This document describes the supported formats for Audio data type in a Native Mobile Applications.
Remember that some manufacturers or the usage of third-party extension could accept other formats/codecs.
The following table does not pretend to be exhaustive, it only focuses in those formats which are widely used and supported natively on each platform.
Format |
Android |
Apple |
.3gp |
ü |
|
.aac |
ü |
ü |
.ac3 |
|
ü |
.aif |
|
ü |
.caf |
|
ü |
.flac |
ü |
|
.m4a |
ü |
ü |
.mid |
ü |
|
.mkv |
ü |
|
.mp3 |
ü |
ü |
.mp4 |
ü |
ü |
.ogg |
ü |
|
.wav |
ü |
ü |
Audio data type
Audio external object
Android Developer - Audio formats and codecs
iOS Developer - Supported Audio File and Data Formats in OS X