Playing a Sound from JavaScript in the Apollo Beta

June 6, 2007

I just finished up a book I have been working on (along with Kevin Hoyt and Danny Dura) that covers using JavaScript and HTML to build Apollo applications. In celebration of finally writing my last example, I wanted to post it here.

Here is a simple example that shows how to use Flash Player and ActionScript APIs directly from JavaScript to play a sound in the upcoming Apollo beta.

<html>
    <head>
        <script src="ApolloAliases.js" />
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function playSound() {
                var soundPath = new apollo.URLRequest(
                    "app-resource:/sound.mp3"
                );
                var s = new apollo.Sound();
                s.load(soundPath);
                s.play();
            }
        </script>
    </head>

    <body>
        <input type="button" value="Play" onClick="playSound()" />
    </body>
</html>

It should be pretty self explanatory, and is a good example of how easy it is to use Flash and ActionScript APIs from JavaScript within Apollo applications.

Btw, ApolloAliases.js is a file included in the beta SDK that provides JavaScript aliases into ActionScript APIs to make them easier and more convenient to use from JavaScript.

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Playing a Sound from JavaScript in the Apollo Beta