Is there a way to configure Graphene so that two apps can play audio simultaneously?
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This is amusing enough, but I've definitely played around with simultaneous playback of different music, or things like binaural beats along with music. Binaural beats I usually just mix and output to a single mp3, but things like gregorian chanting playing alongside doomy stuff like Sunn O))) is a very interesting blend, and you just need to be able to play from two apps at once unless you're going to go nuts with audio mixing.
Thankfully I'm not one of the weirdos that has a phone but no PC, but it'd be nice to have more functionality from the phone...
Android does occasionally result in two apps playing audio (I've usually seen it with SOME ads playing while I have podcasts going), but it is rare. What that tells me is that it seems to be the apps themselves that lock the output, rather than the OS itself.
Really never thought I'd wish to see Pulseaudio (or anything written by the hellspawn Lennart Poettering) on more Linux systems, but here we are.
Not right now. This is mostly due to how apps design themselves to use audio focus. If an app has audio focus, it can take priority and pause everything else.
Short answer: there’s no GrapheneOS toggle for that. Android can mix audio, but apps decide via AudioFocus. If an app grabs exclusive focus, it pauses others. Check each app for an “ignore/respect audio focus” setting (e.g., VLC) or pick apps that duck. Which two apps are you using?
