I am building an app with extensive audio requirements, so I am using SoundJS for that, and I am compiling the app using phonegap.
I am using the mobile safe approach to build a soundJS app. It seems that there are different audio plugins, including a special Cordova audio plugin. So, I am not able to register any of these plugins on the compiled app. This is because registering any plugin requires to check if this plugin is supported or not. In case of the cordova, the method isSupported checks for the following:
if (s._capabilities != null || !(window.cordova || window.PhoneGap || window.phonegap) || !window.Media) { return;}
This means when the app is compiled, there is no global variable called window.cordova or phonegap and no global variable called window.media (I think this is the media plugin that needs to be installed to get soundjs to work, and I have added it to the config.xml that I'm using for phonegap build.
So the question is, how to investigate what is wrong, how to know if for example the media plugin is not installed properly (all from the javascript variables that we can use, as I am not able to use any other debugging), or is it the case that when I compile using phonegap build there is no variables for cordova or phonegap.. can we list all global variables to see which ones are used?
Edit Thanks Jesse for drawing my attention to these points about phonegap, so I built a small app just to test the deviceready event, but for some reason it still doesn't work when compiled by phonegap build:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Cordova Device Ready Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="js/soundjs-NEXT.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="js/cordovaaudioplugin-NEXT.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
// Call onDeviceReady when Cordova is loaded.
//
// At this point, the document has loaded but cordova-2.3.0.js has not.
// When Cordova is loaded and talking with the native device,
// it will call the event `deviceready`.
//
function onLoad() {
document.getElementById("doc_loaded").innerHTML="Document Loaded"
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
}
// Cordova is loaded and it is now safe to make calls Cordova methods
//
function onDeviceReady() {
// Now safe to use the Cordova API\
document.getElementById("device_loaded").innerHTML="Device Loaded"
if (window.cordova || window.PhoneGap || window.phonegap){
document.getElementById("phonegap_loaded").innerHTML="Phonegap Loaded"
}
if (window.Media){
document.getElementById("media_loaded").innerHTML="Media Loaded"
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="onLoad()">
Hello Hello, testing phonegap deviceready
<div id="doc_loaded">Loading Doc</div>
<div id="device_loaded">Loading Device</div>
<div id="phonegap_loaded">Detecting Phonegap</div>
<div id="media_loaded">Detecting Media</div>
</body>
</html>
Can you please help me locate where can the problem be?
EDIT2 I figured out that the deviceready was not working because I didn't add cordova:
<script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>
So, when I did, I was able to initialize the cordova audio plugin. However, I am still unable to play sound, despite using mobile safe approach:
(this code is hosted on arbsq.net/h6/)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>SoundJS: Mobile Safe</title>
<link href="css/shared.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<link href="css/examples.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<link href="css/soundjs.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<script src="js/examples.js"></script>
</head>
<body onload="loading_doc()">
<header class="SoundJS">
<h1>Mobile Safe Play</h1>
<p>This example registers and plays a sound with SoundJS in a way that will
work on mobile devices.</p>
</header>
<div class="content" id="content" style="height: auto">
<p id="status">Hello World.</p>
</div>
<div id="error">
<h2>Sorry!</h2>
<p>SoundJS is not currently supported in your browser.</p>
<p>Please <a href="http://github.com/CreateJS/SoundJS/issues" target="_blank">log a bug</a>
with the device and browser you are using. Thank you.</p>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="js/soundjs-NEXT.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="js/cordovaaudioplugin-NEXT.min.js"></script>
<!-- We also provide hosted minified versions of all CreateJS libraries.
http://code.createjs.com -->
<script id="editable">
var displayMessage; // the HTML element we use to display messages to the user
this.myNameSpace = this.myNameSpace || {};
function loading_doc() {
if(( /(ipad|iphone|ipod|android|windows phone)/i.test(navigator.userAgent) )) {
document.addEventListener('deviceready', init, false);
} else {
init();
}
}
function init() {
// store this off because walking the DOM to get the reference is expensive
displayMessage = document.getElementById("status");
// if this is on mobile, sounds need to be played inside of a touch event
if (createjs.BrowserDetect.isIOS || createjs.BrowserDetect.isAndroid || createjs.BrowserDetect.isBlackberry || createjs.BrowserDetect.isWindowPhone) {
//document.addEventListener("click", handleTouch, false); // works on Android, does not work on iOS
displayMessage.addEventListener("click", handleTouch, false); // works on Android and iPad
displayMessage.innerHTML = "Touch to Start";
}
else {
handleTouch(null);
}
}
// launch the app inside of this scope
function handleTouch(event) {
displayMessage.removeEventListener("click", handleTouch, false);
// launch the app by creating it
var thisApp = new myNameSpace.MyApp();
}
// create a namespace for the application
// this is a function closure
(function () {
// the application
function MyApp() {
this.init();
}
MyApp.prototype = {
src: null, // the audio src we are trying to play
soundInstance: null, // the soundInstance returned by Sound when we create or play a src
displayStatus: null, // the HTML element we use to display messages to the user
loadProxy: null,
init: function () {
// store the DOM element so we do repeatedly pay the cost to look it up
this.displayStatus = document.getElementById("status");
// this does two things, it initializes the default plugins, and if that fails the if statement triggers and we display an error
// NOTE that WebAudioPlugin plays an empty sound when initialized, which activates web audio on iOS if played inside of a function with a touch event in its callstack
if (!createjs.Sound.initializeDefaultPlugins()) {
document.getElementById("error").style.display = "block";
document.getElementById("content").style.display = "none";
return;
}
// Create a single item to load.
var assetsPath = "audio/";
this.src = assetsPath + "M-GameBG.ogg";
this.displayStatus.innerHTML = "Waiting for load to complete."; // let the user know what's happening
// NOTE createjs.proxy is used to apply scope so we stay within the touch scope, allowing sound to play on mobile devices
this.loadProxy = createjs.proxy(this.handleLoad, this);
createjs.Sound.alternateExtensions = ["mp3"]; // add other extensions to try loading if the src file extension is not supported
createjs.Sound.addEventListener("fileload", this.loadProxy); // add event listener for when load is completed.
createjs.Sound.registerSound(this.src); // register sound, which preloads by default
return this;
},
// play a sound inside
handleLoad: function (event) {
this.soundInstance = createjs.Sound.play(event.src); // start playback and store the soundInstance we are currently playing
this.displayStatus.innerHTML = "Playing source: " + event.src; // let the user know what we are playing
createjs.Sound.removeEventListener("fileload", this.loadProxy); // we only load 1 sound, so remove the listener
}
}
// add MyApp to myNameSpace
myNameSpace.MyApp = MyApp;
}());
</script>
</body>
</html>
