[Bug]: Android - Lockscreen Mediaplayer not appearing

[zerobertel]

What happened?

Even if i set

const player = useVideoPlayer(
        {
            uri: url,
            metadata: {...}
        },
        p => {
            ...
            p.playInBackground = true;
            p.showNotificationControls = true;
            ...
        },
    );

the Mediaplayer on the phone doesnt appear.

I can fix this with adding

<service
            android:name="com.twg.video.core.services.playback.VideoPlaybackService"
            android:foregroundServiceType="mediaPlayback"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="androidx.media3.session.MediaSessionService" />
            </intent-filter>
        </service>

but this step is not described in the docs.

Steps to reproduce

1. Render video and play
2. Check lockscreen and see no player

Reproduction repository

No response

react-native-video version

7.0.0-beta.11

react-native version

0.83.4

react-native-nitro-modules version

0.35.2

Platforms

Android

OS version

Android 16

Device

Real device

Architecture

New Architecture

Expo

No (bare / React Native CLI)

Last working version

No response

Media / source type

No response

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