diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2df8a54a..48c22469 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - iOS: `onEvent` on iOS has incomplete payload information
 - tvOS: Picture in Picture sample screen has unwanted padding
 - iOS: hide home indicator when entering fullscreen mode in the example application
+- iOS: invalid `loadingState` value in `SeekEvent`, `SourceLoadEvent`, `SourceLoadedEvent` and in `SourceUnloadedEvent`
 
 ## [0.14.1] (2023-11-16)
 
diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 18e1a31d..227f1ad9 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Platform, Button } from 'react-native';
 import { NavigationContainer } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { createNativeStackNavigator } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
 import { NativeStackNavigationProp } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
-import { SourceType } from 'bitmovin-player-react-native';
+import { AudioSession, SourceType } from 'bitmovin-player-react-native';
 import ExamplesList from './screens/ExamplesList';
 import BasicAds from './screens/BasicAds';
 import BasicAnalytics from './screens/BasicAnalytics';
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ const RootStack = createNativeStackNavigator();
 const isTVOS = Platform.OS === 'ios' && Platform.isTV;
 
 export default function App() {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // iOS audio session category must be set to `playback` first, otherwise playback
+    // will have no audio when the device is silenced.
+    // This is also required to make Picture in Picture work on iOS.
+    //
+    // Usually it's desireable to set the audio's category only once during your app's main component
+    // initialization. This way you can guarantee that your app's audio category is properly
+    // configured throughout the whole lifecycle of the application.
+    AudioSession.setCategory('playback').catch((error) => {
+      // Handle any native errors that might occur while setting the audio's category.
+      console.log("Failed to set app's audio category to `playback`:\n", error);
+    });
+  });
+
   const stackParams = {
     data: [
       {
diff --git a/example/src/screens/BasicPictureInPicture.tsx b/example/src/screens/BasicPictureInPicture.tsx
index d1fa44f0..98971d03 100644
--- a/example/src/screens/BasicPictureInPicture.tsx
+++ b/example/src/screens/BasicPictureInPicture.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   usePlayer,
   PlayerView,
   SourceType,
-  AudioSession,
   PictureInPictureEnterEvent,
   PictureInPictureExitEvent,
   PlayerViewConfig,
@@ -51,19 +50,6 @@ export default function BasicPictureInPicture({
 
   useFocusEffect(
     useCallback(() => {
-      // iOS audio session must be set to `playback` first otherwise PiP mode won't work.
-      //
-      // Usually it's desireable to set the audio's category only once during your app's main component
-      // initialization. This way you can guarantee that your app's audio category is properly
-      // configured throughout the whole lifecycle of the application.
-      AudioSession.setCategory('playback').catch((error) => {
-        // Handle any native errors that might occur while setting the audio's category.
-        console.log(
-          "[BasicPictureInPicture] Failed to set app's audio category to `playback`:\n",
-          error
-        );
-      });
-
       // Load desired source configuration
       player.load({
         url:
diff --git a/ios/Event+JSON.swift b/ios/Event+JSON.swift
index 0b6c817c..12b06ef5 100644
--- a/ios/Event+JSON.swift
+++ b/ios/Event+JSON.swift
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ extension Source {
         var json: [AnyHashable: Any] = [
             "duration": duration,
             "isActive": isActive,
-            "loadingState": loadingState,
+            "loadingState": loadingState.rawValue,
             "isAttachedToPlayer": isAttachedToPlayer
         ]
         if let metadata {
diff --git a/src/events.ts b/src/events.ts
index c467ebf7..3f357808 100644
--- a/src/events.ts
+++ b/src/events.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { SubtitleTrack } from './subtitleTrack';
 import { VideoQuality } from './media';
 import { AudioTrack } from './audioTrack';
+import { LoadingState } from './source';
 
 /**
  * Base event type for all events.
@@ -139,6 +140,10 @@ export interface EventSource {
    * Metadata for this event's source.
    */
   metadata?: Record<string, any>;
+  /**
+   * The current `LoadingState` of the source.
+   */
+  loadingState: LoadingState;
 }
 
 /**