I am working on an app which plays audio - https://youtu.be/VbAfUk_eYl0?si=nJg5ayy2faWE78-g - and one of the features is, on restart, if you had paused playback of a file at the time the app was previously shut down (or were playing one at the time of shutdown), the paused state and position in the file is restored exactly as it was, on restart.
The functionality works. However, it seems impossible to get the "now playing" information in iOS into the right state to reflect that via the MediaPlayer API. On restart, handlers are attached to the play/pause/togglePlayPause actions on MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared(), and the map of media info is updated on MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo.
What happens is that iOS's media view shows the audio as playing and offers a pause button - even though the play action is enabled and the pause action is disabled.
Once playback has been initiated (my workaround is to have the pause action toggle the play state, since otherwise you wouldn't be able to initiate playback from controls in a car without initiating it once from a device first).
I've created a simplified white-noise-player demo to illustrate the problem - simply build and deploy it, and then start the app, lock your device and look at the playback controls on the lock screen. It will show a pause button - same behavior I've described.
https://github.com/timboudreau/ios-play-pause-demo
I've tried a few things to narrow down the source of the issue - for example, thinking that not MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackProgress and MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration might be the culprit (since the system interpolates elapsed time and it's recommended to update those properties infrequently) on startup might do the trick, but the result is the same, just without a duration or progress shown.
What governs this behavior, and is there some way to explicitly tell the media player API your current state is paused?
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I'd like to add a share extension to my app (an Action app extension, I think). The extension would appear when users share a photo in the Photos app (and, ideally, Safari). If you tapped my app icon on the share sheet, iOS would pass the photo to my app and switch the user from Photos or Safari to my full app, with the shared photo(s) available for my app to work with.
I know this is possible, because Instagram (a third-party app) works exactly like this. If you look at an image in the Photos app, tap Share and then tap Instagram, iOS will background the Photos app, activate the Instagram app and let you edit and post your photo in the main Instagram app.
It seems like NSExtensionContext#open(_:completionHandler:) might do this if I add a custom URL to my main app, but the documentation for that says:
Each extension point determines whether to support this method, or under which conditions to support this method. In iOS, the Today and iMessage app extension points support this method.
That would rule out an Action, Photo Editing or Share extension. But then how does Instagram do this, and how can I achieve the same in my app?
I know that it's possible for an Action, Photo Editing or Share extension to open as a mini-app on top of the app providing the content. But coordinating the IPC for that is much, much more work (for my particular app) than just switching the user over to the app, with full access to all the functionality and data that my main app usually has access to.
The documentation of the Apple Music Feed API states that the Album object would include songs — a list of songs in the album. As per the doc, this would be an array of object Album.RelatedSong, which would include both an id and nameDefault.
Unfortunately, the album parquet files only include the song id and not the name of the song itself.
Please advise - is the documentation incorrect or are the recently posted parquet files in error?
Topic:
Media Technologies
SubTopic:
General
For some users in production, there's a high probability that after launching the App, using AVPlayer to play any local audio resources results in the following error. Restarting the App doesn't help.
issue:
[error: Error Domain=AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11800 "这项操作无法完成" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=发生未知错误(24), NSLocalizedDescription=这项操作无法完成, NSUnderlyingError=0x30311f270 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=24 "Too many open files"}}
I've checked the code, and there aren't actually multiple AVPlayers playing simultaneously. What could be causing this?
I'm working on adding CarPlay support to an audio app and am running into an issue. Occasionally, when a user opens the app from CarPlay while the main app scene is either not connected or is currently in the background, I will receive an error when attempting to activate the audio session. The code below mimics my setup:
do {
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playback, mode: .spokenAudio)
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
} catch {
print(error) // NSOSStatusErrorDomain - 560557684: Session activation failed
}
That error code maps to AVAudioSession.ErrorCode.cannotInterruptOthers.
Once in this state, all subsequent attempts to play different pieces of content will fail. However, things will start working normally if the user opens the app on their phone and tries again from CarPlay (while the app is in the foreground on their phone).
I'm not sure why it would behave this way and want to note that I do have the audio background mode capability enabled.
