@neoskola/auto-play 0.3.17 → 0.3.18

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
@@ -61,11 +66,28 @@ class AutoPlayInterfaceController: NSObject, CPInterfaceControllerDelegate {
                 return true
             }
 
-            let success = await pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: animated)
-            if !success {
-                throw AutoPlayError.pushFailed("CPNowPlayingTemplate push failed")
+            let firstAttempt = await pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: animated)
+            if firstAttempt.success || interfaceController.topTemplate is CPNowPlayingTemplate {
+                return true
             }
-            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(
@@ -76,7 +98,7 @@ class AutoPlayInterfaceController: NSObject, CPInterfaceControllerDelegate {
 
     /// Pushes CPNowPlayingTemplate using ObjC @try/@catch to prevent crash from NSException.
     /// Uses a completion handler to confirm the push actually succeeded.
-    private func pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: Bool) async -> Bool {
+    private func pushNowPlayingTemplateSafely(animated: Bool) async -> NowPlayingPushResult {
         return await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
             do {
                 try ObjCExceptionCatcher.push(
@@ -88,12 +110,22 @@ class AutoPlayInterfaceController: NSObject, CPInterfaceControllerDelegate {
                             print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate push completion error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
                         }
                         print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate push completion: success=\(success)")
-                        continuation.resume(returning: success)
+                        continuation.resume(
+                            returning: NowPlayingPushResult(
+                                success: success,
+                                errorDescription: error?.localizedDescription
+                            )
+                        )
                     }
                 )
             } catch {
                 print("[AutoPlay] CPNowPlayingTemplate push threw ObjC exception: \(error.localizedDescription)")
-                continuation.resume(returning: false)
+                continuation.resume(
+                    returning: NowPlayingPushResult(
+                        success: false,
+                        errorDescription: error.localizedDescription
+                    )
+                )
             }
         }
     }

package/ios/templates/NowPlayingTemplate.swift

@@ -307,10 +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/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@neoskola/auto-play",
-  "version": "0.3.17",
+  "version": "0.3.18",
   "description": "Android Auto and Apple CarPlay for react-native",
   "main": "lib/index",
   "module": "lib/index",