Add background audio to my Project Siena App

I want my audio player to play the song even if the application is minimized....
Please Help....
Searched many forums but Didn't find
audtag.setAttribute("msAudioCategory", "BackgroundCapableMedia");
or
<audio id="audtag" autoplay="true" msaudiocategory="BackgroundCapableMedia" src="/sounds/rihana.mp3"></audio>
like stuff......

Hello,
As long as you stay in your app you can do the following in Siena.
Assuming you have your audioplayer on screen1. Set the start parameter of the player to "audiostart" and the loop to "true"
In the onVisible of the screen you can then add the following (you can add that to a button or something else too)
UpdateContext({startaudio:false});UpdateContext({startaudio:true})
That will keep on playing the audio regardless of the fact that you are moving away from the screen.
Just make sure that your parameter autopause is set to False (same with autostart).
Reading your post you want in to play even when moving completely away from the app (e.g. start doing something completely else).
I'm not sure that is possible today with Siena. If that's a function you want to add to the wishlist you can add it to
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2e1f9446-56b2-419a-9c17-7037d2cd6146/from-the-community-overview-of-requested-additional-functionality?forum=projectsiena
Regards
StonyArc
http://www.stonyarc.com http://www.xboxlivenation.com

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