[Video] set audio category to ambient every time a new player is made (#4934)

* set auto category to ambient every time a new player is made

* mute on foregrounding

* remember previous state

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Co-authored-by: Samuel Newman <10959775+mozzius@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Hailey <me@haileyok.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/modules/expo-bluesky-swiss-army/ios/PlatformInfo/ExpoPlatformInfoModule.swift b/modules/expo-bluesky-swiss-army/ios/PlatformInfo/ExpoPlatformInfoModule.swift
index cae4b983d..02bf5c662 100644
--- a/modules/expo-bluesky-swiss-army/ios/PlatformInfo/ExpoPlatformInfoModule.swift
+++ b/modules/expo-bluesky-swiss-army/ios/PlatformInfo/ExpoPlatformInfoModule.swift
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import ExpoModulesCore
 
 public class ExpoPlatformInfoModule: Module {
+  private var prevAudioActive: Bool?
+  private var prevAudioCategory: AVAudioSession.Category?
+
   public func definition() -> ModuleDefinition {
     Name("ExpoPlatformInfo")
 
@@ -10,13 +13,20 @@ public class ExpoPlatformInfoModule: Module {
 
     Function("setAudioCategory") { (audioCategoryString: String) in
       let audioCategory = AVAudioSession.Category(rawValue: audioCategoryString)
-
+      if audioCategory == self.prevAudioCategory {
+        return
+      }
+      self.prevAudioCategory = audioCategory
       DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
         try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(audioCategory)
       }
     }
 
     Function("setAudioActive") { (active: Bool) in
+      if active == self.prevAudioActive {
+        return
+      }
+      self.prevAudioActive = active
       if active {
         DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
           try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)