C# MonoTouch/Xamarin.iOS - AVPlayer Streamed Audio Buffer Start Point

Question

When using an AVPlayer to stream audio from a server - At what point does the player begin loading the audio into itself?

Does it only begin doing this when you click avPlayer.Play() ?

Or does it begin to load the audio immediately at the point of instantiating the AVPlayer with an NSURL?

Answer 1

No, it should begin loading when initialized with an NSUrl. You can check the status with AVPlayer.Status, which will return ReadyToPlay at the appropriate time.