how to play an audio file - .NET MAUI

Question

I want to play a sound on my mobile application (for android and iOS) in certain circumstances. How can I do it?

Answer 1

There is way to play audio/video (mp3/mp4) in .NET MAUI: MediaElement control of Communitytoolkit with support for Android/iOS/Windows/Tizen/Mac.

Use NuGet to install, search for 'CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement'.

Put local files in "Resources/Raw" with BuildAction=MauiAsset

xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2022/maui/toolkit"

Inside a contentPage (xaml/c#)

<toolkit:MediaElement x:Name="correctMediaElement" IsVisible="false"
            Source="embed://crrect_answer2.mp3" />

internal static void PlaySound()
{
    if (correctMediaElement.CurrentState != CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core.Primitives.MediaElementState.Stopped &&
        correctMediaElement.CurrentState != CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core.Primitives.MediaElementState.Paused)
    {
        correctMediaElement.Stop();
    }

    if (correctMediaElement.Position != TimeSpan.Zero)
    {
        //Will Play sound here
        correctMediaElement.SeekTo(TimeSpan.Zero);
    }
    else if (correctMediaElement.CurrentState != CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core.Primitives.MediaElementState.Playing)
    {
        correctMediaElement.Play();
    }
}

for more information:
MediaElement doc
DevBlogs.Microsoft.com