[BUG]: Video playback breaks media controls (lock screen controls) for audio players

[lbuljan]

Version

6.18.0

What platforms are you having the problem on?

iOS

System Version

Any

On what device are you experiencing the issue?

Real device

Architecture

Old architecture

What happened?

After playing a video using react-native-video, media center controls (lock screen media controls) on iOS never show up again when other content is played (audio via react-native-track-player). Doesn't matter which library starts first, video playback always breaks lock screen media controls.

Reproduction Link

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Reproduction

Step to reproduce this bug are:

1. Play a video using react-native-video.
2. Play an audio using react-native-track-player or similar
3. Lock the phone and notice that no lock screen controls are shown.

alternatively:

1. Play an audio using react-native-track-player or similar
2. Lock the phone and notice that lock screen controls show correctly
3. Go back into the app and play a video using react-native-video
4. Play an audio again and lock your phone
5. Lock screen controls will not show up ever again until the app has been fully restarted and until a video is played again.

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For anyone who needs to resolve this issue quickly, here is a patch that fixes lock screen controls (at least for me). Note that this prevents react-native-video from creating lock screen controls itself, but at least it doesn't break other functionalities:

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-video/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift b/node_modules/react-native-video/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
index dfe16de..32da7ed 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-video/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-video/ios/Video/AudioSessionManager.swift
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
     private var videoViews = NSHashTable<RCTVideo>.weakObjects()
     private var isAudioSessionActive = false
     private var remoteControlEventsActive = false
-    private var isAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled = false
+    private var isAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled = true
 
     private var isAudioSessionManagementDisabled: Bool {
         if isAudioSessionManagementForcedDisabled {
             return true
         }
+        
         // If no views are registered, disable audio session management
         if videoViews.allObjects.isEmpty {
             return true
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
     }
 
     func updateAudioSessionConfiguration() {
+        if (isAudioSessionManagementDisabled == true) { return }
+        
         // Activate audio session if needed
         let isAnyPlayerPlaying = videoViews.allObjects.contains { view in
             return !view.isMuted() && view._player != nil && view._player?.rate != 0
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ class AudioSessionManager {
     // MARK: - Audio Session Configuration
 
     private func configureForRemoteControlEvents() {
+        if (isAudioSessionManagementDisabled == true) {return}
         let audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
 
         do {

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