I am running a AVAudioSession which I suspect is activating the microphone request, but I only use it for sounds and music. When running Xcode 10.1 Simulator on macOS Mojave, why does it activate a request to access the microphone? I haven't written a single line to even ask access to it. My app doesn't need access to it nor do I want it to. Here's the code to play the music:
AVAudioSession *title = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
[title setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
[title setActive:YES error:nil];
//MUSIC
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"music_nature" ofType:@"mp3"];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
titleMusic = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:NULL];
titleMusic.numberOfLoops = -1;
[titleMusic setVolume:1.0];
[titleMusic play];
If I comment out the above code, I will no longer get a request for the microphone. But then I don't have any music.
Sample project: https://github.com/Coeur/StackOverflow53109911
(you need macOS Mojave to reproduce the issue)