Has anyone else encountered this? Are there any workarounds or changes I could make to prevent this from happening?
Our team conducted security testing and found one vulnerability with fairplay license acquisition.
Our QA engineer manually changed the device's system date and time (setting it 4 days into the future) and was able to successfully obtain a license response and initiate playback on an iOS device. However, on an Android device, the license acquisition failed.
Can you please tell us if Time Manipulation Detection is available in FairPlay SDK?
Hello,
I have a CarPlay Navigation app and utilize the AVSpeechSynthesizer to speak directions to a user. Everything works great on my CarPlay simulator as well as when plugged into my GMC truck. However, I found out yesterday that one of my users with a Ford truck the audio would cut in an out.
After much troubleshooting, I was able to replicate this on my own truck when using Bluetooth to connect to CarPlay. My user was also utilizing Bluetooth. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a fix to the problem?
import SwiftUI
import AVFoundation
class TextToSpeechService: NSObject, ObservableObject, AVSpeechSynthesizerDelegate {
private var speechSynthesizer = AVSpeechSynthesizer()
static let shared = TextToSpeechService()
override init() {
super.init()
speechSynthesizer.delegate = self
}
func configureAudioSession() {
speechSynthesizer.delegate = self
do {
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playback, mode: .voicePrompt, options: [.mixWithOthers, .allowBluetooth])
} catch {
print("Failed to set audio session category: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
func speak(_ text: String) {
Task(priority: .high) {
let speechUtterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: text)
speechUtterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.currentLanguageCode())
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true, options: .notifyOthersOnDeactivation)
speechSynthesizer.speak(speechUtterance)
}
}
func speechSynthesizer(_ synthesizer: AVSpeechSynthesizer, didFinish utterance: AVSpeechUtterance) {
Task {
stopSpeech()
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(false)
}
}
func stopSpeech() {
speechSynthesizer.stopSpeaking(at: .immediate)
}
}
I am reaching out regarding an issue with my Apple FairPlay Streaming Certificate. To generate the certificate signing request (CSR), I used the following OpenSSL commands:
openssl genrsa -out private_key.pem 1024 openssl req -new -key private_key.pem -out request.csr
However, according to the guide provided by Apple and instructions from my DRM provider, I should have used:
openssl genrsa -aes256 -out privatekey.pem 1024 openssl req -new -sha1 -key privatekey.pem -out certreq.csr -subj "/CN=SubjectName /OU=OrganizationalUnit /O=Organization /C=US"
I suspect this discrepancy might be causing the issue with my FairPlay certificate. After obtaining the fairplay.cer file and importing it into Keychain Access, I noticed the following:
When I expand the certificate in Keychain Access, I can only see a public key and no private key.
As a result, I am unable to export the certificate as a .p12 file, as this option is disabled.
As per my DRM provider's instructions, I need to export the certificate along with the corresponding private key as a .p12 file with a password. Since the private key is not visible in Keychain Access, I am unable to proceed further.
I have read the FairPlay Streaming Overview but could not find any reasons as to why this issue is occurring or guidance on the procedure to revoke a certificate.
Additionally, I came across the terms and conditions which mentioned reaching out to product-security at Apple for assistance in revoking corrupt certificates. However, despite reaching out, I have not received a response.
Any help on how to proceed will be great!
It seems currently 5G Network Slicing is only available on URL Request / URL Session / Low level network and not on AVPlayer, is it possible to have the app using default slice when start the app and only enable Network Slicing when streaming video via AVPlayer?
I'm using Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode in my native iOS application, which is similar to Google Meet, using the VideoSDK.live Native iOS SDK. The SDK has built-in support for PiP and it's working fine for the most part.
However, I'm running into a problem:
When the app enters PiP mode, the local camera (self-video) of the participant freezes or stops. I want to fix this and achieve the same smooth behavior seen in apps like Google Meet and WhatsApp, where the local camera keeps working even in PiP mode.
I've been trying to find documentation or examples on how to achieve this but haven't had much luck. I came across a few mentions that using the camera in the background may require special entitlements from Apple (like in the entitlements file). Most of the official documentation says background camera access is restricted due to Apple’s privacy policies.
