Forcing iPhone Microphone as Audio Input

Question

I am developing an iOS application (targetted specifically for iPhone, at the moment) that requires the application to record audio only from iPhone internal microph

Answer 1

Looks like its really not possible.

My goal is to send output to bluetooth headsets and record input from it too. As far I can see, my best options are: "PlayAndRecord + AllowBluetoothInput" property (iphone 4, nokia BH-214 headset)

IMPORTANT thing is that according to the apple documentation, you always have to RE-override your audio category when audio route changes!

THIS IS MY ROUTE CHANGE LISTENER method, that prints: RouteChangeReasons, outputRoute, audioRout:

void RouteChangeListener(void                    *inClientData,
                     AudioSessionPropertyID  inID,
                     UInt32                  inDataSize,
                     const void              *inData) {


if (inID == kAudioSessionProperty_AudioRouteChange) {

    NSLog(@"]-----------------[ Audio Route Change ]--------------------[");

    // ************************************************************************************************
    // Check route change reason **********************************************************************
    // ************************************************************************************************
    CFDictionaryRef routeDict = (CFDictionaryRef)inData;
    NSNumber* reasonValue = (NSNumber*)CFDictionaryGetValue(routeDict, CFSTR(kAudioSession_AudioRouteChangeKey_Reason));
    int reason = [reasonValue intValue];

    if (reason == kAudioSessionRouteChangeReason_OldDeviceUnavailable) {
        NSLog(@"] Logic: audio route change reason: OldDeviceUnavailable");
    }else if (reason == kAudioSessionRouteChangeReason_NewDeviceAvailable ) {
        NSLog(@"] Logic: audio route change reason: NewDeviceAvailable");
    }else if (reason == kAudioSessionRouteChangeReason_Unknown ) {
        NSLog(@"] Logic: audio route change reason: Unknown");
    }else if (reason == kAudioSessionRouteChangeReason_CategoryChange ) {
        NSLog(@"] Logic: audio route change reason: CategoryChange");
    }else if (reason == kAudioSessionRouteChangeReason_Override ) {
        NSLog(@"] Logic: audio route change reason: Override");
    }else if (reason == kAudioSessionRouteChangeReason_WakeFromSleep ) {
        NSLog(@"] Logic: audio route change reason: WakeFromSleep");
    }else if (reason == kAudioSessionRouteChangeReason_NoSuitableRouteForCategory ) {
        NSLog(@"] Logic: audio route chang reasone: NoSuitableRouteForCategory");
    }

    // ************************************************************************************************
    // Check output type ******************************************************************************
    // ************************************************************************************************
    CFDictionaryRef currentRouteDescriptionDictionary = nil;
    UInt32 dataSize = sizeof(currentRouteDescriptionDictionary);
    AudioSessionGetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_AudioRouteDescription, &dataSize, ¤tRouteDescriptionDictionary);
    if (currentRouteDescriptionDictionary) {
        CFArrayRef outputs = CFDictionaryGetValue(currentRouteDescriptionDictionary, kAudioSession_AudioRouteKey_Outputs);
        if(CFArrayGetCount(outputs) > 0) {
            CFDictionaryRef currentOutput = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(outputs, 0);
            CFStringRef outputType = CFDictionaryGetValue(currentOutput, kAudioSession_AudioRouteKey_Type);

            if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_AirPlay, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {                // if Airplay
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to Airplay");
            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_BluetoothA2DP, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {     // if Bluetooth A2DP
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to A2DP");

                // Mix with others category
                UInt32 doSetProperty = 1;
                AudioSessionSetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers,sizeof(doSetProperty),&doSetProperty);

                // Bluetooth support enable
                UInt32 allowBluetoothInput = 1;
                AudioSessionSetProperty (kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryEnableBluetoothInput,sizeof (allowBluetoothInput),&allowBluetoothInput);


            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_BluetoothHFP, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {     // if Bluetooth HFP
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to HFP");
                // Mix with others category
                UInt32 doSetProperty = 1;
                AudioSessionSetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers,sizeof(doSetProperty),&doSetProperty);

                // Bluetooth support enable
                UInt32 allowBluetoothInput = 1;
                AudioSessionSetProperty (kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryEnableBluetoothInput,sizeof (allowBluetoothInput),&allowBluetoothInput);
            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_LineOut, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {           // if Line Out
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to Line Out");
            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_Headphones, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {        // if Headphones
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to Headphone");

                // Mix with others category
                UInt32 doSetProperty = 1;
                AudioSessionSetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers,sizeof(doSetProperty),&doSetProperty);

                // Bluetooth support disable
                UInt32 allowBluetoothInput = 0;
                AudioSessionSetProperty (kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryEnableBluetoothInput,sizeof (allowBluetoothInput),&allowBluetoothInput);

            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_BuiltInSpeaker, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {    // if Built In Speaker
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to Built In Speaker");

                // Mix with others category
                UInt32 doSetProperty = 1;
                AudioSessionSetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers,sizeof(doSetProperty),&doSetProperty);

            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_USBAudio, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {          // if USB audio
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to USB Audio");
            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_HDMI, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {              // if HDMI
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to HDMI");
            }
            else if ( (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_BuiltInReceiver, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo) ) {   // if Built in Reciever
                NSLog(@"] Logic: output changed to Built in Reciever");

                // Mix with others category
                UInt32 doSetProperty = 1;
                AudioSessionSetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_OverrideCategoryMixWithOthers,sizeof(doSetProperty),&doSetProperty);
            }
            else {                                                                                                          // Unknown audio type
                NSLog(@"] Logic: WARNING: Unknown audio type: %@",(NSString*)outputType);
            }
        }



    }

    // ************************************************************************************************
    // Check audio route ******************************************************************************
    // ************************************************************************************************
    UInt32 routeSize = sizeof(CFStringRef);
    CFStringRef route;
    AudioSessionGetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_AudioRoute, &routeSize, &route);
    NSLog(@"] Logic: the audio route is: %@",(NSString*)route);


    // ************************************************************************************************
    NSLog(@"]--------------------------[  ]-----------------------------[");        

}

}