fixing other bugs with silent mode and such

nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/CircleFooterView.swift

@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ struct CircleFooterView: View {
             if newValue != nil && myId != nil {
                 self.selectedFriend = self.authSessionStore.friendsArr[newValue!]
                 
-                // get the last message's sent timestamp
-                let lastMessage = self.authSessionStore.friendMessagesDict[self.selectedFriend!.id!]?.last
+                // get the latest message's timestamp...will be the first in list now
+                let lastMessage = self.authSessionStore.friendMessagesDict[self.selectedFriend!.id!]?.first
                 if lastMessage != nil {
                     // figure out whose turn it is
                     self.myTurn = lastMessage!.receiverId == myId! ? true : false

nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/InnerCircleViewModel.swift

@@ -14,22 +14,25 @@ class InnerCircleViewModel: ObservableObject {
     
     @Published var isRecording : Bool = false
     
+    let audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
+    
     private var audioLocalUrl: URL?
     
     let cloudStorageService = CloudStorageService()
     let firestoreService = FirestoreService()
     
-    func startRecording() {
-        let recordingSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
-        
+    init() {
         do {
-            try recordingSession.setAllowHapticsAndSystemSoundsDuringRecording(true)
-            try recordingSession.setCategory(.playAndRecord, mode: .default)
-            try recordingSession.setActive(true)
+            try audioSession.setAllowHapticsAndSystemSoundsDuringRecording(true)
+            try audioSession.setCategory(.playAndRecord, mode: .default)
+            try audioSession.setActive(true)
+            try audioSession.overrideOutputAudioPort(AVAudioSession.PortOverride.speaker) // allow playing in silent mode
         } catch {
             print("Can not setup the Recording")
         }
-        
+    }
+    
+    func startRecording() {
         let filePath = getTemporaryDirectory().appendingPathComponent("\(UUID().uuidString).m4a")
         
         print("file name of recording will be : \(filePath)")