So my questions are:
Has anyone here successfully implemented background camera access in PiP mode on iOS?
If yes, what permissions or entitlements are required?
How do apps like WhatsApp and Google Meet achieve this functionality on iPhones?
Any help, advice, or pointers would be really appreciated!
Topic:
Media Technologies
SubTopic:
Photos & Camera
Hi. I am working on an audio app for iOS. I have implemented UI and handling which allows the user to change playback rate of audio. When the user selects a different rate, I update the rate property on my AVQueuePlayer. This is working well on device.
When I use Airplay, it works for some devices and not for others. Some devices won't change playback rate and will always play at 1x speed.
Is this possibly a limitation of those 3rd-party devices? Or is there something I'm missing/should check? Would love to get playback rate changes working across all Airplay devices with our app.
Kind regards.
Following WWDC 2023 "Support HDR images in your app", I'm trying to save 48-megapixel ProRAWs (taken on an iPhone 14 Pro Max) as HDR HEICs to the Photo Library. After processing the ProRAW file using CIRAWFilter, whether I use CIContext.heif10Representation() or convert to a CGImage, then UIImage, and use UIImage.heicData(), I get photos that behave oddly in the Photo Library. They appear too dark, and visibly brighten when first viewed, but more problematic is that the photos brighten a great deal more when you edit them with the Photos editor. This is the behavior when using the itur_2100_PQ color space, but itur_2100_HLG behaves similarly, except that it gets dramatically darker when edited. This behavior occurs whether CIRAWFilter.extendedDynamicRangeAmount is set to 0.0, or 2.0, or not set at all.
So what am I doing wrong? Here is a minimal iOS app -- well, just the ContentView -- that demonstrates the issue. You also need a .dng ProRAW file included in the project directory named test.dng. I'd love to include such a file, but I can't.
Be prepared for a multi-second wait when you save the photo.
import SwiftUI
import Photos
struct ContentView: View {
let context = CIContext()
let hdrColorSpace = CGColorSpace(name: CGColorSpace.itur_2100_PQ)!
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 100) {
Button("Save Photo From CGImage/UIImage") {
savePhotoFromUIImage()
}
Button("Save Photo From CIImage") {
savePhotoDirectFromCIImage()
}
}.padding(60)
}
//convert RAW with CIRAWFilter to CIImage, then convert to CGImage, then UIImage, then HEIF
private func savePhotoFromUIImage() {
if let ciImage = processRAW(url: Bundle.main.url(forResource:"test", withExtension: "dng")!) {
guard let outputCGImage = context.createCGImage(ciImage, from: ciImage.extent, format: .RGB10, colorSpace: hdrColorSpace) else { return }
let uiImage = UIImage(cgImage: outputCGImage)
if let heicData = uiImage.heicData() {
saveHEIFPhotoToLibrary(imageData: heicData)
} else {
print("Failed to convert UIImage to HEIC")
}
}
}
//convert RAW with CIRAWFilter to CIImage, then to HEIF
private func savePhotoDirectFromCIImage() {
if let ciImage = processRAW(url: Bundle.main.url(forResource:"test", withExtension: "dng")!) {
do {
let heif = try context.heif10Representation(of: ciImage, colorSpace: hdrColorSpace)
saveHEIFPhotoToLibrary(imageData: heif)
} catch {
print("Failed to get HEIF representation from CIContext")
}
}
}
private func processRAW(url: URL) -> CIImage? {
guard let coreRawFilter = CIRAWFilter(imageURL: url) else { return nil }
coreRawFilter.extendedDynamicRangeAmount = 2.0 //the issue persists whether this is not set, or set to 0, or set to, say, 2.0
guard let ciImage = coreRawFilter.outputImage else { return nil }
return ciImage
}
private func saveHEIFPhotoToLibrary(imageData: Data) {
PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
let creationRequest = PHAssetCreationRequest.forAsset()
let options = PHAssetResourceCreationOptions()
creationRequest.addResource(with: .photo, data: imageData, options: options)
}) { success, error in
if let error = error {
print("Error saving photo: \(error.localizedDescription)")
} else {
print("Photo saved.")
