Changing iOS device volume via adobe native extension

hello
I have created an ANE to control the ios device volume. When I exclude the following code, my ANE functions well, but when I include the code the and reproduce the ANE, I cannot compile the IPA.
UIWindow *win = [UIApplication sharedApplication].keyWindow;
MPVolumeView *volumeView = [[MPVolumeView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectZero];
[win addSubview: volumeView];
volumeView.showsRouteButton = NO;
How could I make this code work with my ANE?
Thanks

Thank you for pointing that out; I had seen it before posting. The key item I need is to have an ANE that controls volume but does NOT have the popup showing when setVolume is called. To do this, you need an ANE that uses iOS's MPVolumeView (as the original poster on this thread had asked about) and hence why I added to this thread. Are you familiar with any ANEs that specifically use MPVolumeView so that the popup isn't shown?

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I am currently testing a plugin to see if I can consume protected HLS. If I fail then I will scrap the entire project…which also means not buying Adobe Access or Adobe Media Servers. Neither will I be looking at Adobe Primetime.
My OSMF based app is able to consume HLS content when I debug in AIR Simulator. Testing on iOS simulator or iOS devices has yet to prove successful. Something breaks inside AIR when it is compiled using iOS SDK.
The reason why I chose Adobe technologies is because it seemed like all the pieces were there to put together a streaming solution that fit my business model. I did not want to have to write everything and Adobe technologies promised a quick time to market. Now 7 months later I am finding out that perhaps I should have read the Adobe Access technical specs with the precision of a lawyer.
In my testing, protected content cannot be consumed in AIR unless DRMManager class is available. In help.adobe.com we read the following:
“The DRMManager manages the retrieval and storage of the vouchers needed to view DRM-protected content. With the static DRMManager.getDRMManager() method, you can access the existing DRMManager object to perform the following DRM-management tasks:
Preload vouchers from a media rights server, using a DRMContentData object.
Query the local cache for an individual voucher, using a DRMContentData object.
Reset all vouchers (AIR only)
AIR profile support: This feature is supported on all desktop operating systems and AIR for TV devices, but it is not supported on mobile devices. You can test for support at run time using the DRMManager.isSupported property.”
Using OSMF 2.0 framework, I have been able to take advantage of both PHDS and Adobe Access protection schemes in my Flex based app running on Adobe Air on Android. In Android Devices, DRMManager .isSupported returns true.
In iOS, it seems to be a whole different story. As I said in my first post, DRMManager.isSupported returns false when testing via iOS Simulator but returns true when testing via Air Simulator. So the attack vector idea that you put forward cannot stand because if that was true it would require DRMManager.isSupported to be false in all debugging scenarios not just on iOS Simulator or iOS devices.
The behavior of the app in iOS simulator and Air Simulator is not consistent when it comes to responding to touch based events and rendering visual elements as well. Performance and functionality degrades even more when testing directly on iOS devices. All iOS devices exhibit the same symptoms. For example, trying to select a list item is almost impossible….item renderers simply do not respond when one tries to select an item.
No such symptoms or differences exist between AIR Simulator and Android devices. So, it seems to me that there are AIR to iOS compilation issues when a mobile air app is packaged through iOS SDK. Smth brakes inside of AIR during packaging. I believe that this is the reason why DRMManager.isSupported returns false when testing app in iOS simulator and devices.

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