Version

6.16.1

What platforms are you having the problem on?

iOS

System Version

18.5.1

On what device are you experiencing the issue?

Real device

Architecture

Old architecture

What happened?

We are using RN 0.77.1 with Fabric disabled (for now).

When I play Spotify and open my App all is fine. As soon as I navigate to a screen where a Video component is implemented, the video stops.

Added this to allow for mixing (regarding the documentation)

  // AppDelegate.mm
  #import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
  - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions

    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
    return [super application:application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:launchOptions];
  }

And I also tried adding mixWithOthers={MixWithOthersType.MIX} in a huge variety of combinations with the following props.

  ignoreSilentSwitch
  focusable
  disableFocus
  disableAudioSessionManagement
  mixWithOthers
  muted

I am not able to make it continue playing the sound from Spotify. The video is even PAUSED oO

Any ideas? Anything I can provide you with?

Seems to be related to this issue: #4513

Reproduction Link

• not easily done - especially as it is for a hardware device

Reproduction

Step to reproduce this bug are:

<Video
  mixWithOthers={MixWithOthersType.MIX}
  muted
  paused={true}
  source={{ uri: "./demo.mp4" }}
/>