How to Stop UIWebView from playing mp3?

Question

I am loading a MP3 file into UIWebView control on an iPad Application, I have a UIButton called done the user expected to dismiss the UIWebView and stop the music, here is a code snippet:

// points to the mp3 file path
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:self.sFilePath]; 
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[web loadRequest:request];

When the user hit done I do the following:

[self.webview removeFromSuperview];
[self.webview release];

But that does not stop the music from playing, I noticed that loading mp3 files on UIWebView opens the QuickTime player is that correct way?

I am greatly appreciative of any guidance or help.

Answer 1

I suggest that you play the sound yourself using for example AVAudioPlayer (probably the easiest way to play and control sounds in iOS).

Something like this:

NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:self.sFilePath];
NSData *mySound = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithData:mySound error:NULL];
audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = 0;
[audioPlayer play];

You can then stop the sound as simple as:

[audioPlayer stop];

or

[audioPlayer pause];

Don't forget to include the AVFoundation.framework in your project.