From f2afd16d0bc7fc72e0b4d8400d74342244158674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Shumihin <shumolek@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 12:58:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ios): add PublicAudioSessionManager for audio session
 management (#4747)

---
 ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift       | 8 ++++++++
 ios/Video/PublicAudioSessionManager.swift | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ios/Video/PublicAudioSessionManager.swift

diff --git a/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift b/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
index da047820..dfe16de0 100644
--- a/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
     private var videoViews = NSHashTable<RCTVideo>.weakObjects()
     private var isAudioSessionActive = false
     private var remoteControlEventsActive = false
+    private var isAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled = false
 
     private var isAudioSessionManagementDisabled: Bool {
+        if isAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled {
+            return true
+        }
         // If no views are registered, disable audio session management
         if videoViews.allObjects.isEmpty {
             return true
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
 
     // MARK: - Public API
 
+    func setIsAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled(disabled: Bool) {
+        isAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled = disabled
+    }
+
     func registerView(view: RCTVideo) {
         if videoViews.contains(view) {
             return
diff --git a/ios/Video/PublicAudioSessionManager.swift b/ios/Video/PublicAudioSessionManager.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6989dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/Video/PublicAudioSessionManager.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import Foundation
+
+@objc
+public class PublicAudioSessionManager: NSObject {
+    @objc
+    public static func setIsAudioSessionManagementDisabled(_ disabled: Bool) {
+        AudioSessionManager.shared.setIsAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled(disabled: disabled)
+    }
+}