Let's simulate our own little music player by creating user interface buttons that will control the audio calls:
In the
Chapter 6folder, copy theControlling Audioproject folder to your desktop. You will notice several art assets, aui.lualibrary and asong2.mp3file inside. You can download the project files accompanying this book from the Packt website:
In the same project folder, create a brand new
main.luafile.Load the audio file via
loadStream(), name itbackgroundSound, and call the UI library. Also add in a local variable calledmyMusic:local ui = require("ui") local backgroundSound = audio.loadStream("song2.mp3") local myMusicCreate a local function called
onPlayTouch()with an event parameter to play the audio file. Add anifstatement that containsevent.phase == "release", so that the music starts playing upon button release. Apply theplayBtndisplay object as a new UI button:local onPlayTouch = function( event ) if event.phase == "release...