How to fix avplayer playback in background on ios 8?

Question

Objective-C

On ios 8, audio playback in the background using avplayer broke, after about 10 minutes of playback in the background, it stops.
Example:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    NSURL *streamingURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.radiofmgold.be/stream.php?ext=pls"];

    AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:streamingURL];
    [self setPlayerItem:playerItem];

    AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
    [player setAllowsExternalPlayback:NO];

    [self setPlayer:player];
    [player play];

    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error:nil];
    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive: YES error: nil];

    return YES;
}

I found a post on the apple dev forum with a similar problem, but it is unanswered:
https://devforums.apple.com/message/1056436#1056436
Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Answer 1

It was an ios 8.0 bug that has now been fixed.

Answer 2

Add audio to the UIBackgroundModes parameter in info.plist