fix: Release audio focus/session on cancel/pause (Android & iOS)

record/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-## Upcoming
+## 6.1.3
 * feat: Add `request` parameter to `hasPermission()` method to check permission status without requesting.
+* fix(android): Release audio focus when calling `cancel()` method.
+* fix(android): Use `AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT` instead of `AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN` to allow other audio apps to resume automatically.
+* fix(ios): Deactivate audio session when calling `stop()`, `pause()` methods to allow other audio apps to resume automatically.
 
 ## 6.1.2
 * chore: Updated transitive dependencies.

record/pubspec.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: record
 description: Audio recorder from microphone to file or stream with multiple codecs, bit rate and sampling rate options.
-version: 6.1.2
+version: 6.1.3
 homepage: https://github.com/llfbandit/record/tree/master/record
 
 environment:
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ dependencies:
 
   uuid: ">=3.0.7 <5.0.0"
 
-  record_platform_interface: ^1.4.0
+  record_platform_interface: ^1.4.1
   record_web: ^1.2.0
   record_windows: ^1.0.7
   record_linux: ^1.2.1
-  record_android: ^1.4.3
-  record_ios: ^1.1.3
-  record_macos: ^1.1.2
+  record_android: ^1.4.6
+  record_ios: ^1.1.6
+  record_macos: ^1.1.3
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_lints: ^6.0.0

record_android/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-## Upcoming
+## 1.4.6
 * feat: Add `request` parameter to `hasPermission()` method to check permission status without requesting.
+* fix: Release audio focus when calling `cancel()` method.
+* fix: Use `AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT` instead of `AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN` to allow other audio apps to resume automatically after recording stops.
 
 ## 1.4.5
 * fix: WAVE header for files larger than 2GB.

record_android/android/src/main/kotlin/com/llfbandit/record/record/recorder/AudioRecorder.kt

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class AudioRecorder(
 
   override fun cancel() {
     recorderThread?.cancelRecording()
+    restoreAudioManagerSettings()
   }
 
   override fun pause() {
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ class AudioRecorder(
     }
 
     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26) {
-      afRequest = AudioFocusRequest.Builder(AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN).run {
+      afRequest = AudioFocusRequest.Builder(AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT).run {
         setAudioAttributes(AudioAttributes.Builder().run {
           setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_MEDIA)
           setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SPEECH)
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ class AudioRecorder(
       audioManager.requestAudioFocus(afRequest!!)
     } else {
       audioManager.requestAudioFocus(
-        afChangeListener, AudioManager.STREAM_VOICE_CALL, AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN
+        afChangeListener, AudioManager.STREAM_VOICE_CALL, AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT
       )
     }
   }

record_android/pubspec.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: record_android
 description: Android specific implementation for record package called by record_platform_interface.
-version: 1.4.5
+version: 1.4.6
 homepage: https://github.com/llfbandit/record/tree/master/record_android
 
 environment:
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
 
-  record_platform_interface: ^1.4.0
+  record_platform_interface: ^1.4.1
 
 flutter:
   plugin:

record_ios/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## Upcoming
+## 1.1.6
 * feat: Add `request` parameter to `hasPermission()` method to check permission status without requesting.
+* fix: Deactivate audio session when calling `stop()`, `pause()`, or `cancel()` to allow other audio apps to resume automatically.
 
 ## 1.1.5
 * fix: Clamp to supported sample rates for Opus.

record_ios/ios/record_ios/Sources/record_ios/delegate/RecorderFileDelegate.swift

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import Foundation
 
 class RecorderFileDelegate: NSObject, AudioRecordingFileDelegate, AVAudioRecorderDelegate {
   var config: RecordConfig?
-  
+
   private var audioRecorder: AVAudioRecorder?
   private var path: String?
-  private var onPause: () -> ()
-  private var onStop: () -> ()
+  private var onPause: () -> Void
+  private var onStop: () -> Void
   private let manageAudioSession: Bool
-  
-  init(manageAudioSession: Bool, onPause: @escaping () -> (), onStop: @escaping () -> ()) {
+
+  init(manageAudioSession: Bool, onPause: @escaping () -> Void, onStop: @escaping () -> Void) {
     self.manageAudioSession = manageAudioSession
     self.onPause = onPause
     self.onStop = onStop
@@ -28,68 +28,72 @@ class RecorderFileDelegate: NSObject, AudioRecordingFileDelegate, AVAudioRecorde
     recorder.delegate = self
     recorder.isMeteringEnabled = true
     recorder.prepareToRecord()
-    
+
     recorder.record()
-    
+
     audioRecorder = recorder
     self.path = path
     self.config = config
   }
 
-  func stop(completionHandler: @escaping (String?) -> ()) {
+  func stop(completionHandler: @escaping (String?) -> Void) {
     audioRecorder?.stop()
     audioRecorder = nil
 
+    deactivateAudioSession()
+
     completionHandler(path)
     onStop()
-    
+
     path = nil
     config = nil
   }
-  
+
   func pause() {
     guard let recorder = audioRecorder, recorder.isRecording else {
       return
     }
-    
+
     recorder.pause()
+    deactivateAudioSession()
     onPause()
   }
-  
+
   func resume() {
     audioRecorder?.record()
   }
 
   func cancel() throws {
     guard let path = path else { return }
-    
+
     stop { path in }
-    
+
     try deleteFile(path: path)
   }
-  
+
   func getAmplitude() -> Float {
     audioRecorder?.updateMeters()
     return audioRecorder?.averagePower(forChannel: 0) ?? -160
   }
-  
+
   func dispose() {
     stop { path in }
   }
 
   func audioRecorderDidFinishRecording(_ recorder: AVAudioRecorder, successfully flag: Bool) {
-      // Audio recording has stopped
+    // Audio recording has stopped
   }
-  
+
   private func deleteFile(path: String) throws {
     do {
       let fileManager = FileManager.default
-      
+
       if fileManager.fileExists(atPath: path) {
         try fileManager.removeItem(atPath: path)
       }
     } catch {
-      throw RecorderError.error(message: "Failed to delete previous recording", details: error.localizedDescription)
+      throw RecorderError.error(
+        message: "Failed to delete previous recording", details: error.localizedDescription)
     }
   }
 }