Audio not working on iOS devices

[redromnon]

Description:
I've basically created a music web app using Flet and deployed it on Replit.

The issue lies with the most important function of the app - the audio - for iOS devices. The audio plays perfectly well on a Linux laptop (Brave Browser), MacBook (Safari) and Andriod phone (Chrome).

But I cannot hear any audio when I try to play any music on an iPhone and iPad (Safari and Firefox).

• Is audio not supported on iOS?
• I thought it's got to something with the auto-play feature, but disabling that also fails.
• Or is it something to do with how Replit handles audio?

[FeodorFitsner]

Just checked your app. That was really hard to spot a search box! :)

Indeed, the audio doesn't work in a mobile Safari, though it works on macOS in both Safari and Chrome. I'll try to investigate.

[FeodorFitsner]

Could you drop a few links to audio files you are trying to play?

[FeodorFitsner]

Oops, there is an open issue (without a solution/workaround 😟): bluefireteam/audioplayers#813

[FeodorFitsner]

https://pub.dev/packages/just_audio could be an alternative. Will investigate.

[redromnon]

Thanks for the response!

Oops, there is an open issue (without a solution/workaround worried): bluefireteam/audioplayers#813

Well, that's unfortunate.

https://pub.dev/packages/just_audio could be an alternative. Will investigate.

I believe a user commented on the linked issue that just_audio works just fine. So it looks promising.

Moreover, the same issue exists on Chrome as well. I'll let you know about that too.

[redromnon]

Yep, it doesn't work on Chrome as well (iPhone & iPad tested).

[redromnon]

Hi, has there been any progress made on this?

[ndonkoHenri]

Issue should be moved to Flet main repo, I think.

[FeodorFitsner]

It could be related to a codec used to make a recording: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75932402/html5-audio-element-fails-to-play-audio-on-safari-on-ios, hence "unsupported" message. @redromnon have you tried playing various recordings?

[redromnon]

@redromnon have you tried playing various recordings?

I've tried playing .mp4 and .webm audio formats on iOS.