How can I play a video without causing music on iTunes/other audio to pause

avfoundation, avplayer, ios, objective-c

Solution

Try preparing the audio session before starting playback:

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive:NO error:nil];

//... create & configure AVPlayer and start playback

Problem

I'm using AVPlayer to play a video (open to alternative players). My videos don't have sound. When the video starts, if the IOS device is playing music/audio of some sort, the music/audio pauses even though the video has no sound. Is there any way to continue playing music while playing a silent movie?

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