I have an instance of a MPMoviePlayerController which is being used to display some live streaming video on an iPhone app. This is working fine, however I wish to remove all AirPlay functionality.
To be sure, I specifically disable AirPlay like so:
if([self.moviePlayerController respondsToSelector:@selector(setAllowsAirPlay:)]) {
self.moviePlayerController.allowsAirPlay = NO;
}
However, even with this code, I still see the AirPlay icon on the video controls. If I select this, and select my AppleTV, only the audio is sent over AirPlay - the video continues to play within the app. If I set allowsAirPlay to YES, both the video & audio are sent over AirPlay.
Does anyone know why this happens? Is this a feature of the OS, to allows allow the audio to be sent over AirPlay?
It turns out that the AirPlay icon is still visible (and should remain visible) so that audio can be routed to any suitable device, eg. a Bluetooth headset. Attempting to hide the icon is considered bad practice.