}
}
}
}
Topic:
Media Technologies
SubTopic:
Photos & Camera
Tags:
Photos and Imaging
Core Graphics
Core Image
EDR
Hi There, I have an app which access the media library, to save and load files. Since the IOS 18.2, the access to the media library stopped working.
Now, I've noticed that our App doesn't show in the List of apps with access to Files ( Privacy & Security -> Files & Folders).
Weird behavior is that, one iPhone with iOS 18.3.1 can access to the Files but others no, same iOS version 18.3.1. Test on Simulators (MAC) and works fine also.
My info.plist file have the keys to access media library for long time and hasn't changed (at least in the las 4 years) including the key "Privacy - Media Library Usage Description".
Also, I've noticed, that the message (popup) that request access to the media library, when using the app for the first time, doesn't show up anymore. We request access to the network (wifi) and this message still showing up but no the media library.
I'm using Visual Studio with Xamarin on a MAC.
I really appreciate any help you can because is very odd behavior and this started from the iOS 18.2.
Hello everyone,
I'm working on implementing a screen sharing feature using RPSystemBroadcastPickerView and a Broadcast Upload Extension to share the entire app screen in an iOS application.
The Broadcast Upload Extension is set up following Apple's ReplayKit guidelines. However, I’m encountering an issue during the broadcast startup sequence:
❗ Problem Description
The Screen Broadcast UI appears as expected
I tap “Start Broadcast”
The countdown (3 → 2 → 1) completes
Then it immediately reverts to the "Start Broadcast" screen, and screen sharing does not begin
No error messages are displayed
None of the extension lifecycle methods (broadcastStarted(withSetupInfo:), processSampleBuffer, etc.) are called
There are no logs or crash reports, neither in the main app nor in the extension
✅ What Has Been Verified
Info.plist of the Broadcast Upload Extension includes:
NSExtensionPointIdentifier = com.apple.broadcast-services-upload
NSExtensionPrincipalClass set correctly
RPBroadcastProcessMode = RPBroadcastProcessModeSampleBuffer
preferredExtension is set properly to the extension’s bundle identifier
Extension is listed in the main app's build settings under "Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content"
⚠️ Additional Concern
We noticed that in Xcode (latest version), the Broadcast Upload Extension is listed under "Embedded Frameworks" with the setting "Embed Without Signing", and there is no option to change it to "Embed & Sign". We're wondering if this could be the reason the extension fails to launch correctly at runtime, despite being detected by the broadcast picker.
❓ Questions
Has anyone faced similar issues where the broadcast never starts despite correct setup?
Could the "Embed Without Signing" be causing the system to silently cancel or ignore the extension at runtime?
Are there any provisioning profile or entitlement requirements specific to Broadcast Upload Extensions that might trigger this behavior silently?
Any insights, suggestions, or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
I've been trying to use AVMIDIControlChangeEvent with a bankSelect message type to change the instrument the sequencer uses on a AVMusicTrack with no luck.
I started with the Apple AVAEMixerSample, converting the initial setup/loading and portions dealing with the sequencer to Swift. I got that working and playing the "bluesyRiff" and then modified it to play individual notes. So my createAndSetupSequencer looked like
func createAndSetupSequencer() {
sequencer = AVAudioSequencer(audioEngine: engine)
// guard let midiFileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "bluesyRiff", withExtension: "mid") else {
// print (" failed guard trying to get URL for bluesyRiff")
// return
// }
let track = sequencer.createAndAppendTrack()
var currTime = 1.0
for i: UInt32 in 0...8 {
let newNoteEvent = AVMIDINoteEvent(channel: 0, key: 60+i, velocity: 64, duration: 2.0)
track.addEvent(newNoteEvent, at: AVMusicTimeStamp(currTime))
currTime += 2.0
}
The notes played, so then I also replaced the gs_instruments sound bank with GeneralUser GS MuseScore v1.442 first by trying
guard let soundBankURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "GeneralUser GS MuseScore v1.442", withExtension: "sf2") else {
return}
do {
try sampler.loadSoundBankInstrument(at: soundBankURL, program: 0x001C, bankMSB: 0x79, bankLSB: 0x08)
} catch{....
