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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions __mocks__/expo-audio.ts
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Expand Up @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ const createMockAudioPlayer = () => ({
seekTo: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
remove: jest.fn(),
addListener: jest.fn(() => ({ remove: jest.fn() })),
setActiveForLockScreen: jest.fn(),
updateLockScreenMetadata: jest.fn(),
clearLockScreenControls: jest.fn(),
});

export const createAudioPlayer = jest.fn(createMockAudioPlayer);
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions app.config.ts
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Expand Up @@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ export default ({ config }: ConfigContext): ExpoConfig => ({
'android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE',
'android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE',
'android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_PHONE_CALL',
// Department audio (scanner) streams keep playing while backgrounded through
// expo-audio's AudioControlsService. The expo-audio config plugin adds this permission
// too, but it is declared here so the FGS types the app actually uses are all visible
// in one place next to the Play declarations.
'android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK',
'android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE',
'android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS',
'android.permission.MANAGE_OWN_CALLS',
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38 changes: 38 additions & 0 deletions src/stores/app/__tests__/audio-stream-store.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jest.mock('@/lib/logging', () => ({
logger: {
debug: jest.fn(),
info: jest.fn(),
warn: jest.fn(),
error: jest.fn(),
},
}));
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ describe('AudioStreamStore', () => {
remove: jest.fn(),
seekTo: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
addListener: jest.fn(() => ({ remove: jest.fn() })),
setActiveForLockScreen: jest.fn(),
clearLockScreenControls: jest.fn(),
} as any;

beforeEach(() => {
Expand All @@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ describe('AudioStreamStore', () => {
mockSoundObject.remove.mockImplementation(() => undefined);
mockSoundObject.seekTo.mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve());
mockSoundObject.addListener.mockImplementation(() => ({ remove: jest.fn() }));
mockSoundObject.setActiveForLockScreen.mockImplementation(() => undefined);
mockSoundObject.clearLockScreenControls.mockImplementation(() => undefined);

// Mock expo-audio methods
mockSetAudioModeAsync.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -276,6 +281,38 @@ describe('AudioStreamStore', () => {
});
});

it('should register the player with the OS media session so it can be paused outside the app', async () => {
await useAudioStreamStore.getState().playStream(mockStream);

expect(mockSoundObject.setActiveForLockScreen).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
true,
{ title: mockStream.Name },
{
isLiveStream: true,
showSeekForward: false,
showSeekBackward: false,
}
);
});

it('should keep playing when media session registration fails', async () => {
const lockScreenError = new Error('Service binding failed');
mockSoundObject.setActiveForLockScreen.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
throw lockScreenError;
});

await useAudioStreamStore.getState().playStream(mockStream);

const state = useAudioStreamStore.getState();
expect(state.soundObject).toEqual(mockSoundObject);
expect(state.isPlaying).toBe(true);
expect(mockSoundObject.play).toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(mockLogger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
message: 'Failed to activate audio stream media controls',
context: { error: lockScreenError, streamName: mockStream.Name },
});
});

it('should stop current stream before playing new one', async () => {
// Set up existing stream
useAudioStreamStore.setState({
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -406,6 +443,7 @@ describe('AudioStreamStore', () => {
expect(state.isBuffering).toBe(false);

expect(mockSoundObject.pause).toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(mockSoundObject.clearLockScreenControls).toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(mockSoundObject.remove).toHaveBeenCalled();

expect(mockLogger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
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53 changes: 53 additions & 0 deletions src/stores/app/audio-stream-store.ts
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Expand Up @@ -166,6 +166,50 @@ const logStreamDiagnostics = (source: ResolvedStreamSource, stream: DepartmentAu
});
};

/**
* Publishes the player to the OS media session: an Android media-style notification with a
* play/pause control (plus the lock screen), and Now Playing / Control Center on iOS.
*
* On Android this is what starts expo-audio's `AudioControlsService`, the `mediaPlayback`
* foreground service declared by the expo-audio config plugin. Without it a backgrounded
* stream keeps playing with no user-visible transport control — which is what Google Play
* rejected — and the OS kills the playback after roughly three minutes anyway.
*
* `isLiveStream` drops the scrub bar and seek buttons: a scanner feed has no duration and
* nothing buffered to seek into.
*/
const activateMediaControls = (player: AudioPlayer, stream: DepartmentAudioResultStreamData) => {
try {
player.setActiveForLockScreen(
true,
{ title: stream.Name ?? '' },
{
isLiveStream: true,
showSeekForward: false,
showSeekBackward: false,
}
);
} catch (error) {
// Playback still works without the notification, so never fail the stream over this.
logger.warn({
message: 'Failed to activate audio stream media controls',
context: { error, streamName: stream.Name },
});
}
};

