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How do I get my app to show the "Tap to Airplay" banner on launch
I would like my app to show the airplay suggestion like Spotify does.
I have enabled background audio in the app's capabilities, I use try audioSession.setCategory(.playback) on app launch, and then I ...
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AVPlayerViewController plays audio through airplay when allowsExternalPlayback is false
I have a main video that plays through AVPlayerViewController that should be played through Airplay to e.g. the AppleTV. This is how I set up the view controller:
let player = AVPlayer(url: url)
let ...
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How to prevent iOS app to be suspended in the background during the call?
I am developing an iOS app that plays audio and video files using AVPlayer. The app needs to play media files also when the app is backgrounded.
I successfully enabled background play by using Audio, ...
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On iOS, how can I force AVRoutePickerView to allow route switching between speaker and the handset?
Right now, when the user presses the AVRoutePickerView, they get a choice of iPhone and other AirPlay targets. And picking iPhone uses the speakerphone to play back audio:
I'd like there to be an ...
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Detect the AirPlay Device Type iPhone is Connected To
Is there a way to get the AirPlay device type the iPhone is connected to? For instance, is there a way to know that the iPhone is connected to a HomePod, an Apple TV, or AirPods via AirPlay? I would ...
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React to audio being connected & disconnected to an airplay device
I'm looking for a way to immediately react to the audio output being connected and disconnected to an airplay device.
There are UIScreen.didConnectNotification and UIScreen.didDisconnectNotification ...
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Get Connected AirPlay Device Name
I want to get the name of the AirPlay or Bluetooth device my iPhone is connected to. I have somewhat achieved this with the following code...
let currentRoute = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()....
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How to send audio output to Apple TV?
I want to add a button to send the audio output to the Applle TV. I use below code but it does not work. Can you help what I am doing wrong?
First I change the AVAudioSession category to be ...
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Split audio route in active VoiceChat AVAudioSession to play at AirPlay but record using a device
I'm building a video chat app for iPhone.
One of the requirements that it should work fine with AirPlay.
Once I'm switching to AirPlay the video goes to the AppleTV but audio stays on the phone. The ...
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How to use PlayAndRecord session with ability to switch output to Speaker
I'm writing and iOS audio/video chat app with several pre-conditions:
I'm using PlayAndRecord category to establish a audio/video chat.
I have also a button to which allows user to switch to the ...
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List available output audio target AVAudioSession
I need to list the audio outputs available to an iOS application. My question is similar to this one: How to list available audio output route on iOS
i tried this code:
NSError *setCategoryError = ...
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AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord makes AirPlay invisible
I am encountering the following problem: AirPlay becomes not available whenever I set play-and-record category to the audio session in my application:
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance]
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AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord with Airplay
My app uses the microphone and outputs audio, so I am setting my Audio Session to the Play and Record Category, but this seems to disable Airplay. If I set the category to Play, Airplay works fine ...
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