media.play

Starts or resumes playing an audio file.

media.play();

Description

Function media.play is a synchronous function that starts or resumes playing an audio file.

Supported Platforms

  • Android
  • BlackBerry WebWorks (OS 5.0 and higher)
  • iOS
  • Windows Phone 7 ( Mango )

Quick Example

// Play audio
//
function playAudio(url) {
    // Play the audio file at url
    var my_media = new Media(url,
        // success callback
        function() {
            console.log("playAudio():Audio Success");
        },
        // error callback
        function(err) {
            console.log("playAudio():Audio Error: "+err);
    });

    // Play audio
    my_media.play();
}

Full Example

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
                          "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>Media Example</title>
    
        <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-1.8.1.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
    
        // Wait for Cordova to load
        //
        document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
    
        // Cordova is ready
        //
        function onDeviceReady() {
            playAudio("http://audio.ibeat.org/content/p1rj1s/p1rj1s_-_rockGuitar.mp3");
        }
    
        // Audio player
        //
        var my_media = null;
        var mediaTimer = null;
    
        // Play audio
        //
        function playAudio(src) {
        	if (my_media == null) {
            	// Create Media object from src
            	my_media = new Media(src, onSuccess, onError);
        	} // else play current audio
            // Play audio
            my_media.play();
    
            // Update my_media position every second
            if (mediaTimer == null) {
                mediaTimer = setInterval(function() {
                    // get my_media position
                    my_media.getCurrentPosition(
                        // success callback
                        function(position) {
                            if (position > -1) {
                                setAudioPosition((position) + " sec");
                            }
                        },
                        // error callback
                        function(e) {
                            console.log("Error getting pos=" + e);
                            setAudioPosition("Error: " + e);
                        }
                    );
                }, 1000);
            }
        }
    
        // Pause audio
        // 
        function pauseAudio() {
            if (my_media) {
                my_media.pause();
            }
        }
    
        // Stop audio
        // 
        function stopAudio() {
            if (my_media) {
                my_media.stop();
            }
            clearInterval(mediaTimer);
            mediaTimer = null;
        }
    
        // onSuccess Callback
        //
        function onSuccess() {
            console.log("playAudio():Audio Success");
        }
    
        // onError Callback 
        //
        function onError(error) {
            alert('code: '    + error.code    + '\n' + 
                  'message: ' + error.message + '\n');
        }
    
        // Set audio position
        // 
        function setAudioPosition(position) {
            document.getElementById('audio_position').innerHTML = position;
        }
    
        </script>
      </head>
      <body>
        <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="playAudio('http://audio.ibeat.org/content/p1rj1s/p1rj1s_-_rockGuitar.mp3');">Play Audio</a>
        <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="pauseAudio();">Pause Playing Audio</a>
        <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="stopAudio();">Stop Playing Audio</a>
        <p id="audio_position"></p>
      </body>
    </html>

BlackBerry WebWorks Quirks

  • BlackBerry devices support a limited number of simultaneous audio channels. CDMA devices only support a single audio channel. Other devices support up to two simultaneous channels. Attempting to play more audio files then the supported amount will result in previous playback being stopped.

iOS Quirk

  • numberOfLoops

    Pass in this option to the play method to specify the number of times you want the media file to play. e.g:

      var myMedia = new Media("http://audio.ibeat.org/content/p1rj1s/p1rj1s_-_rockGuitar.mp3")
  myMedia.play({ numberOfLoops: 2 })