AVPlayer skips audio playback intermittently in iOS 16 when using background mode
I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. I can't seem to get I'm following best practices but I'm prototyping a solution and This might be a silly question, but I'm experiencing an issue with AVPlayer where audio playback skips intermittently when the app is in background mode on iOS 16... I've set up my AVPlayer instance with the appropriate audio session category and mode, but the playback behavior seems unpredictable, especially after the app has been in the background for a while. Here's how I've configured my player: ```swift let audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance() try? audioSession.setCategory(.playback, mode: .default, options: [.mixWithOthers]) try? audioSession.setActive(true) let url = URL(string: "https://example.com/audiofile.mp3") let player = AVPlayer(url: url!) player.play() ``` I've also implemented necessary delegate methods from AVPlayerItem, but I still get occasional skips which seems to correlate with background task expiration. Here’s a snippet of my background task handling: ```swift var backgroundTask: UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier = .invalid backgroundTask = UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(expirationHandler: { [weak self] in UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(self?.backgroundTask) self?.backgroundTask = .invalid }) DispatchQueue.global().async { [weak self] in // Simulate some work sleep(5) // End the background task UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(self?.backgroundTask) self?.backgroundTask = .invalid } ``` Despite this, I've noticed that if the audio is paused and then resumed while the app is still in the background, it might cause the playback to skip or stutter. When testing, I also monitored the network conditions, and they seem stable. Is there a known issue with AVPlayer particularly in iOS 16 regarding background audio playback? Are there additional configurations or best practices I should consider to ensure smooth audio playback in the background? My development environment is Windows. How would you solve this? How would you solve this? The stack includes Swift and several other technologies. Thanks for taking the time to read this! I've been using Swift for about a year now. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm working in a CentOS environment. Is there a simpler solution I'm overlooking? The project is a REST API built with Swift. Thanks for any help you can provide!