Update
I'm starting to figure this out. The AVAudioRecorder session gets activated and I get mic level readings for a few seconds. Then the async video code completes, the camera view displays, and I stop getting readings. It seems like the video is killing the audio session.
What's strange is that the code works on iOS 7 and won't work on iOS 6. Any ideas how to get around this. Is it a limitation on iOS 6?
I'm getting sound levels via the mic and I can only get them when I place a breakpoint on the code that sets up my audio recorder object. If I run without pausing at that point for a few seconds it can't get the levels. This code is in viewDidLoad and is and I can place the breakpoint on one of those first 3 lines:
_recorder = [[AVAudioRecorder alloc] initWithURL:url settings:settings error:&error];
[_recorder prepareToRecord];
_recorder.meteringEnabled = YES;
_levelTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval: 0.03 target: self selector: @selector(levelTimerCallback) userInfo: nil repeats: YES];
I get my levels in the levelTimerCallback method.
This code goes in viewDidAppear:
NSError *error;
if (_recorder) {
[_recorder record];
} else
NSLog(@"Error: %@", [error description]);
Edit:
levelTimerCallback code:
[_recorder updateMeters];
const double ALPHA = 0.05;
double peakPowerForChannel = pow(10, (0.05 * [_recorder peakPowerForChannel:0]));
_lowPassResults = ALPHA * peakPowerForChannel + (1.0 - ALPHA) * _lowPassResults;
NSLog(@"Average input: %f Peak input: %f", [_recorder averagePowerForChannel:0], [_recorder peakPowerForChannel:0]);
Async code run above recorder code:
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
[[[self captureManager] session] startRunning];
});
Camera code:
if ([self captureManager] == nil) {
AVCamCaptureManager *manager = [[AVCamCaptureManager alloc] init];
[self setCaptureManager:manager];
[[self captureManager] setDelegate:self];
if ([[self captureManager] setupSession]) {
// Create video preview layer and add it to the UI
AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer *newCaptureVideoPreviewLayer = [[AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer alloc] initWithSession:[[self captureManager] session]];
UIView *view = [self videoPreviewView];
CALayer *viewLayer = [view layer];
[viewLayer setMasksToBounds:YES];
CGRect bounds = [view bounds];
[newCaptureVideoPreviewLayer setFrame:bounds];
if ([[newCaptureVideoPreviewLayer connection] isVideoOrientationSupported]) {
[[newCaptureVideoPreviewLayer connection] setVideoOrientation:AVCaptureVideoOrientationPortrait];
}
[newCaptureVideoPreviewLayer setVideoGravity:AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill];
[viewLayer insertSublayer:newCaptureVideoPreviewLayer below:[[viewLayer sublayers] objectAtIndex:0]];
[self setCaptureVideoPreviewLayer:newCaptureVideoPreviewLayer];
// Start the session. This is done asychronously since -startRunning doesn't return until the session is running.
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
[[[self captureManager] session] startRunning];
});
[self addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"captureManager.videoInput.device.focusMode" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:AVCamFocusModeObserverContext];
// Add a single tap gesture to focus on the point tapped, then lock focus
UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tapToAutoFocus:)];
[singleTap setDelegate:self];
[singleTap setNumberOfTapsRequired:1];
[view addGestureRecognizer:singleTap];
// Add a double tap gesture to reset the focus mode to continuous auto focus
UITapGestureRecognizer *doubleTap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tapToContinouslyAutoFocus:)];
[doubleTap setDelegate:self];
[doubleTap setNumberOfTapsRequired:2];
[singleTap requireGestureRecognizerToFail:doubleTap];
[view addGestureRecognizer:doubleTap];
}
}
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"/dev/null"];
NSDictionary *settings = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[NSNumber numberWithFloat: 44100.0], AVSampleRateKey,
[NSNumber numberWithInt: kAudioFormatAppleLossless], AVFormatIDKey,
[NSNumber numberWithInt: 1], AVNumberOfChannelsKey,
[NSNumber numberWithInt: AVAudioQualityMax], AVEncoderAudioQualityKey,
nil];
AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
[audioSession setActive: YES error: nil];
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryRecord error: nil];
NSError *error;
_recorder = [[AVAudioRecorder alloc] initWithURL:url settings:settings error:&error];