The Mute Button Won't Mute AVAudioPlayer

Question

I need to loop play a .caf file in my iPhone app.

The AVAudioPlayer looks promising. But there\'s one problem. It won\'t stop or mute even if I pressed the mute button o

Answer 1

my 2 cents for swift 3.0:

let sharedSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()

do {
    try sharedSession.setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient)
} catch _{
    return false
}

or simpler:

try? sharedSession.setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient)