How to play music from a URL on Android?

[liveCode]

This is my code:

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   if the environment = "mobile" then
      ## Create a native player:
      mobilecontrolcreate "player", "playSing"
      
      ## set more properies here...
      
      ## Set filename or URL for this player:
      mobilecontrolset "playSing","filename",_playMusic
      
      ## Finally start that thing:
      mobileControlDo "playSing", "play"
   else
      set the filename of player "sing" of cd "setting"to _playMusic
      start player "sing" of cd "setting" 
   end if
   

[Klaus]

OK, looks correct now.
Is _playMusis a httpS url?

Maybe you can check the result?

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...
mobilecontrolset "playSing","filename",_playMusic
if the result <> EMPTY then
  answer "Filename:" && the result
end if

## Finally start that thing:
mobileControlDo "playSing", "play"
if the result <> EMPTY then
  answer "Play:" && the result
end if
...

Not sure if that works on mobile.

[liveCode]

That's what he gave me
Filename:1
Play:13

what am I doing now?
This is my full code:
In this button the code:

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   PlayMusic "https://tcrvo.ml/12.mp3"

And stack:

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on PlayMusic _playMusic
   
   show widget "waitSing"
   show field "waitSing"
   if the environment = "mobile" then
      ## Create a native player:
      mobilecontrolcreate "player", "playSing"
      
      ## set more properies here...
      
      ## Set filename or URL for this player:
      mobilecontrolset "playSing","filename",_playMusic
      if the result <> EMPTY then
         answer "Filename:" && the result
      end if
      
      ## Finally start that thing:
      mobileControlDo "playSing", "play"
      if the result <> EMPTY then
         answer "Play:" && the result
      end if
   else
      set the filename of player "sing" of cd "setting"to _playMusic
      start player "sing" of cd "setting" 
   end if
   
   
   put url(_playMusic) into tVar
   if the result <> EMPTY then
      then
         answer "We're unable to play the song"
      end if
      hide widget "waitSing"
      hide field "waitSing"
      
   end PlayMusic

[Klaus]

Sorry, no idea, I was expecting something like "can't set filename" as the result or something more meaningful.
And no mention of this in the dcitionary.

[liveCode]

Maybe there are more ways?

[jacque]

Looks like you need to add a few more properties. This works for me on Android:

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if the environment = "mobile" then
    ## Create a native player:
    mobilecontrolcreate "player", "playSing"
    
    ## set more properies here...
    mobilecontrolset "playSing","rect","10,10,200,50" --  adjust this to fit your app layout
    mobilecontrolset "playSing","visible",true
    mobilecontrolset "playSing","showController",true
    
    ## Set filename or URL for this player:
    mobilecontrolset "playSing","filename",_playMusic
    
    ## Finally start that thing:
    mobileControlDo "playSing", "play"
  else
    set the filename of player "sing" of cd "setting"to _playMusic
    start player "sing" of cd "setting" 
  end if

You can set the visible and showController to false if you don't want to see it. It appears that at least a rect is required. The default is to show the controller and the player. If you don't want the player to show, the actual rect isn't very important.

Also, make sure you have ticked the Internet checkbox in Android standalone settings. Also be sure you have Internet and (if available) TSNet selected in standalone inclusions.

When you're done with it, use mobileControlDelete to remove it from memory. That's required, since scripted mobile controls never go away until you quit the app or specifically remove them, and can interfere with other cards or controls.

I like the music.

Edit: You can delete the widget since you aren't using it. Also, the final "if" clause at the end of your handler is missing an "end if" and it has two "then"s. And typically there's a space between "url" and the url itself, though apparently the way you have it doesn't error. I do this:

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put url _playMusic into tVar

[liveCode]

This works the problem is that you have to wait 5 seconds for it to work

[Klaus]

You could download the file when the app starts and then play it via "play file...".

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...
put "https://tcrvo.ml/12.mp3" into tURL
put specialfolderpath("documents") & "/12.mp3" into tFile
libURLDownloadToFile tURL,tFile
...

Check the dictionary for more options of that command.

[liveCode]

Thank you.

[liveCode]

Does it work on Android?

[Klaus]

Why don't you just try?
You cell-phone will not explode, promised!

[jacque]

Does it work on Android?

It's supposed to, I've never used it. You could also set the URL of the native player when your app launches, and then only issue the play command when it's time to hear the music.

[liveCode]

It works but there is a problem ...
I want this command to run the first time the user launches the app
The problem is that it takes a long time because I am loading 18 files
Then the user has to wait a long time
How can I make it happen in the background?

[Klaus]

A possible solution:
1. when the app start check if (one of) the files are already in the user documents folder
2. If not start to download all files in a repeat loop, except one, that you
3. added to your standalone (Add files), so the first song can be played immediately when the app start, if that is neccessary.

libURLDownloadToFile tURL,tFile is asynchronous, means it will work in the background.

[liveCode]

How do I check if one of the files is already found?