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PlayerHater Audio Player PhoneGap/Cordova Plugin

Platform Support

This plugin supports PhoneGap/Cordova apps running on both iOS and Android.

Version Requirements

This plugin is meant to work with Cordova 3.5.0+ and PlayerHater (Android)/PRXPlayer (iOS).

PlayerHater references:
https://github.com/PRX/PlayerHater
https://github.com/PRX/PRXPlayer

Installation

Automatic Installation using PhoneGap/Cordova CLI (iOS and Android)

  1. Make sure you update your projects to Cordova iOS version 3.5.0+ before installing this plugin.

     cordova platform update ios
     cordova platform update android
    
  2. Install this plugin using PhoneGap/Cordova cli:

     cordova local plugin add https://github.com/wnyc/cordova-plugin-playerhater.git
    

Usage

// all responses from the audio player are channeled through successCallback and errorCallback  

// initialize the audio player - call after 'deviceready' event is fired  
window.audioplayer.configure( successCallback, failureCallback);  

// play a stream  
window.audioplayer.playstream( successCallback,  
                               failureCallback,  
                               // stream urls to play on android/ios  
                               {  
                                 android: "http://fm939.wnyc.org/wnycfm-app.aac",  
                                 ios: "http://fm939.wnyc.org/wnycfm-app.aac"}  
                               },  
                               // metadata used for iOS lock screen, Android 'Now Playing' notification  
                               {  
                                 "title": "Cuomo; NJ Candidates; and Candy Etiquette",  
                                 "artist": "The Brian Lehrer Show",  
                                 "image": {  
                                   "url": "https://media2.wnyc.org/i/300/300/l/80/1/governor_andrew_cuomo.jpg"  
                                 },  
                                 "imageThumbnail": {  
                                   "url": "https://media2.wnyc.org/i/60/60/l/80/1/governor_andrew_cuomo.jpg"  
                                 },  
                                 "name": "WNYC 93.9 FM",  
                                 "description": "News, Culture & Talk"  
                               },  
                               // javascript-specific json represenation of audio to be played, which will be passed back to   
                               // javascript via successCallback when a stream is launched from a local notification (eg, the  
                               // alarm clock  
                               extra  
                             );  

// play a file - looks first for the file on device, in the app's Documents/audio directory, and if not found there, plays the url  
window.audioplayer.playfile( successCallback,  
                             failureCallback,  
                             "http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/moneytalking/moneytalking20141031pod.mp3",  
                             10, // position in track 10=10 seconds  
                             // metadata used for iOS lock screen, Android 'Now Playing' notification  
                             {  
                               "title": "The Myth of the Self-Driving Car",  
                               "artist": "Money Talking",  
                               "image": {  
                                 "url": "https://media2.wnyc.org/i/1500/1208/c/80/1/google_self_driving_car_1.jpg"  
                               },  
                               "imageThumbnail": {}  
                             },  
                             extra // not currently used  
                           );  

// pause audio playback  
window.audioplayer.pause( successCallback, failureCallback);  

// pause audio playback  
window.audioplayer.stop( successCallback, failureCallback);  

// seek forward in on-demand track  
window.audioplayer.seek( successCallback, failureCallback, 10 ); // 10=10 seconds (verify this...)  

// seek backward in on-demand track  
window.audioplayer.seek( successCallback, failureCallback, -10 ); // -10=-10 seconds  

// seek to a specific position in on-demand track  
window.audioplayer.seekto( successCallback, failureCallback, 20 ); // 20=20 seconds  

// request state of audio player  
window.audioplayer.getaudiostate( successCallback, failureCallback ); // state returned via successCallback  

// set audio player meta data (for lock screen on iOS) -- call this to change metadata for currently playing audio  
window.audioplayer.setaudioinfo( successCallback,  
                                 failureCallback,  
                                 // metadata used for iOS lock screen, Android 'Now Playing' notification  
                                 {  
                                   "title": "Cuomo; NJ Candidates; and Candy Etiquette",  
                                   "artist": "The Brian Lehrer Show",  
                                   "image": {  
                                     "url": "https://media2.wnyc.org/i/300/300/l/80/1/governor_andrew_cuomo.jpg"  
                                   },  
                                   "imageThumbnail": {  
                                     "url": "https://media2.wnyc.org/i/60/60/l/80/1/governor_andrew_cuomo.jpg"  
                                   },  
                                   "name": "WNYC 93.9 FM",  
                                   "description": "News, Culture & Talk"  
                                 },  
                               );  

// callback method  
var successCallback = function(result) {  
  console.log('audio callback ' + JSON.stringify(result));  
  if (result.type==='progress') {  
    console.log('progress/duration/available - ' + result.progress + '/' + result.duration + '/' + result.available); // available not currently supported  
  } else if (result.type==='state') {  
    console.log('status - ' + result.state + '/' + result.description);  
  } else if (result.type==='error') {  
    console.log('error - ' + result.reason);  
  } else if (result.type==='current') {  
    console.log('current audio ' + JSON.stringify(result.audio));  
  } else if (result.type==='next') {  
    console.log('skip to next audio track'); // typically fired by remote control/lock screen controls  
  } else if (result.type==='previous') {  
    console.log('skip to previous track'); // typically fired by remote/control/lock screen controls
  } else {  
    console.log('AudioCallback unhandled type (' + result.type + ')');  
  }  
};  

// audio states  
MEDIA_NONE      : 0  
MEDIA_STARTING  : 1  
MEDIA_RUNNING   : 2  
MEDIA_PAUSED    : 3  
MEDIA_STOPPED   : 4  
MEDIA_LOADING   : 5  
MEDIA_COMPLETED : 6  

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