Add option to launch automatically on startup

[dpaulino]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.applicationmodel.startuptask?view=winrt-22621

[dpaulino]

This scenario is surprisingly difficult. Here's the current status

• I have implemented the startup task API as linked above
• Ambie correctly starts on PC startup
• But the API only launches the app in minimized mode (aka the app is not in the foreground)
• This is a problem because the Background media playback capability that UWP provides only works when the sound is started in the foreground and then the app goes to the background
• The capability doesn't work when you try to start the sound while the app is already in the background (aka minimized)

The result is:

• The current implementation means that ambie does launch in the taskbar, but sounds aren't playing
• This makes the current implementation worthless since the whole point is to get sounds to start playing right away

[dpaulino]

Documentation I found online saying that the capability only works when the sound is started in the foreground: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/f6ecb11e-dbfd-406c-9ffd-5e4c047d3720/background-mediaplayer-not-working-in-uwp-when-minimized?forum=wpdevelop

[dpaulino]

Proposed alternative solution:

• User signs into PC
• Toast notification launches inviting user to resume Ambie sounds
• User clicks "resume" on toast or clicks on the entire toast in general
• Ambie launches and sounds start playing

[4evermaat]

I disagree that this should be closed. Users should be offered a CMD option or some command line switches to ensure app loads in the foreground. And then after starting app, the app is minimized.

Or you can add a "launcher" type of exe that handles this scenario.

Either a separate exe to handle startup options or command line switches should work. And CMD script would definitely work.

another switch option would be to set the volume after playing.