@neoskola/auto-play 0.3.16 → 0.3.18

package/ios/Types.swift

@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ enum AutoPlayError: Error {
     case invalidTemplateType(String)
     case noUiWindow(String)
     case initReactRootViewFailed(String)
+    case pushFailed(String)
 }

package/ios/scenes/AutoPlayInterfaceController.swift

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 
 import CarPlay
 
+private struct NowPlayingPushResult {
+    let success: Bool
+    let errorDescription: String?
+}
+
 @MainActor
 class AutoPlayInterfaceController: NSObject, CPInterfaceControllerDelegate {
     let interfaceController: CPInterfaceController
@@ -61,7 +66,28 @@ class AutoPlayInterfaceController: NSObject, CPInterfaceControllerDelegate {
                 return true
             }
 
-            return pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: animated)
+            let firstAttempt = await pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: animated)
+            if firstAttempt.success || interfaceController.topTemplate is CPNowPlayingTemplate {
+                return true
+            }
+
+            // CarPlay can reject pushes while handling list selection transitions.
+            // Retry once after a short delay to avoid transient failures.
+            try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 250_000_000)
+            let secondAttempt = await pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: animated)
+            if secondAttempt.success || interfaceController.topTemplate is CPNowPlayingTemplate {
+                return true
+            }
+
+            let reason = secondAttempt.errorDescription
+                ?? firstAttempt.errorDescription
+                ?? "unknown reason"
+            let topTemplateDescription = interfaceController.topTemplate.map {
+                String(describing: type(of: $0))
+            } ?? "nil"
+            throw AutoPlayError.pushFailed(
+                "CPNowPlayingTemplate push failed (\(reason)). top=\(topTemplateDescription) stackCount=\(interfaceController.templates.count)"
+            )
         }
 
         return try await interfaceController.pushTemplate(
@@ -71,19 +97,36 @@ class AutoPlayInterfaceController: NSObject, CPInterfaceControllerDelegate {
     }
 
     /// Pushes CPNowPlayingTemplate using ObjC @try/@catch to prevent crash from NSException.
-    /// The push call is made entirely in Objective-C so NSExceptions never propagate through Swift frames.
-    private func pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: Bool) -> Bool {
-        do {
-            try ObjCExceptionCatcher.push(
-                CPNowPlayingTemplate.shared,
-                on: self.interfaceController,
-                animated: animated
-            )
-            print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate pushed successfully")
-            return true
-        } catch {
-            print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate push threw ObjC exception: \(error.localizedDescription)")
-            return false
+    /// Uses a completion handler to confirm the push actually succeeded.
+    private func pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: Bool) async -> NowPlayingPushResult {
+        return await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
+            do {
+                try ObjCExceptionCatcher.push(
+                    CPNowPlayingTemplate.shared,
+                    on: self.interfaceController,
+                    animated: animated,
+                    completion: { success, error in
+                        if let error = error {
+                            print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate push completion error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+                        }
+                        print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate push completion: success=\(success)")
+                        continuation.resume(
+                            returning: NowPlayingPushResult(
+                                success: success,
+                                errorDescription: error?.localizedDescription
+                            )
+                        )
+                    }
+                )
+            } catch {
+                print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate push threw ObjC exception: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+                continuation.resume(
+                    returning: NowPlayingPushResult(
+                        success: false,
+                        errorDescription: error.localizedDescription
+                    )
+                )
+            }
         }
     }
 

package/ios/templates/NowPlayingTemplate.swift

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ class NowPlayingTemplate: NSObject, AutoPlayTemplate {
         NowPlayingSessionManager.shared.ensureSessionActive()
         setupRemoteCommandCenter()
         updateNowPlayingInfo()
+
+        // Set playbackState before push so CarPlay sees an active now-playing session
+        if config.isPlaying {
+            MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().playbackState = .playing
+        }
+
         isSetupComplete = true
 
         if let image = config.image {
@@ -301,10 +307,13 @@ class NowPlayingTemplate: NSObject, AutoPlayTemplate {
             nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork] = artwork
         }
 
+        // Keep playback metadata populated even before duration is known.
+        // This helps CarPlay recognize an active now-playing session.
+        nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime] = currentElapsedTime
+        nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate] = config.isPlaying ? 1.0 : 0.0
+
         if currentDuration > 0 {
             nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration] = currentDuration
-            nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime] = currentElapsedTime
-            nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate] = config.isPlaying ? 1.0 : 0.0
         }
 
         MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo

package/ios/utils/ObjCExceptionCatcher.h

@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ onInterfaceController:(CPInterfaceController * _Nonnull)interfaceController
             animated:(BOOL)animated
                error:(NSError * _Nullable * _Nullable)error;
 
++ (BOOL)pushTemplate:(CPTemplate * _Nonnull)templateToPush
+onInterfaceController:(CPInterfaceController * _Nonnull)interfaceController
+            animated:(BOOL)animated
+          completion:(void (^ _Nullable)(BOOL success, NSError * _Nullable error))completion
+               error:(NSError * _Nullable * _Nullable)error;
+
 @end

package/ios/utils/ObjCExceptionCatcher.m

@@ -23,4 +23,26 @@ onInterfaceController:(CPInterfaceController *)interfaceController
     }
 }
 
++ (BOOL)pushTemplate:(CPTemplate *)templateToPush
+onInterfaceController:(CPInterfaceController *)interfaceController
+            animated:(BOOL)animated
+          completion:(void (^)(BOOL, NSError *))completion
+               error:(NSError **)error {
+    @try {
+        [interfaceController pushTemplate:templateToPush animated:animated completion:completion];
+        return YES;
+    } @catch (NSException *exception) {
+        NSLog(@"[ObjCExceptionCatcher] Caught exception during pushTemplate: %@ — %@", exception.name, exception.reason);
+        if (error) {
+            *error = [NSError errorWithDomain:@"ObjCExceptionCatcher"
+                                         code:0
+                                     userInfo:@{
+                NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: exception.reason ?: @"Unknown Objective-C exception",
+                @"ExceptionName": exception.name ?: @"Unknown"
+            }];
+        }
+        return NO;
+    }
+}
+
 @end

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@neoskola/auto-play",
-  "version": "0.3.16",
+  "version": "0.3.18",
   "description": "Android Auto and Apple CarPlay for react-native",
   "main": "lib/index",
   "module": "lib/index",