react-native-audio-session

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, {AudioCategories, AudioOptions, AudioModes} 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(AudioCategories.Playback)
.then(() => { console.log('Success!') })
.catch(error => { console.log('Error!') })

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

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

// Set AVAudioSession category, mode and options
AudioSession.setCategoryAndMode(AudioCategories.Playback, AudioModes.VoiceChat, AudioOptions.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.currentOptions().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	Set the current AVAudioSession as active (Reference).
setCategory	AudioCategories, AudioOptions (nullable)	Promise	Set the current AVAudioSession category (Reference).
setMode	AudioModes	Promise	Set the current AVAudioSession mode (Reference).
setCategoryAndMode	AudioCategories, AudioModes, AudioOptions (nullable)	Promise	Set the current AVAudioSession category and mode (Reference).
currentCategory	-	Promise	Get the current AVAudioSession category (Reference).
currentOptions	-	Promise	Get the current AVAudioSession options (Reference).
currentMode	-	Promise	Get the current AVAudioSession mode (Reference).

Objects

AudioCategories

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

Key	Value
Ambient	AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient
SoloAmbient	AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient
Playback	AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback
Record	AVAudioSessionCategoryRecord
PlayAndRecord	AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord
MultiRoute	AVAudioSessionCategoryMultiRoute

AudioOptions

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

Key	Value
MixWithOthers	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers
DuckOthers	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionDuckOthers
InterruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionInterruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers
AllowBluetooth	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowBluetooth
AllowBluetoothA2DP	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowBluetoothA2DP
AllowAirPlay	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowAirPlay
DefaultToSpeaker	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionDefaultToSpeaker

AudioModes

The AudioModes param to all methods. Corresponds to AVAudioSessionModes in iOS. Read more: Audio Session Modes (developer.apple.com)

Key	Value
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

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