#Swift Radio
Swift Radio is an open source radio station app with robust and professional features. This is a fully realized Radio App built entirely in Swift 2.
##Video
View this GETTING STARTED VIDEO.
It's short & sweet to give you a quick overview.
Give it a quick watch.
##Features
- LastFM API and New iTunes API Integration to automatically download Album Art
- Loads and parses metadata (Track & Artist information)
- Current Artist & Track displayed on Stations page
- Displays Artist, Track, & Album Art on Lock Screen
- Ability to update playlist from server or locally. (Update stations anytime without resubmitting to app store!)
- Custom views optimized for iPhone 4s, 5, 6 and 6+ for backwards compatibility
- Compiles with Xcode 7 & Swift 2.0
- Background audio performance
- Supports local or hosted station images
- "About" page with ability to send email & visit website
- Uses industry standard SwiftyJSON library for easy JSON manipulation
- Pull to Refresh Stations
##Important Notes
- 10.21.15 Update: Added option to use iTunes API to download album art. (See FAQ below). iTunes art is 100px x 100px. i.e. It is smaller than LastFM artwork. So, if you use this API instead, you will want to adjust the UI of your app.
- LastFM is working on their API signups. So, you may have trouble signing up for a LastFM key, hopefully they fix that soon. More info in FAQ below.
- Volume slider works great in devices, not simulator. This is an Xcode simulator issue.
- Radio stations in demo are for demonstration purposes only.
- For a production product, you may want to swap out the MPMoviePlayerController for a more robust streaming library/SDK (with stream stitching, interruption handling, etc).
- Uses Meng To's Spring library for animation, making it easy experiment with different UI/UX animations
- SwiftyJSON & Spring are included in the repo to get you up & running quickly. It's on the roadmap to utilize CocoaPods in the future.
##Credits
Created by Matthew Fecher, Twitter: @goFecher
Thanks to Basel Farag, from Denver Swift Heads for the code review.
##Requirements
- iOS 8.0+ / Mac OS X 10.9+
- Xcode 7
##Setup
The "SwiftRadio-Settings.swift" file contains some project settings to get you started. If you use LastFM, please enter your own LastFM Key.
Watch this Getting Started Video to get up & running quickly.
##Integration
Includes full Xcode Project to jumpstart development.
##Stations
Includes an example "stations.json" file. You may upload the JSON file to a server, so that you can update the stations in the app without resubmitting to the app store. The following fields are supported in the app:
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name: The name of the station as you want it displayed (e.g. "Sub Pop Radio")
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streamURL: The url of the actual stream
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imageURL: Station image url. Station images in demo are 350x206. Image can be local or hosted. Leave out the "http" to use a local image (You can use either: "station-subpop" or "http://myurl.com/images/station-subpop.jpg")
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desc: Short 2 or 3 word description of the station as you want it displayed (e.g. "Outlaw Country")
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longDesc: Long description of the station to be used on the "info screen". This is optional.
##Contributions
Contributions are very welcome. Please create a separate branch (e.g. features/3dtouch). Please do not commit on master.
##FAQ
Q: Do I have to pay you anything if I make an app with this code?
A: Nope. This is completely open source, you can do whatever you want with it. It's usually cool to thank the project if you use the code. Go build stuff. Enjoy.
Q: How do I use the iTunes API instead of LastFM?
A: In the SwiftRadio-Settings.swift file, set the "useLastFM" key to "false". You do not need an API key to use the iTunes API. It is free.
Q: The LastFM site isn't working properly? I can't create an API key.
A: Official word from LastFM "the team are working to add support as soon as possible". You do not need a LastFM key if you use the iTunes (or other) API.
Q: Is there another API to get album/track information besides LastFM and iTunes?
A: Rovi has a pretty sweet music API. The Echo Nest has all kinds of APIs that are fun to play with.
Q: I updated the album art size in the Storyboard, and now the sizing is acting funny?
A: There is an albumArt constraint modified in the code. See the "optimizeForDeviceSize()" method in the NowPlayingVC.
Q: My radio station isn't playing?
A: Paste your stream URL into a browser to see if it will play there. The stream may be offline or have a weak connection.
Q: The song names aren't appearing for my station?
A: Check with your stream provider to make sure they are sending Metadata properly. If a station sends data in a unique way, you can modify the way the app parses the metadata in the "metadataUpdated" method in the NowPlayingViewController.
##RadioKit SDK Example
- You can use this Swift code as a front-end for a more robust streaming backend.
- Brian Stormont, creator of RadioKit, has created a branch with the professional RadioKit SDK already integrated. Plus, his branch adds rewind & fast forward stream playback. This is an excellent learning tool for those who are interested in seeing how a streaming library integrates with Swift Radio Pro. View the branch here.