Playing sound stops background music on Android

[mrgzi]

One of my user reported me that everytime playing sound cause stop background music on Android.

Device: HUAWEI Y7 2019
Android version: 8.1 (SDK 27)

[am2074]

I don't have the solution but I did notice that it occurs (in ios as well) when:

Soundpool audioPool = Soundpool.fromOptions(); 
  
someSoundId = await rootBundle
     .load('assets/audio/someSound.mp3')
      .then((ByteData soundData) {
     return audioPool!.load(soundData);
    });

[iamnabink]

any solutions so far?

[donnfelker]

You need to use an Audio session to duck the audio. Here's a sample repo on how to do it: https://github.com/donnfelker/flutter-audio-ducking

[taosimple]

Use StreamType.notification

Soundpool.fromOptions(options: const SoundpoolOptions(
  streamType: StreamType.notification,
  iosOptions: SoundpoolOptionsIos(
    audioSessionCategory: AudioSessionCategory.ambient,
  ),
))

[burekas7]

Any new about it?

When music is playing in the background on Android, it stops when the app loads.
Is the solution just to switch to a different package?

@taosimple
You solution doesn't work, it's the same.
also for "StreamType.alarm"

This code only solve it on iOS

    SoundpoolOptions _soundPoolOptions = SoundpoolOptions(
      streamType: StreamType.alarm,
      androidOptions: SoundpoolOptionsAndroid(),
      iosOptions: SoundpoolOptionsIos(
        audioSessionMode: AudioSessionMode.spokenAudio,
        audioSessionCategory: AudioSessionCategory.ambient,
      ),
    );