How to play a local sound file?

[itsramiel]

Hi,

I would like to simply play a sound file such as mp3 or wav.

How do I do that?

[maciejmakowski2003]

Hi, currently it is not possible. This feature is going to be implemented in 0.2.0, but I will provide you a code snippet with how it is going to work.

const context = new AudioContext();

const decodeAudioData = async (context, arrayBuffer) => {
  return await context.decodeAudioData(arrayBuffer);
};

const fetchAudioData = async (url) => {
  const response = await fetch(url);
  const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
  return arrayBuffer;
};

const play = (context, audioBuffer) => {
  const source = context.createBufferSource();
  source.buffer = audioBuffer;
  source.connect(context.destination);

  source.start();
};

const playSound = async (url) => {
  try {
    const arrayBuffer = await fetchAudioData(url);
    const audioBuffer = await decodeAudioData(context, arrayBuffer);
    play(context, audioBuffer);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error playing sound:", error);
  }
};

[itsramiel]

Alright thank you! Looking forward to the release!

[michalsek]

Hey, since audio files (both local and remote) are already handled i'm closing this discussion,
btw. great job with the react-native-audio-playback 🙂