Wwise: Why does the iOS system's orange dot keep being on in Wwise's iOS Integration Demo

Question

I'm using Wwise version 2019.2.8.7432. And when I compile the Integration Demo on my iPhone (iOS 14.8.2), the app asks for microphone permission on launch. The system then keeps showing the orange dot as if the app is using the microphone.

I'm pretty sure this is caused by setting the category to AkAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord during Wwise initialization. However, I think just setting iOS's AudioSessionCategory to PlayAndRecord won't trigger the system's orange dot. I'm guessing this is a bug of the Wwise engine?

Does anyone have experience on this? Is there any workaround for this issue?

Answer 1

AkAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord won't change that, but AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback will. The orange dot is for the microphone so AkAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord will correctly keep the orange dot alive.