PhoneGap music player not working in background in testFlight

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dev4web OP

Created Jul ’17

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Hi,

Just starting with my first app build with PhoneGap

The app has a radio stream, since on emulator audio stop playing when app goes in bckground I found this extension

https://github.com/homerours/cordova-music-controls-plugin

what i can't understand is why in iPhone / iPad emulator works and on App that I'm testing via testFlight it doesn't

on emulator if i emulate home button and lock, music keep streaming on real device it stops

could it be provisioning profile? i did not check any flag exept the default ones

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KMT OP

Jul ’17

>what i can't understand is why in iPhone / iPad emulator works

The simulator is not an emulator, and is only trusted to test your app's basic functions/UI flow. It would be pointless, as well, to worry now about what one may or may not do since you have evidence the app fails device support.

If you can get logs, crash reports etc. via TestFlight, use those as actionable items, along with your own device testing.

Note this from the simulator troubleshooting guide:

API Differences

Simulator APIs don’t have all the features that are available on a device. For example, the APIs don’t offer:

Receiving and sending Apple push notifications
Privacy alerts for access to Photos, Contacts, Calendar, and Reminders
The
```
UIBackgroundModes
```
key
Handoff support

In addition, Simulator doesn’t support the following frameworks:

External Accessory
Media Player
Message UI
In UIKit, the
```
UIVideoEditorController
```
class

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