iOS 14 Play audio from video in background

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Created Sep ’20

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This method no longer works as of iOS 14:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/media_playback_and_selection/creating_a_basic_video_player_ios_and_tvos/playing_audio_from_a_video_asset_in_the_background

Answer 1

tungdangplus OP

Sep ’20

I've just got the same isue. And you posted the question before me :)

Disconnecting player by 'AVPlayerLayer.player = nil' won't catch when appDidEnterBackGround, but it will be catch when appWillResignActive.
The problem is: when player is playing, user push locked button, phone goes directly to backgroundMode, and app 'AVPlayerLayer.player = nil'. So the player is paused. User have to click play button at lockedScreen to continue playing in background mode.

I don't know when Apple fix this

Answer 2

Tran_Thanh_Quang OP

Sep ’20

@tungdangplus Thank you for your answer! It works for me.

Answer 3

AppWriter OP

Sep ’20

@tungdangplus

That didn't work for me. In AppDelegate, I did:

Code Block     func applicationWillResignActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
        let viewController = window?.rootViewController as! ViewController
        viewController.disconnectAVPlayer()
    }

and then in ViewController, I did:

Code Block     public func disconnectAVPlayer() {
      playerViewController.player = nil
    }