(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_HINT_AUDIO_CATEGORY

A variable controlling the audio category on iOS and Mac OS X

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_AUDIO_CATEGORY   "SDL_AUDIO_CATEGORY"

Remarks

This variable can be set to the following values:

• "ambient": Use the AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient audio category, will be muted by the phone mute switch (default)
• "playback": Use the AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback category

For more information, see Apple's documentation: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Audio/Conceptual/AudioSessionProgrammingGuide/AudioSessionCategoriesandModes/AudioSessionCategoriesandModes.html

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints