Allow audio output via earpiece

ios/Video/Features/RCTPlayerOperations.swift

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ enum RCTPlayerOperations {
         var options:AVAudioSession.CategoryOptions? = nil
         
         if (ignoreSilentSwitch == "ignore") {
-            category = AVAudioSession.Category.playback
+            category = AVAudioSession.Category.playAndRecord
         } else if (ignoreSilentSwitch == "obey") {
             category = AVAudioSession.Category.ambient
         }

ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
     private var _controls:Bool = false
 
     /* Keep track of any modifiers, need to be applied after each play */
+    private var _audioOutput: String = "speaker"
     private var _volume:Float = 1.0
     private var _rate:Float = 1.0
     private var _maxBitRate:Float?
@@ -515,6 +516,20 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
         applyModifiers()
     }
 
+    @objc
+    func setAudioOutput(_ audioOutput:String) {
+        _audioOutput = audioOutput
+        do {
+            if audioOutput == "speaker" {
+                try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().overrideOutputAudioPort(AVAudioSession.PortOverride.speaker)
+            } else if audioOutput == "earpiece" {
+                try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().overrideOutputAudioPort(AVAudioSession.PortOverride.none)
+            }
+        } catch {
+            print("Error occurred: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+        }
+    }
+
     @objc
     func setVolume(_ volume:Float) {
         _volume = volume

ios/Video/RCTVideoManager.m

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(selectedAudioTrack, NSDictionary);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(paused, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(muted, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(controls, BOOL);
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(audioOutput, NSString);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(volume, float);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(playInBackground, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(preventsDisplaySleepDuringVideoPlayback, BOOL);