How to support airplay in the background in iOS6

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My app should stream video's to an AppleTV via Airplay, even when the app is in the background.

Under iOS5 it worked perfectly. In iOS6 it does not.

Xcode gives me a deprecated warning on this line of code:

moviePlayerViewController.moviePlayer.useApplicationAudioSession = NO;

Is this the reason why my app isn't functioning correctly anymore. What is the equivalent of this piece of code in iOS6?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '12 at 08:06

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Found the solution: this problem can be solved by setting the right AVAudioSessionCategory

NSError *setCategoryError = nil;
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: &setCategoryError];

answered Oct 11 '12 at 08:06

murze

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@Murze here what is AVAudioSession ?? – iPatel Mar 07 '13 at 09:47
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@iPatel: `#import "AVFoundation/AVAudioSession.h"` – JLundell Jun 09 '13 at 23:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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Besides @murze's solution you should also set value App plays audio for Required background modes key in infoPlist file like @ACBurk suggested: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8807958/384864

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Jan 09 '13 at 09:53

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How to support airplay in the background in iOS6

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