react-native-audio-browser 0.1.1 → 0.2.0-next.1

package/ios/HybridAudioBrowser.swift

@@ -24,19 +24,45 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   /// Shared instance for CarPlay access. Set when HybridAudioBrowser is created.
   private(set) nonisolated(unsafe) weak static var shared: HybridAudioBrowser?
 
+  /// Fires when a new instance becomes `shared` (e.g. on a JS runtime reload),
+  /// so connected external controllers (CarPlay) can re-subscribe — their
+  /// listeners sit on the previous instance's emitters and would otherwise go
+  /// silent.
+  static let instanceChangedEmitter = Emitter<Void>()
+
   // MARK: - Private Properties
 
   private var player: TrackPlayer?
   private let networkMonitor = NetworkMonitor()
+  private let playbackStateStore = PlaybackStateStore()
   let browserManager = BrowserManager()
   private let trackSelector: TrackSelector
   private var volumeObservation: NSKeyValueObservation?
   private var routeChangeObserver: NSObjectProtocol?
+  private var interruptionObserver: NSObjectProtocol?
+  private var mediaServicesResetObserver: NSObjectProtocol?
+  /// Re-applies our resolved audio-session category. Captured at setup so a
+  /// media-services reset (which clears the category) can restore it.
+  private var applyAudioSessionCategory: () -> Void = {}
   private var nowPlayingOverride: NowPlayingUpdate?
+  /// When false, the now-playing surface uses the raw track fields (override + formatter ignored).
+  private var nowPlayingMetadataEnabled = true
+  /// Customizes the now-playing title/subtitle from the track + live timed metadata + playback state.
+  private var nowPlayingMetadataFormatter: ((_ params: FormatNowPlayingParams) -> Promise<NowPlayingUpdate?>)?
+  /// Keep the media session controllable through a terminal error (see `keepSessionAliveOnError`).
+  private var keepSessionAliveOnError = true
+  /// Initial player state staged before the player exists — from setup options or the imperative
+  /// setters called pre-setup. Strict last-write-wins; consumed when the player comes up.
+  private var pendingPlayWhenReady: Bool?
+  private var pendingRepeatMode: RepeatMode?
+  /// Latest live timed (ICY/ID3) metadata, passed to the formatter. Cleared on track change.
+  private var latestTimedMetadata: TimedMetadata?
   private let playerOptions = PlayerUpdateOptions()
 
   /// Configured playback rates for the playback-rate capability (for CarPlay rate cycling)
   var playbackRates: [Double] { playerOptions.playbackRates }
+  var carPlayUpNextButton: Bool { playerOptions.carPlayUpNextButton }
+  var carPlayNowPlayingButtons: [CarPlayNowPlayingButton] { playerOptions.carPlayNowPlayingButtons }
   private var lastNavigationError: NavigationError? {
     didSet {
       // Skip if both nil (no real change)
@@ -63,7 +89,21 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   public let queueChangedEmitter = Emitter<[Track]>()
   public let navigationErrorEmitter = Emitter<NavigationErrorEvent>()
   public let repeatModeChangedEmitter = Emitter<RepeatModeChangedEvent>()
+  public let shuffleChangedEmitter = Emitter<Bool>()
   public let externalContentChangedEmitter = Emitter<String>()
+  /// Signals that the gate's active state changed (set or cleared). Carries
+  /// the active flag; per-request chrome is obtained at each serve site via
+  /// `gateDecision(for:)`, so the emitter only tells surfaces to re-render.
+  public let gateChangedEmitter = Emitter<Bool>()
+  /// Fired when a voice media intent (`handlePlayMediaIntent`) successfully
+  /// starts playback. CarPlay surfaces the Now Playing template in response, so
+  /// the user lands on the playing station (with the rest of the results in Up
+  /// Next) rather than the screen they invoked Siri from. No-op where unobserved.
+  public let showNowPlayingRequestedEmitter = Emitter<Void>()
+  /// Fires after `updateOptions` applies a change, so external-surface managers
+  /// (CarPlay) can refresh UI driven by now-runtime-updatable options
+  /// (now-playing buttons, Up Next).
+  public let playerOptionsChangedEmitter = Emitter<Void>()
 
