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

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

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

// Set AVAudioSession category, mode and options
AudioSession.setCategoryAndMode('Playback', 'VoiceChat', '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.currentCategoryOptions().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<void>	Set the current AVAudioSession as active (Reference).
setCategory	AudioCategory, AudioCategoryOptions (nullable)	Promise<void>	Set the current AVAudioSession category (Reference).
setMode	AudioMode	Promise<void>	Set the current AVAudioSession mode (Reference).
setCategoryAndMode	AudioCategory, AudioMode, AudioCategoryOptions (nullable)	Promise<void>	Set the current AVAudioSession category and mode (Reference).
currentCategory	-	Promise<AudioCategory>	Get the current AVAudioSession category (Reference).
currentOptions	-	Promise<AudioCategoryOptions>	Get the current AVAudioSession options (Reference).
currentMode	-	Promise<AudioMode>	Get the current AVAudioSession mode (Reference).

Params

AudioCategory

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

Param	AVAudioSessionCategory
Ambient	AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient
SoloAmbient	AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient
Playback	AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback
Record	AVAudioSessionCategoryRecord
PlayAndRecord	AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord
MultiRoute	AVAudioSessionCategoryMultiRoute

AudioCategoryOptions

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

Param	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions
MixWithOthers	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers
DuckOthers	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionDuckOthers
InterruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionInterruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers
AllowBluetooth	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowBluetooth
AllowBluetoothA2DP	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowBluetoothA2DP
AllowAirPlay	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionAllowAirPlay
DefaultToSpeaker	AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionDefaultToSpeaker

AudioMode

The AudioMode param to all methods. Corresponds to AVAudioSessionMode in iOS. Read more: Audio Session Mode (developer.apple.com)

Param	AVAudioSessionMode
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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