What happens to an iPhone app when iPhone goes into stand-by mode?

Question

My app uses NSTimer and it appears that NSTimer doesn\'t fire when the iPhone goes into the stand-by mode (either by pressing the hardware button or by the idle timer).

Answer 1

I used the information on this post for a small sample that I was building. This is the code that I used when I initiated the playback to prevent the audio from stopping:

AudioSession.Category = AudioSessionCategory.MediaPlayback;

And when the application is done with the playback to reset to the original value:

AudioSession.Category = AudioSessionCategory.SoloAmbientSound;

The full sample is here:

http://github.com/migueldeicaza/monotouch-samples/tree/master/StreamingAudio/