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Audio How to disable Audio Focus on Android?

Discussion in '5.4 Beta' started by daspiela, Jun 9, 2016.

  1. daspiela

    daspiela

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    Is it possible to deactivate audio focus on startup?
    Since Unity 5.4, the background music stops on startup and i couldn't find a way to deactivate audio focus.
     
    daspiela, Jun 9, 2016
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  2. BRiSA

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    I would love to know the answer. My players are complaining!
     
    BRiSA, Jun 17, 2016
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  3. bitter

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    It's currently not possible but it sounds like a reasonable feature for games that doesn't have background music. Would a player setting in the editor suffice or would you need a runtime API where you could toggle this on and off?
     
    bitter, Jun 20, 2016
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  4. daspiela

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    Player setting would be perfect for my apps. This sounds like the best way to prevent native music players being paused on startup.
     
    daspiela, Jun 22, 2016
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  5. robson_depaula

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    I would vote up to this request. Disabling audio focus internal control would be great for my app as well.
     
    robson_depaula, Jun 30, 2016
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  6. BRiSA

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    I would love to see this setting. My players are complaining and I hate to reply there is nothing I can do.
     
    BRiSA, Jul 24, 2016
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  7. paradizIsCool

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    Hi, we also have users complaining about the loss of the audio focus, especially since 5.3.6 which always get audio focus and we don't want to, especially since this fix
    • (796242) - Android: Audio - Fixed an issue where the application would not regain audio focus after a notification.
     
    paradizIsCool, Jul 28, 2016
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