Automattic / Automattic/pocket-casts-ios
Playback: Video Playback Pauses after Minimizing the Now Playing Screen
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[Type] Bug
playback
- Dominant language
- Swift
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Description
Playback on a video episode pauses with certain conditions after the Now Playing screen is minimized.
Steps to Reproduce
- Play a video episode like this one: https://pca.st/xp4qsr9v
- Expand the Now Playing screen
- Minimize the app
- Open the app either from the lock screen player or the notification player
- Minimize the Now Playing screen
Following the same steps with an audio episode does not pause playback.
Screen Recording
Additional Information
- Reported by beta tester in #5262864-zen
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source files or tests are named. Start by reproducing the video-episode flow through the Now Playing screen, app minimization, and lock-screen or notification player, then verify the same flow with audio; done means minimizing Now Playing no longer pauses video playback.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100