How to continue audio playback in background mode

Question

I have a UIWebView that plays video clips in my view controller. When I exit the app, the audio will stop playing, although I can press play in the control center to continue it

Answer 1

You can play music in lockscreen with

var error: NSError?
var success = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback, error: &error)
if success {
    AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true, error: nil)
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents() 
} else {
    NSLog("Failed to set audio session category.  Error: \(error)")
}

After it You Need to add Background Modes in the capabilities Like this. And don't test this on simulator It does not work on simulator. Hope it helps

and this is how you can handal previous,next,pause and play :-

- (void) remoteControlReceivedWithEvent: (UIEvent *) receivedEvent

 {

    if (receivedEvent.type == UIEventTypeRemoteControl) 
{
        switch (receivedEvent.subtype)
 {
            case UIEventSubtypeRemoteControlTogglePlayPause:
                [self togglePlayPause];
                break;
            case UIEventSubtypeRemoteControlPreviousTrack:
                [self playPrevTrack];
                break;
            case UIEventSubtypeRemoteControlNextTrack:
                [self playNextTrack];
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }
}

In swift you can use it Like that

override func remoteControlReceivedWithEvent(event: UIEvent) {
        let rc = event.subtype

        println("received remote control \(rc.rawValue)") // 101 = pause, 100 = play
        switch rc {
        case .RemoteControlTogglePlayPause:

            self.togglePlayPause()
        break;
        case .RemoteControlPreviousTrack:
            self.playPrevTrack()
         break;
        case .RemoteControlNextTrack:
            self.playNextTrack()
        break;
        default:break
        }

Answer 2

A common "trick" is to play a white sound that keeps your app running. But it will display a red bold status bar

Answer 3

Try to update you code with this:

var error: NSError?
var success = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback, error: &error)
if success {
    AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true, error: nil)
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents() 
} else {
    NSLog("Failed to set audio session category.  Error: \(error)")
}

Important:

1. Don't use simulator for tests. Background playback doesn't work in the Simulator;
2. Call above code before creating UIWebView instance.

Sources: 1, 2.