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AVAudioPlayer stopped making noise... :-)

Hi there,

Has something changed with AVAudioPlayer with new Swift/SwiftUI version or when building for iOS 15?

This piece of code below used to work without issues when building the app for iOS 14. I use AVAudioPlayer to listen to a preview track from iTunes, e.g. https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/itunes-assets/AudioPreview115/v4/7c/33/61/7c33611a-0fc8-546b-d737-287e75867ddb/mzaf_7738318112069179681.plus.aac.p.m4a. However, I am not hearing any sound on a test device on which I reinstalled the app built with iOS 15 (rather than iOS 14). I did use the exact same code and I am referring to the same URL... Both devices are running iOS 15.3.

In short: with production app (built with deployment target iOS 14.x) I can hear sound; test app (built with deployment target iOS 15.3) I cannot hear sound...

Code is like

 class PreviewTrack {
 
    static var audioPlayer: AVAudioPlayer!
 
    static func playTheOldWay(sound: String, status: Bool) {
        let previewURL = URL(string: sound)
        print("Preview Track URL: \(sound)")
        let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: previewURL!) { data, _, error in
            guard let _ = data,
                  error == nil else {
                      Logger.viewCycle.info("PreviewTrack - \(error?.localizedDescription ?? "Response Error")")
                      return }
            if let data = data {
                self.audioPlayer = try? AVAudioPlayer(data: data)
                if status {
                    Logger.viewCycle.info("PreviewTrack - Playing Track...")
                    self.audioPlayer.play()
                }
                else {
                    Logger.viewCycle.info("PreviewTrack - Stoppimng Track...")
                    self.audioPlayer.stop()
                }
            }
        }
        task.resume()
    }
}

	class PreviewTrack {

	static var audioPlayer: AVAudioPlayer!

	static func playTheOldWay(sound: String, status: Bool) {
	let previewURL = URL(string: sound)
	print("Preview Track URL: \(sound)")
	let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: previewURL!) { data, _, error in
	guard let _ = data,
	error == nil else {
	Logger.viewCycle.info("PreviewTrack - \(error?.localizedDescription ?? "Response Error")")
	return }
	if let data = data {
	self.audioPlayer = try? AVAudioPlayer(data: data)
	if status {
	Logger.viewCycle.info("PreviewTrack - Playing Track...")
	self.audioPlayer.play()
	}
	else {
	Logger.viewCycle.info("PreviewTrack - Stoppimng Track...")
	self.audioPlayer.stop()
	}
	}
	}
	task.resume()
	}
	}