How to stop (or pause) the device's audio in Swift?

Question

I am making a music timer which will stop music (playing from Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) after an entered time. Is there a way to stop that audio session or pause the audio which is being played from another app from my app?

Since I don't have a local audio player in my app, I cannot just simply stop the player (as you usually would when playing audio from your app).

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

1. Import AVFoundation in the file which will stop the audio.

2. Add this code once the timer is done:

    do { try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playback) try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true) } catch { print(error.localizedDescription) }