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A React Native module for handling category, category options and mode on the AVAudioSession sharedInstance on iOS.

Getting started

$ yarn add react-native-audio-session

and then

$ react-native link react-native-audio-session

Usage

import AudioSession from 'react-native-audio-session'

// Set AVAudioSession active
AudioSession.setActive(true)
.then(() => { console.log('Success!') })
.catch(error => { console.log('Error!') })

// Set AVAudioSession category
AudioSession.setCategory('Playback')
.then(() => { console.log('Success!') })
.catch(error => { console.log('Error!') })

// Set AVAudioSession category and options
AudioSession.setCategory('Playback', 'MixWithOthers')
.then(() => { console.log('Success!') })
.catch(error => { console.log('Error!') })

// Set AVAudioSession mode
AudioSession.setMode('VoiceChat')
.then(() => { console.log('Success!') })
.catch(error => { console.log('Error!') })

// Set AVAudioSession category, mode and options
AudioSession.setCategoryAndMode('Playback', 'VoiceChat', 'MixWithOthers')
.then(() => { console.log('Success!') })
.catch(error => { console.log('Error!') })

// Get current AVAudioSession category
AudioSession.currentCategory().then(category => {
  console.log(category)
})

// Get current AVAudioSession options
AudioSession.currentCategoryOptions().then(options => {
  console.log(options)
})

// Get current AVAudioSession mode
AudioSession.currentMode().then(mode => {
  console.log(mode)
})

API

Modules

AudioSession

Method Name Params Returns Notes
setActive Bool Promise<void> Set the current AVAudioSession as active (Reference).
setCategory AudioCategory, AudioCategoryOptions (nullable) Promise<void> Set the current AVAudioSession category (Reference).
setMode AudioMode Promise<void> Set the current AVAudioSession mode (Reference).
setCategoryAndMode AudioCategory, AudioMode, AudioCategoryOptions (nullable) Promise<void> Set the current AVAudioSession category and mode (Reference).
currentCategory - Promise<AudioCategory> Get the current AVAudioSession category (Reference).
currentOptions - Promise<AudioCategoryOptions> Get the current AVAudioSession options (Reference).
currentMode - Promise<AudioMode> Get the current AVAudioSession mode (Reference).

Params

AudioCategory

The AudioCategory param to all methods. Corresponds to AVAudioSessionCategory in iOS. Read more: Audio Session Category (developer.apple.com)

Param AVAudioSessionCategory
Ambient AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient
SoloAmbient AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient
Playback AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback
Record AVAudioSessionCategoryRecord
PlayAndRecord AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord
MultiRoute AVAudioSessionCategoryMultiRoute

AudioCategoryOptions

The AudioCategoryOptions param to all methods. Corresponds to AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions in iOS. Read more: AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions (developer.apple.com)

Param AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions
MixWithOthers AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers
DuckOthers AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionDuckOthers
InterruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionInterruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers
AllowBluetooth AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowBluetooth
AllowBluetoothA2DP AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowBluetoothA2DP
AllowAirPlay AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowAirPlay
DefaultToSpeaker AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionDefaultToSpeaker

AudioMode

The AudioMode param to all methods. Corresponds to AVAudioSessionMode in iOS. Read more: Audio Session Mode (developer.apple.com)

Param AVAudioSessionMode
Default AVAudioSessionModeDefault
VoiceChat AVAudioSessionModeVoiceChat
VideoChat AVAudioSessionModeVideoChat
GameChat AVAudioSessionModeGameChat
VideoRecording AVAudioSessionModeVideoRecording
Measurement AVAudioSessionModeMeasurement
MoviePlayback AVAudioSessionModeMoviePlayback
SpokenAudio AVAudioSessionModeSpokenAudio

Contributing

If you find a bug or would like to request a new feature, just open an issue. You are also welcome to submit pull requests and contribute to the project.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Johan Kasperi

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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