How to get silent switch status in iOS5

Question

I found out "Silent switch" status of Device using "AudioSessionGetProperty" before [iOS5] released.

CFStringRef route;
UInt32 propertySize = sizeof(CFStringRef);
AudioSessionInitialize(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
AudioSessionGetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_AudioRoute, &propertySize, &route);
if(CFStringGetLength(route) == 0) {
     // Silent Mode
}

Now, I'd like to know how to get "silent switch" status in "iOS5"

@titaniumdecoy : ok, but that old method does not work anymore — Oliver, Oct 20 '11 at 22:34
What do you mean it doesn't work? Post the error message or whatever other problem you have. — titaniumdecoy, Oct 20 '11 at 22:36
@titaniumdecoy : route is now always filled with "Speaker". So that does not work anymore. — Oliver, Oct 21 '11 at 14:32
Looks like others have the same question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7798891/detect-silent-mode-in-ios5 — titaniumdecoy, Oct 21 '11 at 17:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:07

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It's not possible. I've asked the question directly to Apple using a Developer Technical Support, and they answered me that the way that was made possible prior to iOS 5 was because of a breach, that was corrected in iOS 5. They say it's not made possible anymore, and if we want such a feature, we have to ask for it.

answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:07

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It's definitely possible, even in iOS5. Look at this (paid...) component. But I wanna figure that out, not pay for closed source stuff. http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/vssilentswitch – steipete Apr 01 '12 at 07:13
@steipete:very very very interesting ! – Oliver Apr 01 '12 at 18:55
The component does some trick with playing a silent track and evaluating something. It has 1-2 seconds delay. Definitely a very crude hack. – steipete Apr 02 '12 at 05:07

How to get silent switch status in iOS5

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