Ionic3 how to play audio file? - html

I am trying to make a audio player for Ionic3.
First, I used tag in html. It works on IOS but not work in Android.
Second, I tried #ionic-native/media. But it should record first and can play.
I am wondering to how to implement audio player.
Please help.


You can easily use Ionic-audio plugin for that.
Here is the Demo
npm install ionic-audio --save
An audio player plugin for Ionic that works out of the box in the
browser and device using an underlying audio provider depending on the
environment. When running inside the browser the plugin will default
to a Web Audio provider, whereas on a device it will switch to Cordova
Media if cordova-plugin-media is available, otherwise falls back to
web audio.
Git Repo

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It only plays from web or sdcard, but that's rarely too bad.
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