Can not play audio when Safari application is minimized (iOS)

[adamdbrennan]

When the Safari application is minimized and running in the background, the audio will pause and buffer up until the user reopens the app. I don't think this is expected behaviour, but maybe I am underestimating Apple's walled garden.

[samirkumardas]

I wish I could solve this problem!

[adamdbrennan]

Is there no way to solve it? Even a hacky way to do it?

I did some research and it seems background music can be played if it's a video player - perhaps adding an option to specify what kind of player to use would suffice?

[samirkumardas]

this library uses a web audio library so it does not need any video or audio tag