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Native Audio

@capacitor-community/native-audio

Capacitor community plugin for playing sounds natively.


Capacitor Native Audio Plugin

Capacitor plugin for native audio engine. Capacitor v6 - ✅ Support!

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YouTube Example

Maintainers

Maintainer GitHub Social
Maxim Bazuev bazuka5801 Telegram

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>

Listen for asset completed playing event

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

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle>

Since: 5.0.1


Interfaces

ConfigureOptions

Prop Type Description Default
fade boolean Indicating whether or not to fade audio. false
focus boolean Indicating whether or not to disable mixed audio. false

PreloadOptions

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

PluginListenerHandle

Prop Type
remove () => Promise<void>