MPMusicPlayerController doesn't respect device mute switch?

Question

I'm using the MPMusicPlayerController application music player, created like:

appMusicPlayer = [MPMusicPlayerController applicationMusicPlayer];

The issue is that it will play music no matter which setting the device mute switch is in, it doesn't seem to care either way. Is there some audio session mode I need to be in to have it respect the mute switch?

Answer 1

Yes. You want to use one of the following constants for your Audio Session Category:

kAudioSessionCategory_AmbientSound
kAudioSessionCategory_SoloAmbientSound

These are the ones that go silent when the Ring/Silent switch is set to silent.

Answer 2

Fwiw I'm seeing the same problem. I suspect that, like the iPod app itself, it will never respect the mute switch.