Audio Output Routes for AirPlay

Question

I have looked but can't find a way to access the Audio Output Routes so i can detect if the audio is coming out via AirPlay.

This is what i found in the Documentation for iOS 5.0

kAudioSessionOutputRoute_AirPlay

Discussion

These strings are used as values for the kAudioSession_AudioRouteKey_Type key for the dictionary associated with the kAudioSession_AudioRouteKey_Outputs array.

I can't find a way to get access to the kAudioSession_AudioRouteKey_Outputs array.

Thanks

Answer 1

Even if Bassem seems to have found a solution, for completion's sake, here's how to detect whether the current output route is AirPlay or not:

- (BOOL)isAirPlayActive{
    CFDictionaryRef currentRouteDescriptionDictionary = nil;
    UInt32 dataSize = sizeof(currentRouteDescriptionDictionary);
    AudioSessionGetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_AudioRouteDescription, &dataSize, &currentRouteDescriptionDictionary);
    if (currentRouteDescriptionDictionary) {
        CFArrayRef outputs = CFDictionaryGetValue(currentRouteDescriptionDictionary, kAudioSession_AudioRouteKey_Outputs);
        if (outputs) {
            if(CFArrayGetCount(outputs) > 0) {
                CFDictionaryRef currentOutput = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(outputs, 0);
                CFStringRef outputType = CFDictionaryGetValue(currentOutput, kAudioSession_AudioRouteKey_Type);
                return (CFStringCompare(outputType, kAudioSessionOutputRoute_AirPlay, 0) == kCFCompareEqualTo);
            }
        }
    }

    return NO;
}

Keep in mind that you have to #import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h> and link against the AudioToolbox framework.