Some functionality doesn't work on v5.0.0-alpha0

[bahmanworld]

Describe the Bug
Some functionality doesn't work on v5.0.0-alpha0

• Remote actions doesn't work on media notification
• capabilities doesn't apply on notification

TrackPlayer(newArch) works fine but not as expected like v4.1.1

Environment Info:
Expo SDK 54@beta
TrackPlayer 5.0.0-alpha0
Device: Real Device
Platform: Android 12

Any further updates soon?

[jspizziri]

@bahmanworld , you'll need to be more specific and likely reproduce this first in the example app, as I'm not able to reproduce in the example app. I'll leave this open for a few days, but if I don't get specific repro steps (and probably an example app repro) I'm going to close this issue.

[anultravioletaurora]

Confirming that I'm running into this issue on the 5.0.0 alpha build

Related Jellify issue

I'll get this reproduced in the example repo 👍

[bahmanworld]

Confirming that I'm running into this issue on the 5.0.0 alpha build

Related Jellify issue

I'll get this reproduced in the example repo 👍

Thank you @anultravioletaurora ,
I couldn't reproduce the example repo but i know this issue related to react-native-track-player core.

[jspizziri]

@bahmanworld ,

I couldn't reproduce the example repo

Does that mean you've successfully tested the example app and that it's working there? Or does it mean you couldn't successfully run the example app.

[bahmanworld]

Does that mean you've successfully tested the example app and that it's working there? Or does it mean you couldn't successfully run the example app.

the second part;
I couldn't run the example app successfully.
I got some errors, even on Android Studio while syncing gradle

i think the issue #2508 is similar to mine

Screenshot of notification:

Remote actions doesn't work on media notification
capabilities doesn't apply on notification

...
TrackPlayer.updateOptions({
    android: {
      appKilledPlaybackBehavior: AppKilledPlaybackBehavior.ContinuePlayback,
      stopForegroundGracePeriod: 5,
      androidSkipSilence: true,
      shuffle: false,
    },
    notificationCapabilities: [
      Capability.Play,  
      Capability.Pause,
      Capability.Stop,
      Capability.SkipToNext,
      Capability.SkipToPrevious,
      Capability.SeekTo,
    ],
    capabilities: [
      Capability.Play,
      Capability.Pause,
      Capability.Stop,
      Capability.SkipToNext,
      Capability.SkipToPrevious,
      Capability.SeekTo,
    ],
  });
};
...

[lovegaoshi]

does onMediaButtonEvent fire? whats the intent?

if its real device specific whats the model and android ver? do NOT skip the issue template

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there are 2 places remote events get fired. 1 is MediaSession - onMediaButtonEvent registered as the MediaSessionCallback. the other is ForwardPlayer - its directly overridden by their counterparts (play, seek, etc).

if mediasessioncallback is not registered, controllers cannot control the session which is likely what u see here. without any logcat traces (not like i can understand them anyways) there wont be any progress made bc who knows whats done

if the mediasession's linked player is not the forwardplayer (eg if you link the underlying exoplayer to mediasession.player, on the car wheel seekNext/Previous will correctly emit to control the exoplayer, but remote events will not emit/any post player control methods u have will fail), simple things will still appear to work as exoplayer with a queue is functional by itself, unless u have some logic associated with the forwardplayer

im more intrigued if u can reproduce specifically in my example bc i cannot on S21 + android 14. otherwise ur welcome to diff my fork with main.

[sohamnakhare]

@lovegaoshi I downloaded the build from here -> https://github.com/lovegaoshi/react-native-track-player/actions/runs/17244531170/artifacts/3855648048

I'm able to reproduce the issue. Lock screen controls don't work.

Only play/pause work in the compact notification player.

The lock screen controls shows the correct state but don't work when tapped.

[jspizziri]

@sohamnakhare , I'm not going to accept a reproduction that is based on the artifact of a fork of this library. You need to reproduce it in the /example library directly in this repository if you want me to take you seriously.

[lovegaoshi]

like i said i CANNOT REPRODUCE on S21 + android 14. you have to give more details as the device and android version.

Recording.2025-08-29.061044.mp4

[sohamnakhare]

@lovegaoshi Interestingly it is working for me in the emulator but not on the device. I'm running it on One Plus Nord 2T.