - number of audio channels
 *        isUrl - pass true if assetPath is a `file://` url
 * @returns void
 */
NativeAudio.preload({
    assetId: "fire",
    assetPath: "fire.mp3",
    audioChannelNum: 1,
    isUrl: false
});

/**
 * This method will play the loaded audio file if present in the memory.
 * @param assetId - identifier of the asset
 * @param time - (optional) play with seek. example: 6.0 - start playing track from 6 sec
 * @returns void
 */
NativeAudio.play({
    assetId: 'fire',
    // time: 6.0 - seek time
});

/**
 * This method will loop the audio file for playback.
 * @param assetId - identifier of the asset
 * @returns void
 */
NativeAudio.loop({
  assetId: 'fire',
});


/**
 * This method will stop the audio file if it's currently playing.
 * @param assetId - identifier of the asset
 * @returns void
 */
NativeAudio.stop({
  assetId: 'fire',
});

/**
 * This method will unload the audio file from the memory.
 * @param assetId - identifier of the asset
 * @returns void
 */
NativeAudio.unload({
  assetId: 'fire',
});

/**
 * This method will set the new volume for a audio file.
 * @param assetId - identifier of the asset
 *        volume - numerical value of the volume between 0.1 - 1.0
 * @returns void
 */
NativeAudio.setVolume({
  assetId: 'fire',
  volume: 0.4,
});

/**
 * this method will get the duration of an audio file.
 * only works if channels == 1
 */
NativeAudio.getDuration({
  assetId: 'fire'
})
.then(result => {
  console.log(result.duration);
})

/**
 * this method will get the current time of a playing audio file.
 * only works if channels == 1
 */
NativeAudio.getCurrentTime({
  assetId: 'fire'
});
.then(result => {
  console.log(result.currentTime);
})

/**
 * This method will return false if audio is paused or not loaded.
 * @param assetId - identifier of the asset
 * @returns {isPlaying: boolean}
 */
NativeAudio.isPlaying({
  assetId: 'fire'
})
.then(result => {
  console.log(result.isPlaying);
})

API

configure(...)

configure(options: ConfigureOptions) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	ConfigureOptions

---

preload(...)

preload(options: PreloadOptions) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	PreloadOptions

---

play(...)

play(options: { assetId: string; time?: number; }) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; time?: number; }

---

pause(...)

pause(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

---

resume(...)

resume(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

---

loop(...)

loop(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

---

stop(...)

stop(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

---

unload(...)

unload(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

---

setVolume(...)

setVolume(options: { assetId: string; volume: number; }) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; volume: number; }

---

getCurrentTime(...)

getCurrentTime(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<{ currentTime: number; }>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

Returns: Promise<{ currentTime: number; }>

---

getDuration(...)

getDuration(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<{ duration: number; }>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

Returns: Promise<{ duration: number; }>

---

isPlaying(...)

isPlaying(options: { assetId: string; }) => Promise<{ isPlaying: boolean; }>

Param	Type
options	{ assetId: string; }

Returns: Promise<{ isPlaying: boolean; }>

---

addListener('complete', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'complete', listenerFunc: (event: { assetId: string; }) => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Listen for asset completed playing event

Param	Type
eventName	'complete'
listenerFunc	(event: { assetId: string; }) => void

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Since: 5.0.1

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Interfaces

ConfigureOptions

Prop	Type	Description	Default
fade	boolean	indicating whether or not to fade audio.	true
focus	boolean	indicating whether or not to disable mixed audio.	true

PreloadOptions

Prop	Type
assetPath	string
assetId	string
volume	number
audioChannelNum	number
isUrl	boolean

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => Promise<void>