From f5e751c27a2586376548a46aed3dd075568ad18c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Heino <46334387+personalizedrefrigerator@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 09:20:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] iOS: Fixes #12314: Fix error shown the first time a user
 attempts to record (#12328)

---
 .../components/voiceTyping/AudioRecordingBanner.tsx        | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/AudioRecordingBanner.tsx b/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/AudioRecordingBanner.tsx
index 97df561685..95fe01ddd2 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/AudioRecordingBanner.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/AudioRecordingBanner.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { Text } from 'react-native-paper';
 import { AndroidAudioEncoder, AndroidOutputFormat, IOSAudioQuality, IOSOutputFormat, RecordingOptions } from 'expo-av/build/Audio';
 import time from '@joplin/lib/time';
 import { toFileExtension } from '@joplin/lib/mime-utils';
-import { formatMsToDurationCompat } from '@joplin/utils/time';
+import { formatMsToDurationCompat, msleep } from '@joplin/utils/time';
 
 const logger = Logger.create('AudioRecording');
 
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ const useAudioRecorder = (onFileSaved: OnFileSavedCallback, onDismiss: ()=> void
 				if (!response.granted) {
 					throw new Error(_('Missing permission to record audio.'));
 				}
+
+				// Work around "This experience is currently in the background, so the audio session could not be activated"
+				// See https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/21782
+				// May be resolved by migrating to expo-audio.
+				await msleep(500);
 			}
 
 			await Audio.setAudioModeAsync({