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iOS

Posted by Mike Hansen
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Mike Hansen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 3,419 Points

I want to make a iPhone app where you can upload music and people can hear it

Hi, i want to make an app for my friends moms company but i'm not sure how to make it. but it should be fairly simple though.

The app should work like this: His mom can go into the app and upload music herself, and then people can listen to that music as a preview and if they like it they can buy it. That's it really, there is no other people that should be able to upload music though, only her.

i'm right now thinking of something like making a website for it then connect the iPhone app to that website.

But i'm new to IOS programming so i don't know what would be more easy.

Regards, Mike

Dustin Spengler
Dustin Spengler
5,480 Points

Thats a pretty broad question so really hardest part is finding step one. The first thing i would personally do, is figure out how to obtain input from the microphone. I haven't tested any of this code, just glanced at it, but it might be a good start.

https://www.hackingwithswift.com/read/33/2/recording-from-the-microphone-with-avaudiorecorder

Once you have the recording, you'll probably want to upload it to a database (I personally use Firebase) and so on.

1 Answer

ianhan3
ianhan3
4,263 Points

Recording from the mic wouldn't be the suggested way since you would be recording a recording. Dustin is right you'll have to store your files somewhere - you can definitely use Firebase Storage for the audio files and the DB to point to the correct locations. I've used Jukebox before as a great out-of-the-box solution to playing audio off a link.

My suggestion would be to set up some client facing site where she can upload her music. Trying to do it from the phone may be pretty cumbersome and you'd have to do a lot of custom work for what is necessarily one person using it. From a consumer side, the easiest way is probably to fire a timer off at the 30 second mark (or whatever you want the preview to be) to stop the audio player and reset. Purchasing would unfortunately fall under digital goods, meaning you'd have to use IAP's and Apple is going to take a 30% cut.

If you want to make a website then connect it to the website that's fine but make sure the app has its own functionality. Apple prohibits apps that function basically only as a UIWebView.

Mike Hansen
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Mike Hansen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 3,419 Points

Thanks for the answer, i didn't mean to record from the mic though. I did mean making a website maybe where she can upload mp3 files and then gonna do the whole purchase thing, on the app.

But i am new to IOS development so it's defiently gonna be difficult, but i believe i can do it :)