iOS8 AVAudioSession setActive error

Question

I\'m testing my app in XCode 6 and find an issue with AVAudioSession in iOS8.

When I call

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive:NO error

Answer 1

Swift 5, IOS 12

I use AVPlayer, it does not have a prepareToPlay method. Therefore, Alessio Campanelli's answer does not solve my problem. But I noticed the following

player.pause()

print("currentTime:",  player.currentTime().seconds) //currentTime: 4.258164744
print("status:", player.status.rawValue) //status: 1 (readyToPlay)
print("timeControlStatus:", player.timeControlStatus.rawValue) //timeControlStatus: 0 (paused)
print("rate:", player.rate) //rate: 0.0

sleep(1)

print("currentTime:",  player.currentTime().seconds) //currentTime: 4.261325767
print("status:", player.status.rawValue) //status: 1 (readyToPlay)
print("timeControlStatus:", player.timeControlStatus.rawValue) //timeControlStatus: 0 (paused)
print("rate:", player.rate) //rate: 0.0

After you call the pause method, the player plays the audio file for a while. Although other properties say that it is in a pause. So the only solution I found is

player.pause()
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3.0) {
    do {
        try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(false)
    } catch let error {
        print(error)
    }
}

In fact, even 0.1 seconds is sufficient. This is a bad way, but I could not find anything better. If anyone knows how to check when the player stops playing the audio file, let me know.