requestRecordPermission does nothing

Question

Since the update of iOS 7 there has been some changes with recording applications. I have an app that used to work with iOS 5 and 6, but when I tried to run it on iOS 7 - r

Answer 1

same for iOS 8 Simulator. AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().requestRecordPermission always returns true.On the other hand when you call

UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string: UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString)!) 

to open settings of your application on the simulator, microphone is never listed there.That would need to be tested on a real device.