Backgroundaudio not working in iOS7

[JoergHamburg]

AudioSessionInitialize (
NULL, // 'NULL' to use the default (main) run loop
NULL, // 'NULL' to use the default run loop mode
ASAudioSessionInterruptionListener, // a reference to your interruption callback
self // data to pass to your interruption listener callback
);
UInt32 sessionCategory = kAudioSessionCategory_MediaPlayback;
AudioSessionSetProperty (
kAudioSessionProperty_AudioCategory,
sizeof (sessionCategory),
&sessionCategory
);
AudioSessionSetActive(true);

Functions are deprecated in iOS7.
I tried to use
AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
BOOL ok;
NSError *setCategoryError = nil;
ok = [audioSession setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:&setCategoryError];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(audioSessionDidChangeInterruptionType:)
name:AVAudioSessionInterruptionNotification object:[AVAudioSession sharedInstance]];

ok = [audioSession setActive:YES error:&setCategoryError];

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents];

AppDelegate *appDelegate = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[appDelegate becomeFirstResponder];

but the audio still does not play when going to lock screen.
Any advice on this?

Thanks in advanced,
Jörg

[dusker]

I'm also having this issue, anybody managed to have a look at it?

[ashleyevans]

I noticed in the sample app the background audio capability isn't checked by default. Enabling this allowed the audio to play in the background as expected

I'd be really interested if someone has converted this to run on ios7 code successfully

Thanks

[frakman1]

ashleyevans, I was able to get this to work on ios 8.1.3 if that is any help