[BUG]: (Android) Seeking backward after video ends resumes playback even though player was paused

[paulrinaldi]

Version

6.5.0

What platforms are you having the problem on?

Android

System Version

14

On what device are you experiencing the issue?

Real device, Simulator

Architecture

Old architecture

What happened?

See title.

Reproduction Link

repository link

Reproduction

Steps to reproduce this bug are:

After a video (using asset file mp4) ends in the basic example if you comment out the onEnd code, you'll notice these logs:

LOG  onPlaybackStateChanged {"isPlaying": false, "isSeeking": false}
LOG  onPlaybackRateChange {"playbackRate": 0}

Then when you drag the progress bar back (because it's hard to see, I enable the notification controls and pull it back to about halfway in the video), the video unpauses and you'll notice these logs:

LOG  onPlaybackRateChange {"playbackRate": 0}
LOG  onVideoBuffer
LOG  onPlaybackStateChanged {"isPlaying": true, "isSeeking": true}
LOG  onPlaybackRateChange {"playbackRate": 1}
LOG  onReadyForDisplay
LOG  onVideoBuffer

You will observe this visually: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f7758612-bd80-43c0-838f-97e4fec50f50

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[paulrinaldi]

I traced as much as I could in the android code, recorded log files, and scanned through them but I could not find why after seeking, the player resumes.

For now, after seek, if the state of my player is paused, I run playerRef.current.pause() right after playerRef.current.seek() and it does what I need it to do.

[freeboub]

I was able to reproduce it in the sample (it uses the prop instead of playerRef.current.pause() but it should be the same). here is a fix proposal: https://github.com/TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video/pull/4147

I am not sure of the expected events when you pause after onEnd. Currently, only a playbackRateChange event is generated

[paulrinaldi]

I ran yarn run ios to compare but just got an error and white screen. Will try to get it running and compare. I think reflecting what iOS does would be acceptable or what RNV used to do (i.e. what dev's expect).

[freeboub]

I tested with the sample on ios, I don't reproduce the issue you describe... I have the same behavior than on android. And yes I agree we should have the same behavior on android and ios!