From 2d7e03942d5e2525e5c71dc914926ba07f67d54a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas <38685058+lukasjengo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 11:40:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ios): allow audio mixing when none of the players are
 playing (#4579)

---
 ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift b/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
index 17c4a151..2f118609 100644
--- a/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
             return view._playInBackground
         }
 
+        let anyPlayerPlaying = videoViews.allObjects.contains { view in
+            return !view.isMuted() && view._player != nil && view._player?.rate != 0
+        }
+
         let anyPlayerWantsMixing = videoViews.allObjects.contains { view in
             return view._mixWithOthers == "mix" || view._mixWithOthers == "duck"
         }
@@ -150,7 +154,9 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
             return
         }
 
-        if canAllowMixing {
+        if !anyPlayerPlaying {
+            options.insert(.mixWithOthers)
+        } else if canAllowMixing {
             let shouldEnableMixing = videoViews.allObjects.contains { view in
                 return view._mixWithOthers == "mix"
             }
@@ -199,7 +205,7 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
 
         do {
             try audioSession.setCategory(
-                category, mode: .moviePlayback, options: canAllowMixing ? options : []
+                category, mode: .moviePlayback, options: options
             )
 
             // Configure audio port