}
This appears to work, the instrument (8 which is "Funk Guitar") plays. If I change to bankLSB: 0x00 I get the "Palm Muted guitar". So I know that the soundfont has these instruments
Stuff goes off the rails when I try to change the instruments in createAndSetupSequencer. Putting
let programChange = AVMIDIProgramChangeEvent(channel: 0, programNumber: 0x001C)
let bankChange = AVMIDIControlChangeEvent(channel: 0, messageType: AVMIDIControlChangeEvent.MessageType.bankSelect, value: 0x00)
track.addEvent(programChange, at: AVMusicTimeStamp(1.0))
track.addEvent(bankChange, at: AVMusicTimeStamp(1.0))
just before my add note loop doesn't produce any change. Loading bankLSB 8 (Funk) in sampler.loadSoundBankInstrument and trying to change with bankSelect 0 (Palm muted) in createAndSetupSequencer results in instrument 8 (Funk) playing not Palm Muted.
Loading bankLSB 0 (Palm muted) and trying to change with bankSelect 8 (Funk) doesn't work, 0 (Palm muted) plays
I also tried sampler.loadInstrument(at: soundBankURL) and then I always get the first instrument in the sound font file (piano)no matter what values I put in my programChange/bankChange
I've also changed the time in the track.addEvent to be 0, 1.0, 3.0 etc to no success
The sampler.loadSoundBankInstrument specifies two UInt8 parameters, bankMSB and BankLSB while the AVMIDIControlChangeEvent bankSelect value is UInt32 suggesting it might be some combination of bankMSB and BankLSB. But the documentation makes no mention of what this should look like. I tried various combinations of 0x7908, 0X0879 etc to no avail
I will also point out that I am able to successfully execute other control change events
For example adding
if i == 1 {
let portamentoOnEvent = AVMIDIControlChangeEvent(channel: 0, messageType: AVMIDIControlChangeEvent.MessageType.portamento, value: 0xFF)
track.addEvent(portamentoOnEvent, at: AVMusicTimeStamp(currTime))
let portamentoRateEvent = AVMIDIControlChangeEvent(channel: 0, messageType: AVMIDIControlChangeEvent.MessageType.portamentoTime, value: 64)
track.addEvent(portamentoRateEvent, at: AVMusicTimeStamp(currTime))
}
does produce a change in the sound. (As an aside, a definition of what portamento time is, other than "the rate of portamento" would be welcome. is it notes/seconds? freq/minute? beats/hour?)
I was able to get the instrument to change in a different program using MusicPlayer and a series of MusicTrackNewMIDIChannelEvent on a track but these operate on a MusicTrack not the AVMusicTrack which the sequencer uses.
Has anyone been successful in switching instruments through an AVMIDIControlChangeEvent or have any feedback on how to do this?
(Note: this is part 2 of a 3 part posting. See Part 1 or Part 3)
At WWDC25 we launched a new type of Lab event for the developer community - Group Labs. A Group Lab is a panel Q&A designed for a large audience of developers. Group Labs are a unique opportunity for the community to submit questions directly to a panel of Apple engineers and designers. Here are the highlights from the WWDC25 Group Lab for Camera & Photos.
WWDC25 Camera & Photos group lab ran for one hour at 6 PM PST on Tuesday June 10th, 2025
Question 10
Can we directly integrate auto-capture triggers (e.g., when image is steady or text is detected) using Vision and AVFoundation?
Yes apps can use AVCaptureSession's VDO + AVCapturePhotoOutput, run vision on VDO buffers and capture photo when certain scene or text is detected.
Just to be careful to run Vision on VDO buffers async so it doesn't cause frame drops.
Question 11
What Camera or Photos framework features support working with images from external media, like connected cameras or SD cards? Any best practices?
The ImageCaptureCore framework supports camera devices, memory cards, scanners
read and write, where supported
check out the docs to see how to browse connected devices, folders, files, etc.
