The state
read-only property of the BaseAudioContext
interface returns the current state of the AudioContext
.
Syntax
baseAudioContext.state;
Value
A DOMString
. Possible values are:
suspended
: The audio context has been suspended (with theAudioContext.suspend()
method.)running
: The audio context is running normally.closed
: The audio context has been closed (with theAudioContext.close()
method.)
Example
The following snippet is taken from our AudioContext states demo (see it running live.) The AudioContext.onstatechange
hander is used to log the current state to the console every time it changes.
audioCtx.onstatechange = function() { console.log(audioCtx.state); }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Audio API The definition of 'state' in that specification. |
Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
state | Chrome Full support 43 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox
Full support
53
| IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari
Full support
9
| WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
53
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS
Full support
9
| Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.