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Shazron Abdullah commented on CB-6495:
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Note for devs:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAudioSession_ClassReference/Reference/Reference.html
see section "Audio Session Categories"
Probably only use a subset of these. Don't forget to update the docs.
> Media plugin : Need way to set session category for iOS
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>
> Key: CB-6495
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6495
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Plugin Media
> Environment: iOS, all
> Reporter: Paul Kane
> Priority: Critical
>
> I need a way to play a sound effect (the occasional "beep") in my Cordova app
> without it shutting down any other Audio Sessions. Currently any sound from
> my app will cancel iTunes/Spotify/etc background music.
> Apple has a bunch of "Audio Session" categories which determine how an app's
> audio will mix with other audio streams. The documentation is here :
> https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAudioSession_ClassReference/Reference/Reference.html
> Anyway, the only 2 audio session categories mentioned in the Media plugin are
> hard-wired in there and not configurable. It should probably be more of an
> option, the way that playAudioWhenScreenIsLocked and numberOfLoops are
> options. The category I needed was AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient. For now
> I've simply hard-wired it in for my project, but I'm going to need to patch
> the plugin after every plugin upgrade, etc.
> Also worth noting, the setCategory function should probably be called before
> the prepareToPlay function (it's not, currently). Without doing that, setting
> the category wasn't having any effect for me. Found the solution here :
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10377959/on-ipad-why-does-avaudiosessioncategoryambient-stop-the-music-playing-in-ipod
> I'm not an iOS programmer, and Objective-C and github both confuse the hell
> out of me so you probably don't want me contributing my code to the plugin,
> but hopefully these notes can be of help to someone better qualified.
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