   // MARK: - Thread Safety
 
@@ -71,9 +111,9 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   /// because DispatchQueue.main.sync blocks the caller — no concurrent access window.
   private func onMainActor<T>(_ work: @MainActor () -> T) -> T {
     if Thread.isMainThread {
-      return MainActor.assumeIsolated { UncheckedSendableBox(value: work()) }.value
+      MainActor.assumeIsolated { UncheckedSendableBox(value: work()) }.value
     } else {
-      return DispatchQueue.main.sync {
+      DispatchQueue.main.sync {
         MainActor.assumeIsolated { UncheckedSendableBox(value: work()) }.value
       }
     }
@@ -81,10 +121,10 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
 
   private func onMainActor<T>(_ work: @MainActor () throws -> T) throws -> T {
     if Thread.isMainThread {
-      return try MainActor.assumeIsolated { UncheckedSendableBox(value: try work()) }.value
+      try MainActor.assumeIsolated { try UncheckedSendableBox(value: work()) }.value
     } else {
-      return try DispatchQueue.main.sync {
-        try MainActor.assumeIsolated { UncheckedSendableBox(value: try work()) }.value
+      try DispatchQueue.main.sync {
+        try MainActor.assumeIsolated { try UncheckedSendableBox(value: work()) }.value
       }
     }
   }
@@ -111,9 +151,9 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   }
 
   public var configuration: NativeBrowserConfiguration = .init(
-    path: nil, request: nil, media: nil, artwork: nil, routes: nil,
-    singleTrack: nil, handleTrackLoad: nil, androidControllerOfflineError: nil,
-    carPlayUpNextButton: nil, carPlayNowPlayingButtons: nil, formatNavigationError: nil,
+    path: nil, request: nil, requestResolver: nil, browse: nil, browseResolver: nil, media: nil, artwork: nil, nowPlayingArtwork: nil, routes: nil,
+    singleTrack: nil, handleTrackLoad: nil,
+    androidControllerOfflineError: nil, carPlayLoadingTitle: nil, resolveAlbumUrl: nil, formatNavigationError: nil,
   ) {
     didSet {
       onMainActor { browserManager.config = BrowserConfig(from: configuration) }
@@ -149,6 +189,25 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   public var onNavigationError: (NavigationErrorEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onFormattedNavigationError: (FormattedNavigationError?) -> Void = { _ in }
 
+  /// Per-request gate decision, set by JS. Native calls it at a serve site to
+  /// learn whether a browse path / search interaction should be gated and with
+  /// what chrome. The double `Promise` mirrors every other native→JS
+  /// value-returning callback (e.g. `searchCallback`): the outer resolves to the
+  /// JS-side Promise, the inner to the decision.
+  ///
+  /// Default fails CLOSED (`gated: true`). This default is only consulted in the
+  /// init window where `hasResolver` was already recorded true but JS hasn't
+  /// (re)bound the real resolver yet (JS reload / instance churn re-seeding gate
+  /// state, e.g. CarPlay re-seeding `isGated` at scene connect). Serving content
+  /// in that window would be a fail-open leak — same direction as the
+  /// resolver-error path in `gateDecision`. Matches Android's default.
+  public var resolveGate: (NativeGateRequest) -> Promise<Promise<GateDecision>> = { _ in
+    Promise.resolved(withResult: Promise.resolved(withResult: GateDecision(gated: true, gate: nil)))
+  }
+
+  /// Fired when a request is gated (served the gate). Set by JS.
+  public var onGate: (GateEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
+
   // MARK: - Player Callbacks
 
   public var onChapterMetadata: ([ChapterMetadata]) -> Void = { _ in }
@@ -159,6 +218,7 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   public var onPlaybackPlayWhenReadyChanged: (PlaybackPlayWhenReadyChangedEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onPlaybackPlayingState: (PlayingState) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onPlaybackProgressUpdated: (PlaybackProgressUpdatedEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
+  public var onPlaybackInterval: () -> Void = {}
   public var onPlaybackQueueEnded: (PlaybackQueueEndedEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onPlaybackQueueChanged: ([Track]) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onPlaybackRepeatModeChanged: (RepeatModeChangedEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
@@ -168,11 +228,8 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
 
