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# AVAudioSession.RouteSharingPolicy

Cases that indicate the possible route-sharing policies for an audio session.

```
enum RouteSharingPolicy
```

## Overview

A route-sharing policy allows you to specify that an audio session should route its output to somewhere other than the default system output when alternative routes are available.

## Topics

### Route-sharing policies

[`AVAudioSessionRouteSharingPolicyDefault`](/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioSession/RouteSharingPolicy-swift.enum/default)

A policy that follows standard rules for routing audio output.

[`AVAudioSessionRouteSharingPolicyLongFormAudio`](/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioSession/RouteSharingPolicy-swift.enum/longFormAudio)

A policy that routes output to the shared long-form audio output.

[`AVAudioSessionRouteSharingPolicyLongFormVideo`](/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioSession/RouteSharingPolicy-swift.enum/longFormVideo)

A policy that routes output to the shared long-form video output.

[`AVAudioSessionRouteSharingPolicyIndependent`](/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioSession/RouteSharingPolicy-swift.enum/independent)

A policy in which the route picker UI directs videos to a wireless route.

[`AVAudioSessionRouteSharingPolicyLongForm`](/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioSession/RouteSharingPolicy-swift.enum/longForm)

A policy that routes output to the shared long-form audio output.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

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