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Shazron Abdullah commented on CB-906:
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re:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Audio/Conceptual/AudioSessionProgrammingGuide/Configuration/Configuration.html
Cordova sets the Audio session category to:
* *AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback* or the equivalent
kAudioSessionCategory_MediaPlayback—Use this category for an application whose
audio playback is of primary importance. Your audio plays even with the screen
locked and with the Ring/Silent switch set to silent.
That's why it still plays when the mute button is toggled on. To respect the
mute button, we have to use either of the "ambient" categories:
* *AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient* or the equivalent
kAudioSessionCategory_AmbientSound—Use this category for an application that
plays sounds that add polish or interest but are not essential to the
application’s use. Using this category, your audio is silenced by the
Ring/Silent switch and when the screen locks.
This category allows audio from the iPod, Safari, and other built-in
applications to play while your application is playing audio. You could, for
example, use this category for an application that provides a virtual musical
instrument that a user plays along to iPod audio.
* *AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient* or the equivalent
kAudioSessionCategory_SoloAmbientSound—Use this category for an application
whose audio you want silenced when the user switches the Ring/Silent switch to
the “silent” position and when the screen locks. This is the default category.
It differs from the AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient category only in that it
silences other audio.
So, just by changing the audio session category we can't get what we want, that
is:
1. play when screen is locked
2. honor the mute button
These two things are mutually exclusive. My proposal is to not break existing
implementations, and add something like the override parameter to "play" as
suggested. Details forthcoming...
> Hardware mute button doesn't effect Media API playback
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>
> Key: CB-906
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-906
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: iOS
> Affects Versions: 1.8.0
> Environment: iPad 2/iOS 5.1.1
> iPhone 4/iOS 5.1.1
> Reporter: Nathan Demick
> Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
> Fix For: 1.9.0
>
>
> When using the Media API, audio is played even if hardware mute button is
> switched on. There is no way to override this setting.
> Expected behavior: Media API respects hardware mute button; optionally an
> "override" argument could be passed to the play() method which ignores the
> mute button.
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