External audio stops playing when Prepare iOS For Recording is enabled

Unity: Platform Audio

iOS

Fixed

6.2.X

6.1.X

2022.3.X

Won't Fix

6.0.X

2021.3.X

On iOS, fixed a bug where if the "Prepare iOS for Recording" player setting was true and the "Mute Other Audio Sources" player setting was false, we would stop an external app's audio sometimes when first starting the Unity app.

Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached “AudioTest” project
2. Build the project and launch the application on an iOS device
3. On the iOS device, minimize the Unity application
4. Play audio from a secondary application (e.g. Spotify, YouTube Music)
5. Reopen the Unity application

Expected result: The audio from the secondary application continues to play
Actual result: The secondary application stops playing audio

Reproducible with: 2021.3.47f1, 2022.3.55f1, 6000.0.32f1, 6000.1.0a9

Testing environment: macOS Sequoia 15.1.1

Reproducible with these devices:
VLNQA00624, iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18.0.1, CPU: Apple A18 Pro
VLNQA00394, iPhone 13 mini, iOS 18.1, CPU: Apple A15 Bionic
VLNQA00359, iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 17.6.1, CPU: Apple A14 Bionic

Not reproducible with these devices:
No other devices tested

External audio stops playing when Prepare iOS For Recording is enabled

Unity: Platform Audio

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External audio stops playing when Prepare iOS For Recording is enabled

Unity: Platform Audio

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Resolution Notes

6.2.XFixedOn iOS, fixed a bug where if the "Prepare iOS for Recording" player setting was true and the "Mute Other Audio Sources" player setting was false, we would stop an external app's audio sometimes when first starting the Unity app.

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