Best ways to play simple sound effect in iOS

Question

I\'m finding a number of conflicting data about playing sounds in iOS. What is a recommended way to play just a simple \"ping\" sound bite every time the user touches the sc

Answer 1

(Small amendment to the correct answer to take care of the disposing of the audio)

NSString *path  = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"soundeffect" ofType:@"m4a"];
NSURL *pathURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath : path];

SystemSoundID audioEffect;
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID((__bridge CFURLRef) pathURL, &audioEffect);
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(audioEffect);
// Using GCD, we can use a block to dispose of the audio effect without using a NSTimer or something else to figure out when it'll be finished playing.
dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(30 * NSEC_PER_SEC)), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    AudioServicesDisposeSystemSoundID(audioEffect);
});