How to stream audio from URL without downloading mp3 file on device

Question

How would I stream audio from a URL in Swift without downloading the mp3 file on the device? What do I need to import? Do I need certain libraries? Add anything to the info.plis

Answer 1

You can use iOS AVPLayer for Streaming audio from url.

var player: AVPlayer!
let url  = URL.init(string:   "https://www.soundhelix.com/examples/mp3/SoundHelix-Song-1.mp3")

let playerItem: AVPlayerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url!)
player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)

let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player!)

playerLayer?.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 10, height: 50)
        self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer!)
player.play()