Getting Serious on the Playground
I know, let’s write a streaming web radio application!
Don’t panic; this isn’t as scary as you think. We can get this running with shockingly little code. But let’s do so in a new playground. Close the current playground window, and use File > New > Playground to create a new playground. Call it WebRadioPlayground. Keep the line that says import UIKit, but delete the var str = "Hello, playground" line, and replace it with the following:
| 1: | import AVFoundation |
| 2: | let url = NSURL(string: "http://armitunes.com:8010/listen.pls") |
| 3: | let player = AVPlayer(URL: url!) |
| 4: | player.play() |
Nothing will happen just yet, but hang in there…
The code we’ve ...
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