androidx / androidx/media

Android Automotive: "Ghost" playbar appears on sign-in screen after sign-out.

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Since Dec 9, 2025.

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Description

Version

Media3 main branch

More version details

bfe5930f7f (origin/release, origin/HEAD, release) Fix gradle config for doc-samples module

Devices that reproduce the issue

Appning arm64 AAOS system - API 34 (Emulator)

Devices that do not reproduce the issue

n/a

Reproducible in the demo app?

Yes

Reproduction steps

I will attempt to follow the rules for creating a full zip. However, in case that fails, I will also attach a patch here. The patch adds sign-in and sign-out functionality to the automotive demo app.

  • apply the patch
  • launch the app in an automotive environment, preferably the one specified above, but it should not matter.
  • tap "sign in"
  • play any track
  • back out to the home screen
  • tap on the settings cog wheel
  • tap on "sign out"
Expected result

Playback should stop and the user should be presented with a clean sign-in screen, as seen when the app was first launched.

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Actual result

The sign-in screen has a playbar with default metadata superimposed over the top of it.

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Media

The patch uses the media in the demo app:

0001-Signed-out-ghost-playbar.patch

Bug Report
  • You will email the zip file produced by adb bugreport to android-media-github@google.com after filing this issue.

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