Inconsistent Widget Play/Pause Behavior

[Nilex]

App version: 3.1.1 (Google Play)
Android version: 14.0 (Also occurred on Android 13)
Device model: Pixel 7a

Expected behaviour: If an in-progress, not yet completed episode is displayed in the widget, clicking play on the widget should start/resume playback.

Current behaviour: The play/pause behavior on the widget is inconsistent. I will press play on the widget and while the widget icon changes to pause indicating it should be playing I hear no audio and when I open the app the actual player is still paused and displaying the play icon. Once I start playback from within the app it works as expected.

First occurred: I’ve been on 3.1.1 since the beta, so for a while, but I think this started with the 3.1 builds.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Hard to provide specific steps as it doesn’t always fail and I have yet to identify a pattern as to when the issue is encountered. I do know it’s not related to a specific podcast somehow as it happens across my podcasts, just seemingly randomly.

Environment: I do not select another media player, using whatever default is.

[Nilex]

See Play button doesn't work on screen lock. It looks like a similar issue may be occurring on the lock screen player/notification.

[Rick]

I have this issue too with the widget in the Android (14) pull down menu.

[Nilex]

Sounds like the same behavior is being encountered whether using the AP home screen widget or the “default” media player in the notification drop-down area (which I would assume is the same thing as what is displayed on the lock screen).