   // MARK: - Remote Callbacks
 
-  public var onRemoteBookmark: () -> Void = {}
-  public var onRemoteDislike: () -> Void = {}
   public var onRemoteJumpBackward: (RemoteJumpBackwardEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onRemoteJumpForward: (RemoteJumpForwardEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
-  public var onRemoteLike: () -> Void = {}
   public var onRemoteNext: () -> Void = {}
   public var onRemotePause: () -> Void = {}
   public var onRemotePlay: () -> Void = {}
@@ -180,17 +237,13 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   public var onRemotePlaySearch: (RemotePlaySearchEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onRemotePrevious: () -> Void = {}
   public var onRemoteSeek: (RemoteSeekEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
-  public var onRemoteSetRating: (RemoteSetRatingEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onRemoteSkip: (RemoteSkipEvent) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onRemoteStop: () -> Void = {}
 
   // MARK: - Remote Handlers (optional overrides from JS)
 
-  public var handleRemoteBookmark: (() -> Void)?
-  public var handleRemoteDislike: (() -> Void)?
   public var handleRemoteJumpBackward: ((RemoteJumpBackwardEvent) -> Void)?
   public var handleRemoteJumpForward: ((RemoteJumpForwardEvent) -> Void)?
-  public var handleRemoteLike: (() -> Void)?
   public var handleRemoteNext: (() -> Void)?
   public var handleRemotePause: (() -> Void)?
   public var handleRemotePlay: (() -> Void)?
@@ -208,10 +261,9 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   public var onNowPlayingChanged: (NowPlayingMetadata) -> Void = { _ in }
   public var onOnlineChanged: (Bool) -> Void = { _ in } {
     didSet {
-      networkMonitor.onChanged = { [weak self] isOnline in
-        self?.onOnlineChanged(isOnline)
-      }
-      // Immediately notify current state
+      // The monitor->JS bridge is wired centrally in setupPlayer (so it doesn't depend on a JS
+      // subscription and can also drive the now-playing re-render + player reconnect). Here we only
+      // push the current state to a newly-attached subscriber.
       onOnlineChanged(networkMonitor.isOnline)
     }
   }
@@ -225,7 +277,7 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     }
   }
 
-  public var onIosOutputChanged: (IosOutput) -> Void = { _ in } {
+  public var onOutputChanged: (Output) -> Void = { _ in } {
     didSet {
       setupRouteChangeObserver()
     }
@@ -245,6 +297,11 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
       HybridAudioBrowser.shared?.player?.destroy()
       playerAndConfiguredBrowser.reset()
       HybridAudioBrowser.shared = self
+      // Tell connected external controllers (CarPlay) to re-subscribe against
+      // this instance. Unconditional: `shared` is weak, so on a JS reload the
+      // old instance may already be gone — "shared was nil" does not mean no
+      // controller is subscribed to a dead instance's emitters.
+      HybridAudioBrowser.instanceChangedEmitter.emit(())
     }
     setupEmitterToNitroForwarding()
     setupBrowserCallbacks()
@@ -319,13 +376,17 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     let defaultFormatted = navError.defaultFormatted()
     if let formatter = onMainActor({ browserManager.config.formatNavigationError }) {
       let params = FormatNavigationErrorParams(error: navError, defaultFormatted: defaultFormatted, path: path)
-      // Dispatch to main thread for the Nitro bridge call to avoid C++ noexcept crashes
+      // Dispatch to main thread for the Nitro bridge call to avoid C++ noexcept crashes.
+      // The result callbacks are @Sendable: a plain closure would inherit MainActor
+      // isolation from this block, and Nitro resolves its promises synchronously on the
+      // JS thread — Swift 6.2's dynamic isolation check then traps on closure entry.
+      // The property is JS-thread-touched elsewhere too, so no hop back is needed.
       DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
         formatter(params)
-          .then { customDisplay in
+          .then { @Sendable [weak self] customDisplay in
             self?.lastFormattedNavigationError = customDisplay ?? defaultFormatted
           }
-          .catch { _ in
+          .catch { @Sendable [weak self] _ in
             self?.lastFormattedNavigationError = defaultFormatted
           }
       }
@@ -354,11 +415,11 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
       guard let player else { return }
       let result = await trackSelector.select(track: track, player: player)
       switch result {
-      case .play(let intent):
+      case let .play(intent):
         executePlayback(intent)
       case .intercepted:
         break
-      case .browse(let url):
+      case let .browse(url):
         navigateToBrowsableUrl(url)
       case .none:
         break
@@ -369,15 +430,15 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   private func executePlayback(_ intent: TrackSelector.PlaybackIntent) {
     onMainActor {
       switch intent {
-      case .skipTo(let index):
+      case let .skipTo(index):
         do {
           try player?.skipTo(index, playWhenReady: true)
         } catch {
           logger.error("Failed to skip to track at index \(index): \(error)")
         }
-      case .setQueue(let tracks, let startIndex, let sourcePath):
+      case let .setQueue(tracks, startIndex, sourcePath):
         player?.setQueue(tracks, initialIndex: startIndex, playWhenReady: true, sourcePath: sourcePath)
-      case .loadTrack(let track):
+      case let .loadTrack(track):
         player?.load(track, playWhenReady: true)
       }
     }
@@ -416,6 +477,12 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     lastFormattedNavigationError
   }
 
