Widget skip on 3.12.0-beta1

Bug report
1

I’ve had the beta install this morning, and notice that the skip forward/skip back buttons on my widget no longer work. It definitely functioned yesterday and has only stopped since 3.12.0-beta1 installed.

I’ve deleted and re-added a new widget, no difference.

2

Tracking this here: Widget skipping does not work with new playback service · Issue #8454 · AntennaPod/AntennaPod · GitHub

3

I noticed this too - in my case I have the buttons set for rewind and fast forward and they too don’t work.

4

Rewind and fast forward aren’t doing anything for me either.

logcat shows “Ignore key event that is not a play command on API 26 or above to avoid an ‘ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException’”

The related code seems to be androidx/media3/session/MediaButtonReceiver.java which contains many helpful comments:

    if (SDK_INT >= 26) {
      if (keyEvent.getKeyCode() != KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY
          && keyEvent.getKeyCode() != KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE
          && keyEvent.getKeyCode() != KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK) {
        // Starting with Android 8 (API 26), the service must be started immediately in the
        // foreground when being started. Also starting with Android 8, the system sends media
        // button intents to this receiver only when the session is released or not active, meaning
        // the service is not running. Hence we only accept a PLAY command here that ensures that
        // playback is started and the MediaSessionService/MediaLibraryService is put into the
        // foreground (see https://developer.android.com/media/legacy/media-buttons and
        // https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0-changes#back-all).
        Log.w(
            TAG,
            "Ignore key event that is not a `play` command on API 26 or above to avoid an"
                + " 'ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException'");
        return;
      }
    }

I should add that this logging occurs even when AntennaPod is clearly running:

  • Open the app
  • Minimise the app
  • Hit rewind in the widget
  • Still see "“Ignore key event that is not a `play` command” in logcat

PS: Using develop branch from github