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I am making a music timer which will stop music (playing from Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) after an entered time. Is there a way to stop that audio session or pause the audio which is being played from another app from my app?

Since I don't have a local audio player in my app, I cannot just simply stop the player (as you usually would when playing audio from your app).

Any help is appreciated!

Giorgio
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    Doesn't `AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)` stop anything another app is playing if you use the `.playback` category? If that doesn't work, you could always play a silent audio file... – Sweeper Apr 19 '20 at 15:52
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    Thank you! This code: try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playback) try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true) within a do catch statement worked. – Giorgio Apr 19 '20 at 16:44

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  1. Import AVFoundation in the file which will stop the audio.

  2. Add this code once the timer is done:

    do {
    try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playback)
    try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
} catch { print(error.localizedDescription) }
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