Question 12
Hi Brad, to follow up on your SwiftUI cautionary note: using AVCaptureVideoPreview inside a UIViewRepresentable, is okay, right? Thanks all for the great info!
Yes, this is totally fine.
AppKit or UIKit views inside appropriate SwiftUI representables should be equivalent performance
Question 13
What’s the “right” way to transition media in my photos app between HDR modes? When I’m in a one-up view, we use HDR, but in other contexts (like thumbnail) we don’t want HDR. Is there a nice way to tone map?
There’s a suite of new System Tone Mapper APIs in this years’ OSes
CoreImage ImageKit CoreAnimation, CoreGraphics
For example:
CoreImage: new CISystemToneMap filter.
CoreAnimation: layer.preferredDynamicRange = CADynamicRangeConstrainedHigh
Using image views (NSImageView/UIImageView/SwiftUI Image/CALayer) support animations on preferredDynamicRange
Can go from high to constrained to standard
Tone mapping is provided by the system (CISystemToneMap for controllable example)
Question 14
What is your recommendation to preprocess and upscale your depth map in order to render a realistic portrait mode image?
One way to do this: the CIEdgePreserveUpsample CIFilter can be use to upsample a lower resolution depth map by using a higher resolution RGB image as a guide.
Question 15
For buffering frames for later processing from real-time camera output should we prefer a AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer centered approach or AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegate centered approach? When would we use each?
AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer and AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegate are used hand in hand for custom camera preview.
For buffering for later processing, ensure you make copies of VDO buffers to not drop frames from the output
Question 16
Hello, my question is on Deferred Photo Processing? Say I have a photo capture app that adds a CIFilter to the capture. How can I take advantage of Deferred Photo Processing? Since I don’t know how to detect when the deferred captured photo is ready
CIFilter can be called on the final at that point
Photo will have to be re-inserted into the Photo library as adjustment
Question 17
Is digital zoom (e.g., 1.5x) before taking a photo the same as cropping the photo afterward?
digital zoom upscales the image to output dimensions and cropping will yield a smaller output image
while digital zoom will crop, it also upscales
Question 18
How do you design camera interfaces that work for both casual users and photography enthusiasts?
Progressive disclosure: Put the most common controls up front, and make it easy for pros to drill down.
Sensible Defaults: Choose defaults that work well for casual users, but allow those defaults to be modified for photography enthusiasts
A good philosophy is: Keep the simple things easy, make the hard things possible
Question 19
Recent iPhone models introduced macro mode which automatically switch between lenses to take into account of the focal distance difference. Is there official API to implement this, or should I implement them myself using LiDAR values.
Using builtInTripleCamera and builtInDualWideCamera will automatically switch to macro when available
Question 20
a couple of years ago at WWDC, the option of replacing a camera with a virtual camera was mentioned. How does one do that - make the “physical” camera effectively disappear, so only the virtual camera is accessible to the user?
You can't prevent the built-in camera from being available to the user
Question 21
Can developers now integrate custom Core ML models with Vision for on-device photo analysis more seamlessly?
Yes they can, use CoreMLRequest , provide their model container
Been supported for a while (iOS 18/macOS 15)
For more details go to Machine Learning & AI group lab Thursday
use smaller images for better performance
Question 22
What would you recommend for capture of the new immersive and spatial formats?
To capture Spatial Video use AVCaptureMovieFileOutput’s spatialVideoCaptureEnabled property
Not all device formats support spatial capture, check AVCaptureDevice.activeFormat.spatialVideoCaptureSupported
See WWDC 2024 talk “Build compelling spatial photo and video experiences” for more details
Question 23
You mentioned JPEG-XL. What is the current status of support on iOS and macOS for encoding and decoding?
For decoding, we support JPEG-XL files in all our OSes, regular SDR files, as well as ISO HDR files.
For encoding, we only support JPEG-XL for ProRAW DNG capture in the Camera app or via third-party AVFoundation APIs.
If you have any requests for improvement or new features related to JPEG-XL, please file a Feedback request using the Feedback Assistant.
