Play background music when video is muted. Stop background music when video is unmuted

[frankusu]

Hey guys I'm trying to

Expected:
Keep Background audio (Spotify) playing when video is muted and playing -> stop background audio when video is unmuted and playing/paused

Actual:
iOS: Music is mixed with audio no matter if muted or not Android: Music always stops no matter if video is muted/unmuted
Right now it doesn't work for either iOS nor Android ? And its giving an error for android saying the onAudioFocusChanged should return an object ?

In react-native-video Swift code I see the code as

        if ignoreSilentSwitch == "ignore" {
            category = audioOutput == "earpiece" ? AVAudioSession.Category.playAndRecord : AVAudioSession.Category.playback
        } else if ignoreSilentSwitch == "obey" {
            category = AVAudioSession.Category.ambient
        }

        if mixWithOthers == "mix" {
            options = .mixWithOthers
        } else if mixWithOthers == "duck" {
            options = .duckOthers
        }

I'm guessing theres no way of a else if { mixWithOthers == "inherit" }

So theres no way to revert it back to inherit on iOS right ? I also already edited the AppDelegate as described in the ReadMe by adding the following lines

(BOOL)application:(UIApplication )application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary)launchOptions
{
  // Allow background music (ie. Spotify) to continue playing when app has video playing 
  [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];

Wondering if any pros can help me pinpoint my problems please ? Thank you
Code is attached as screenshot where setIsVideoMuted and isVideoMuted are passed in as props as props.

"react-native": "0.73.6"
"react-native-video": "6.5.0"

[freeboub]

I have also seen some bad behavior this week, and the point you are pointing here!
I think the best would be to finish following PR which does some cleanup in ios audio management: #3850

[frankusu]

thanks @freeboub will also post there

[freeboub]

@frankusu Did you try to add the else if { mixWithOthers == "inherit" } ?
I had a quick try, but I am not sure this patch is enough ...
If it fixes the issue, you can use it temporary with patch-package on your side and we will integrate it soon

[frankusu]

Hey @freeboub I think I managed to find a fix, let me clone and submit a PR