iOS: How do I detect if music is playing in any background music app?

Question

I currently have my game correctly handling disabling its own BGM when music is playing in the built-in iPod app, but it does not detect when an app such as Pandora is playi

Answer 1

You may want to do something like this.....

1. Create A class to handle your audio settings say... "AudioManager"

2. Poll the Boolean "isOtherAudioPlaying"... maybe assign it to your own Boolean value.

import Foundation
import AVFoundation

class AudioManager {
    static let successBingSoundID: SystemSoundID = 
    static func playSystemSoundIfBackgroundSoundIsOff() {
        guard !AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().isOtherAudioPlaying else {return}
        AudioServicesPlaySystemSoundWithCompletion(successBingSoundID, nil)
    }
}

usage:

AudioManager.playSystemSoundIfBackgroundSoundIsOff()