### Start the Metro Server

Source: https://github.com/zmxv/react-native-sound/blob/master/example/README.md

Run the following command from the root of your React Native project to start Metro, the JavaScript bundler that ships with React Native. This server is required to bundle your application code.

```bash
# using npm
npm start
```

```bash
# OR using Yarn
yarn start
```

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### Start the Application for iOS

Source: https://github.com/zmxv/react-native-sound/blob/master/example/README.md

With the Metro Bundler running in a separate terminal, open a new terminal from the root of your project and run this command to build and launch your application on an connected iOS device or simulator.

```bash
# using npm
npm run ios
```

```bash
# OR using Yarn
yarn ios
```

--------------------------------

### Start the Application for Android

Source: https://github.com/zmxv/react-native-sound/blob/master/example/README.md

With the Metro Bundler running in a separate terminal, open a new terminal from the root of your project and run this command to build and launch your application on an connected Android device or emulator.

```bash
# using npm
npm run android
```

```bash
# OR using Yarn
yarn android
```

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### Basic Audio Playback and Control with react-native-sound (JavaScript)

Source: https://github.com/zmxv/react-native-sound/blob/master/README.md

This snippet demonstrates the fundamental usage of the react-native-sound library. It shows how to import the module, set the audio category, load a sound file from the app bundle, handle loading errors, play the sound with a completion callback, adjust volume and pan, set looping behavior, seek to a specific time, get current playback time, pause, stop, and finally release the sound resource.

```JavaScript
// Import the react-native-sound module
var Sound = require('react-native-sound');

// Enable playback in silence mode
Sound.setCategory('Playback');

// Load the sound file 'whoosh.mp3' from the app bundle
// See notes below about preloading sounds within initialization code below.
var whoosh = new Sound('whoosh.mp3', Sound.MAIN_BUNDLE, (error) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log('failed to load the sound', error);
    return;
  }
  // loaded successfully
  console.log('duration in seconds: ' + whoosh.getDuration() + 'number of channels: ' + whoosh.getNumberOfChannels());

  // Play the sound with an onEnd callback
  whoosh.play((success) => {
    if (success) {
      console.log('successfully finished playing');
    } else {
      console.log('playback failed due to audio decoding errors');
    }
  });
});

// Reduce the volume by half
whoosh.setVolume(0.5);

// Position the sound to the full right in a stereo field
whoosh.setPan(1);

// Loop indefinitely until stop() is called
whoosh.setNumberOfLoops(-1);

// Get properties of the player instance
console.log('volume: ' + whoosh.getVolume());
console.log('pan: ' + whoosh.getPan());
console.log('loops: ' + whoosh.getNumberOfLoops());

// Seek to a specific point in seconds
whoosh.setCurrentTime(2.5);

// Get the current playback point in seconds
whoosh.getCurrentTime((seconds) => console.log('at ' + seconds));

// Pause the sound
whoosh.pause();

// Stop the sound and rewind to the beginning
whoosh.stop(() => {
  // Note: If you want to play a sound after stopping and rewinding it,
  // it is important to call play() in a callback.
  whoosh.play();
});

// Release the audio player resource
whoosh.release();
```

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