SimpleAudioPlayer plays local files and audio data as a stream. This allows you to store audio data in a .NET Stanard Portable Class Library and play it on all supported platforms.

• Available on NuGet: http://www.nuget.org/packages/Xam.Plugin.SimpleAudioPlayer
• Install into your PCL project and Client projects.

Platform Support

Call CrossSimpleAudioPlayer.Current from any project or PCL to gain access to APIs

Duration: length of audio in seconds

CurrentPosition: current playpack position in seconds

Volume: volume of audio between 0 and 1

Balance: balance between left and right as as double, -1 is left only, 0 is both, +1 is right only

IsPlaying: is the audio currently playing

CanSeek: can the playback position be updated

Load(Stream audioStream): load a compatible (wav, mp3, etc) audio from a stream

Load(string fileName): load a compatible audio file stored in the executing platform project

Play(): play the currently loaded audio

Stop(): stop playback and reset current position to start (0)

Pause(): pause playback (use Play() to resume)

Seek(double position): seek to a specific location in the audio (in seconds)

Coded in a shared library (.NET Standard or PCL) using the Xamarin.Forms dependancy service with mysound.wav stored in the PCL as an Embedded Resource

ISimpleAudioPlayer player = Plugin.SimpleAudioPlayer.CrossSimpleAudioPlayer.Current;
player.Load(GetStreamFromFile("mysound.wav"));
player.Play();

Stream GetStreamFromFile(string filename)
{
    var assembly = typeof(App).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
    var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("YourApp." + filename);
    return stream;
}

Or to load multiple instances

var player1 = Plugin.SimpleAudioPlayer.CrossSimpleAudioPlayer.CreateSimpleAudioPlayer();
var player2 = Plugin.SimpleAudioPlayer.CrossSimpleAudioPlayer.CreateSimpleAudioPlayer();
...

Add the following to the FinishedLaunching method of the AppDelegate class. Seems to be working fine now. Remember to Enable background audio within info.plist!

private void EnableBackgroundAudio()
{
    var currentSession = AVAudioSession.SharedInstance();
    currentSession.SetCategory(AVAudioSessionCategory.Playback,
    AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions.MixWithOthers);
    currentSession.SetActive(true);
}

For more examples see the Samples folder or check out https://github.com/adrianstevens/Xamarin-Forms/tree/master/DrumPad2

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or want a feature added please report it - and don't forget to include your device make, model and OS version.

If you want to contribute code please file an issue, create a branch, and file a pull request.

MIT License - see LICENSE.txt