AVAudioRecorder Won't Record On Device

Question

This is my method:

-(void) playOrRecord:(UIButton *)sender {
    if (playBool == YES) {
        NSError *error = nil;
        NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle         


        

Answer 1

I had the exact same problem. It turns out I was bumping up against an incorrectly generated path statement. The AVAudioRecorder initialized fine - and without incident - but iOS simply would not allow me to write to it. Why? Check it out:

    /* The following code will fail - why? It fails because it is trying to write some path that is NOT accessible by
    this app.
NSString *recordedAudioPath = [[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) 
                                objectAtIndex:0] 
                               stringByAppendingString:@"recorded.caf"];
 */
// Correction:
NSString *recordedAudioPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) 
                               objectAtIndex:0];

recordedAudioPath = [recordedAudioPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"recorded.caf"];
NSURL *recordURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:recordedAudioPath];

This makes complete sense now. Thanks for steering me in the right direction.