iphone - streaming audio player for background play

Question

Currently, I am developing an app in which there is need of play an streaming audio. I am using mpmovieplayercontroller to play streaming audio. It is working fine for me. However, the audio is stopping when the device goes into sleeping mode or enters into background mode. I want to play audio also in these two mode condition. How can I play streaming audio in these two modes? I am also open to another player.

Answer 1

I'd check out Matt Gallagher's Audio Streamer. I use it in an audio streaming application and it works fantastically. It also supports background streaming, like what you're looking for: https://github.com/mattgallagher/AudioStreamer