/** Tears down the media notification / Now Playing entry before the player is released. */
const releaseMediaControls = (player: AudioPlayer) => {
try {
player.clearLockScreenControls();
} catch (error) {
logger.warn({
message: 'Failed to clear audio stream media controls',
context: { error },
});
}
};

let latestPlayRequestId = 0;

export const useAudioStreamStore = create<AudioStreamState>((set, get) => ({
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set({ soundObject: sound, currentStream: stream });

// Register with the OS media session before playback starts so the notification and
// its pause control exist from the first frame of audio.
activateMediaControls(sound, stream);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Confirm the installed Expo Audio version and the audio-session mode used before media activation.
fd -HI '^package\.json$' -x rg -n -C 2 '"expo-audio"' '{}'
rg -n -C 5 "setAudioModeAsync|interruptionMode|activateMediaControls" src/stores/app/audio-stream-store.ts

# Expected: the declared expo-audio version is compatible with SDK 56 and
# `interruptionMode: 'doNotMix'` is set before `activateMediaControls`.

Repository: Resgrid/Unit

Length of output: 2089

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

sed -n '168,214p;280,330p' src/stores/app/audio-stream-store.ts
fd -HI '(^|/)(package-lock\.json|yarn\.lock|pnpm-lock\.yaml)$' -x rg -n -C 2 'expo-audio|56\.0\.13' '{}'

Repository: Resgrid/Unit

Length of output: 5141

🌐 Web query:

Expo SDK 56 expo-audio setActiveForLockScreen interruptionMode doNotMix official documentation

💡 Result:

In Expo SDK 56, using setActiveForLockScreen in conjunction with interruptionMode: 'doNotMix' is explicitly required for correct lock screen control functionality [1][2]. Official documentation specifies that for lock screen controls to work properly, you must set the interruptionMode to doNotMix using the setAudioModeAsync function [1][2]. Without this configuration, the operating system may fail to associate lock screen controls with your audio player [1][2]. Furthermore, on Android, calling setActiveForLockScreen is necessary for sustained background playback [1][2]. If this is not enabled, the operating system will stop the audio after approximately 3 minutes due to OS limitations [1][2]. Example usage as provided in the official documentation: useEffect( => { setAudioModeAsync({ playsInSilentMode: true, shouldPlayInBackground: true, interruptionMode: 'doNotMix', }); }, []); const handlePlay = => { player.setActiveForLockScreen(true, { title: 'My Audio Title', artist: 'Artist Name', albumTitle: 'Album Name', artworkUrl: 'https://example.com/artwork.jpg', }); player.play; };

Citations:

Use interruptionMode: 'doNotMix' before activating lock-screen controls.

playStream sets interruptionMode: 'duckOthers' before calling setActiveForLockScreen. Expo SDK 56 requires doNotMix for this API; otherwise lock-screen controls may not register and Android background playback may stop.

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In `@src/stores/app/audio-stream-store.ts` at line 321, Update playStream to set
interruptionMode to doNotMix before calling setActiveForLockScreen or
activateMediaControls, replacing duckOthers for this lock-screen activation path
while preserving the existing control activation flow.


sound.addListener('playbackStatusUpdate', (status: AudioStatus) => {
if (get().soundObject !== sound) {
return;
Expand All @@ -283,6 +331,7 @@ export const useAudioStreamStore = create<AudioStreamState>((set, get) => ({
context: { error: status.error, streamName: stream.Name, streamUrl: redactStreamUrl(streamUrl) },
});
logStreamDiagnostics(source, stream);
releaseMediaControls(sound);
sound.remove();
set({
soundObject: null,
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const { soundObject } = get();
if (soundObject) {
try {
releaseMediaControls(soundObject);
soundObject.remove();
} catch {
// The player may already have been released by an error event.
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try {
soundObject.pause();
} finally {
// Drop the media notification and stop the mediaPlayback foreground service before
// the player goes away, otherwise a dead notification lingers in the shade.
releaseMediaControls(soundObject);
soundObject.remove();
}

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