(Note: this is part 2 of a 3 part posting. See Part 1 or Part 3)
Topic:
Media Technologies
SubTopic:
Photos & Camera
Tags:
Image I/O
Photos and Imaging
PhotoKit
Core Image
Environment→ ・Device: iPad 10th generation ・OS:**iOS18.3.2
I'm using AVAudioSession to record sound in my application. But I recently came to realize that when the app starts a recording session on a tablet, OS automatically sets the tablet volume to 50% and when after recording ends, it doesn't change back to the previous volume level before starting the recording. So I would like to know whether this is an OS default behavior or a bug?
If it's a default behavior, I much appreciate if I can get a link to the documentation.
I'm working on a media app that would like to be able to tell if the TV connected to tvOS is running at 59.94hz or 60.00hz, so it can optimize a video stream. It looks like the best I can currently do is to check if the user has Match Content Rate enabled, and based on that, when calling displayManager.preferredDisplayCriteria to change video modes, I could guess which rate their TV might be in. It's not very ideal, because not all TVs support both of these rates, and my request for 59.94 might end up as 60 and vice versa.
I dug around and can't find any available method in UIScreen to get this info. The odd thing is, the data is right there in currentMode when I look in the debugger, but it seems to be in a private or undocumented class. Is there any way to get at it?
Hi guys,
I am having issue in live-streaming audio from Bluetooth headset and playing it live on the iPhone speaker.
I am able to redirect audio back to the headset but this is not what I want.
The issue happens when I am trying to override output - the iPhone switches to speaker but also switches a microphone.
This is example of the code:
import AVFoundation
class AudioRecorder {
let player: AVAudioPlayerNode
let engine:AVAudioEngine
let audioSession:AVAudioSession
let audioSessionOutput:AVAudioSession
init() {
self.player = AVAudioPlayerNode()
self.engine = AVAudioEngine()
self.audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
self.audioSessionOutput = AVAudioSession()
do {
try self.audioSession.setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playAndRecord, options: [.defaultToSpeaker])
try self.audioSessionOutput.setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playAndRecord, options: [.allowBluetooth]) // enables Bluetooth HFP profile
try self.audioSession.setMode(AVAudioSession.Mode.default)
try self.audioSession.setActive(true)
// try self.audioSession.overrideOutputAudioPort(.speaker) // doens't work
} catch {
print(error)
}
let input = self.engine.inputNode
self.engine.attach(self.player)
let bus = 0
let inputFormat = input.inputFormat(forBus: bus)
self.engine.connect(self.player, to: engine.mainMixerNode, format: inputFormat)
input.installTap(onBus: bus, bufferSize: 512, format: inputFormat) { (buffer, time) -> Void in
self.player.scheduleBuffer(buffer)
print(buffer)
}
}
public func start() {
try! self.engine.start()
self.player.play()
}
public func stop() {
self.player.stop()
self.engine.stop()
}
}
I am not sure if this is a bug or not.
Can somebody point me into the right direction?
I there a way to design a custom audio routing?
I would also appreciate some good documentation besides AVFoundation docs.
We’ve encountered a reproducible issue where the iPhone fails to reconnect to a Wi-Fi access point under the following conditions:
The device is connected to a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network.
A Bluetooth audio accessory is connected (e.g. headset).
AVAudioSession is active (such as during a voice call or when using the Voice Memos app).
The user moves away from the access point, causing a disconnect.
Upon returning within range, the access point is no longer recognized or reconnected while AVAudioSession remains active.
However, if the Bluetooth device is disconnected or the AVAudioSession is deactivated, the Wi-Fi access point is immediately recognized again.
We confirmed this behavior not only in my app but also using Apple's built-in Voice Memos app, suggesting this is not specific to our implementation.
It appears that the Wi-Fi system deprioritizes reconnection while AVAudioSession is engaged. Could this be by design? Or is this a known issue or limitation with Wi-Fi and AVAudioSession interaction?
Test Environment:
Device: iPhone 13 mini
iOS: 17.5.1
Wi-Fi: 2.4GHz band
Accessories: Bluetooth headset
We’d appreciate clarification on whether this is expected behavior or a bug. Thank you!