Android selectAudioOutput

[Mihai-github]

Describe the bug

Unable to change the audio output on Android devices.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
First, configure the AudioSession with the desired configuration and start the audio session:

AudioSession.configureAudio({
   android: {
      audioTypeOptions: AndroidAudioTypePresets.communication,
   },
});
await AudioSession.startAudioSession();

Afterward, call the AudioSession.selectAudioOutput(deviceId) function by passing the desired deviceId received from calling the AudioSession.getAudioOutputs()

Expected behavior

Able to change/switch the audio output.

Screenshots

Device Info:

• Device: Samsung Galaxy S9+
• OS: Android version 10

Dependencies Info (please reference your package-lock.json or yarn.lock file, not just your package.json):

"@livekit/react-native": "^2.6.5",
"@livekit/react-native-webrtc": "^125.0.9",
"livekit-client": "^2.9.8",

Additional context

[timaxlucas]

Can confirm on Android 14

[Mihai-github]

Does anyone know how to resolve this issue? I have a client waiting for a solution, so it’s quite urgent. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[timaxlucas]

react-native-incall-manager will successfully enable the speaker with InCallManager.setSpeakerphoneOn(true).

This, however, only worked when I set android.audioTypeOptions.audioAttributesUsageType (inside AudioSession.configureAudio) to someting other than voiceCommunication. But now I have echo cancellation issues (agent interrupts itself) on some android phones. Presumably because the usage type is not voiceCommunication...

@Mihai-github let me know if this worked for you.

[Mihai-github]

@timaxlucas thanks man, will look into. Would be awesome to have an official fix from the library mentainers