Unity iOS background audio getting muted

Question

I disabled the "Mute other Audio Sources" option in the iOS player settings, but still every time I start my game the background music (e.g. Spotify) is being paused. Strangely, on Android is everything working fine. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Looks like an issue with this Unity release, I voted on it here and waiting for Unity to fix it.

https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/ios-unity-player-does-not-respect-the-mute-other-audio-sources-toggle-in-player-settings