Android Automotive: "Ghost" playbar appears on sign-in screen after sign-out.
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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.
Actual result
The sign-in screen has a playbar with default metadata superimposed over the top of it.
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 bugreportto android-media-github@google.com after filing this issue.
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