Problem using AVAudioRecorder

I am facing a strange problem with AVAudioRecorder. In my application i need to record audio and play it. I am creating my player as :

if(recorder)
{
if(recorder.recording)
[recorder stop];
[recorder release];
recorder = nil;
}

NSString * filePath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent: [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Documents/%@.caf",songTitle]];
        NSDictionary *recordSettings = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                        [NSNumber numberWithFloat: 44100.0],AVSampleRateKey,
                                        [NSNumber numberWithInt: kAudioFormatAppleIMA4],AVFormatIDKey开发者_运维问答,
                                        [NSNumber numberWithInt: 1], AVNumberOfChannelsKey,
                                        [NSNumber numberWithInt: AVAudioQualityMax],AVEncoderAudioQualityKey,nil];
        recorder = [[AVAudioRecorder alloc] initWithURL: [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath] settings: recordSettings error: nil];
        recorder.delegate = self;
if ([recorder prepareToRecord] == YES){
                [recorder record];

I am releasing and creating player every time i press record button. But the problem is that ,AVAudiorecorder is taking some time before starting to record , and so if i press record button multiple times continuously ,my application freezes for some time. The same code works fine without any problem when headphones are connected to device...there is no delay in recording, and the app doesn't freeze even if i press record button multiple times.

Will be greatful if anyone guides me in rectifying this issue. Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Thanx in advance.

Got the solution. I just added the code

AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
        NSError *err = nil;
        [audioSession setCategory :AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord error:&err];
        if(err){
            NSLog(@"audioSession: %@ %d %@", [err domain], [err code], [[err userInfo] description]);
            return;
        }
        err = nil;
        [audioSession setActive:YES error:&err];
        if(err){
            NSLog(@"audioSession: %@ %d %@", [err domain], [err code], [[err userInfo] description]);
            return;
        }

and it is now working fine. However i want to know what difference does this piece of code made? And why it was like that my application was working fine with headphones connected but freezed without them.?

Yes,

[audioSession setCategory :AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord error:&err];

is the solution. It lets you record and play the audio.

About the headphones error, that's probably related with the property

[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] inputIsAvailable]