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)

Answer 2

I realized it was because I had this line of code

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: nil];

I then changed it into

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error: nil];

Then the mute button would work and stop my AVAudioPlayer...

Answer 3

From docs:

So basically you just have to figure out which Audio Session category suits your need.