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Shazron Abdullah commented on CB-620:
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See CB-906 and CB-933
> Phonegap needs a way to detect the state of the iPhone mute button (unsure
> about other platforms and if they have mute buttons)
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> Key: CB-620
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-620
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: iOS
> Reporter: Andrew
> Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
>
> So, I am using sound effects as part of my interface. Currently I am playing
> clicks when the user touches one of the buttons, however I have some other
> stuff I may add soon. I am using the Media object and media.play to do this
> (perhaps there is a better way I am simply missing).
> I noticed that my Phonegap app still makes the clicks even when I click the
> mute button, so I looked for details on how to fix this. As far as I could
> see, from numerous posts about this, there isn't a way. This seems bizarre to
> me. I couldn't find an answer to the problem. Someone posted a 1-sentence
> reply and a link to a Stackoverflow answer that was completely in Obj-C, so I
> don't what they were talking about.
> I even found one post that said that in version 1.0 the mute button DID work,
> but people complained that audio wouldn't play when the phone was on mute, so
> the behaviour was changed. Which is craaaaaaaazy. Someone from Nitobi wrote
> "If sound is critical to your application then it should ignore the state of
> the mute switch", which again is craaaazy.
> I love Phonegap because, up until now, everything I've tried with it has
> seemed like an actual native iOs app, and I haven't had those "ugh, ____
> feature doesn't work and it makes this look like a cheap kludge" moments I've
> had with every other alternative to Obj-C that I've tried. This, however, is
> one of those things.
> iPhone users are used to clicking the mute switch while using an app to turn
> the sound off, perhaps to talk to someone or whatnot. I do it all the time.
> If I did it, and the interface kept making sounds, I would instantly hate
> whatever app I was using, and probably look to replace it immediately. Not
> having a way for Phonegap developers to mute their app is bizarre, and, while
> I'm not going to complain to Apple about it, I can't believe they're
> approving apps that exhibit this behavior, it seems like the EXACT kind of
> reason they rejects apps for. I have never read the HIG rules as far as
> muting sounds goes however, because it's SUCH a standard thing, 100% of
> native apps just do it, it's not even an issue.
> So, what can be done? Is there something I'm missing? I guess right now I'm
> going to have to leave sounds out of my interface, but that's lazy, and as
> someone who cares deeply about having a polished, professional interface,
> adding audio cues is something high on my list of must-haves. I'm not too
> happy about just giving them up because there's no event to detect the mute
> button.
> I sure hope I am making a fool of myself and have missed something easy, and
> that there's a simple solution to this!
> Andrew T.
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