From 54772f345ab1ce1c13e8a7a1fb9f56bde045036c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:53:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support the "ambient" value for SDL_HINT_AUDIO_CATEGORY

Fixes https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/13732

(cherry picked from commit 4725213eeff211267fa9c8f71bee1baad406f590)
(cherry picked from commit 5e85a29e754a10ea1c5f143e3906698b1f23d646)
---
 src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m b/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m
index edf6e23617..941a2afe03 100644
--- a/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m
+++ b/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ static BOOL update_audio_session(_THIS, SDL_bool open, SDL_bool allow_playandrec
 
         hint = SDL_GetHint(SDL_HINT_AUDIO_CATEGORY);
         if (hint) {
-            if (SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient") == 0) {
+            if (SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient") == 0 ||
+                SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "ambient") == 0) {
                 category = AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient;
             } else if (SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient") == 0) {
                 category = AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient;