[CB-4584] Capture audio should reset AVAudioSession when finished recording

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.6.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-media-capture

Environment

iOS

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Becky Gibson
• Created: 14/Aug/13 18:29
• Updated: 27/May/14 22:07

Description

After recording, the AVAudioSession is left in record mode. This prevents VoiceOver from working properly. Steps to reproduce:
1) Turn on VoiceOver
2) call captureAudio api to bring up the recording UI
3) record something and click done
4) WithOUT playing the recording, call the captureAudio api to bring up the recording UI again. Note that this time no information is spoken by VoiceOver. This is because the AVAudioSession category is left in record mode.

The solution is to store the current AVAudioSession.category when the view is loaded and reset back to that category when recording is completed (the mode is set in the code to AVAudioSessionCategoryRecord in order to record).

Becky has a fix for this it just may take me a bit to get my system set up to post a patch or check in a fix.