How to Play a sound using AVAudioPlayer when in Silent Mode in iPhone

Question

I want to play a sound even in silent mode in iPhone.

Can it be done by using AVAudioPlayer (Without using AVAudioSession)

(For ios 3.0+)

Thanks in

Answer 1

The above answers are correct. Following is the Swift version.

do {
    try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback)
    //print("AVAudioSession Category Playback OK")
    do {
        try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
        //print("AVAudioSession is Active")
    } catch _ as NSError {
        //print(error.localizedDescription)
    }
} catch _ as NSError {
    //print(error.localizedDescription)
}