Hi everyone. I'm new to App Inventor and I'm managing to make a Radio App using a streaming URL. Everything is fine, but I can't get it to play immediatelly after clicking the play button. It takes a few seconds to start. I've tried some suggestions posted on the forum but when they are enabled, the player doesn't even start. I've attached a
It will take a couple of seconds for the player to buffer the stream so that it has something to play.
You can help the user by using a clock timer and a notifier progress dialog...
Exactly! Not convinced about the delay before the audio is played; play this in your PC's browser http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_radio_one just click on the link and see how long it takes to play the audio stream.
Just click on the blue link; it takes about six seconds to load the buffer to play the stream
This delay is not an issue with App Inventor but is just how things work.