How to keep the slider of MPVolumeView visible when connecting to Apple TV?

Question

I'm using an MPVolumeView to control the volume of the AVPlayer in my app. When I connect use the Airplay-button next to the volume slider to connect to an AppleTV, the slider disappears. How can this be avoided?

When I use the Music app to stream music to the same AppleTV the volume slider in the music app stays visible.

Answer 1

The solution was to set allowsExternalPlayback to NO on the AVPlayer:

self.player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:self.streamUrl];
self.player.allowsExternalPlayback = NO;

Answer 2

I had a similar situation. My fix was:

player.allowsAirPlayVideo = NO; // keeps volume slider from disappearing