+  /// Internal signal sent on `externalContentChangedEmitter` to tell CarPlay to
+  /// refresh every displayed template. Not a real path (paths are always
+  /// `/…`), so it can't collide with one; kept internal — the public API is
+  /// `invalidateAllContent()`.
+  static let invalidateAllSentinel = "__rnab_invalidate_all__"
+
   public func notifyContentChanged(path: String) throws {
     onMainActor { browserManager.invalidateContentCache(path) }
 
@@ -434,22 +501,168 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     }
   }
 
+  public func invalidateAllContent() throws {
+    onMainActor { browserManager.clearContentCache() }
+
+    // Tell external controllers (CarPlay) to refresh every displayed template.
+    externalContentChangedEmitter.emit(Self.invalidateAllSentinel)
+
+    // Re-query the tabs source too: a callback source can resolve to new
+    // titles after an invalidation (e.g. a locale switch). BrowserManager
+    // emits tabsChanged only when the result actually differs, and a failed
+    // re-query keeps the current tabs. (Android needs no equivalent — its
+    // root re-query already runs queryTabs(); the web stub re-queries tabs on
+    // the re-navigation.)
+    Task {
+      _ = try? await browserManager.queryTabs()
+    }
+
+    // Re-resolve the JS-facing current path with the cache cleared.
+    Task {
+      do {
+        try await browserManager.refresh()
+      } catch {
+        handleNavigationError(error, path: onMainActor { browserManager.getPath() })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public func setFavorites(favorites: [String]) throws {
     onMainActor { browserManager.setFavorites(favorites) }
   }
 
+  // MARK: - Gate
+
+  /// The gate's default chrome, if one was set. Served when the resolver
+  /// returns a gated decision with no per-request override, and for the static
+  /// gate (no resolver). May be nil for a resolver-only gate.
+  private(set) var defaultChrome: Gate?
+
+  /// Whether JS installed a per-request resolver. When false the gate is static
+  /// — every request is gated with `defaultChrome` and the JS hop is skipped.
+  private(set) var hasResolver = false
+
+  /// True once `setGate` runs, until `clearGate`. While active, external
+  /// surfaces (CarPlay) keep their tabs visible but consult `gateDecision(for:)`
+  /// per request, rendering the gate chrome where gated and refusing
+  /// external-surface search. Playback, the queue and Now Playing are
+  /// unaffected — a gate blocks finding content, never hearing it.
+  private(set) var isGateActive = false
+
+  /// The minimal built-in gate served when a request is gated but neither a
+  /// per-request override nor a stored default chrome exists (resolver-only
+  /// gate returning `true`).
+  static let builtInGate = Gate(title: "Unavailable", message: nil)
+
+  /// The outcome of a single gate decision: whether to gate, and (if so) the
+  /// chrome to render.
+  struct GateOutcome {
+    let gated: Bool
+    let chrome: Gate?
+  }
+
+  public func setGate(gate: Gate?, hasResolver: Bool) throws {
+    onMainActor {
+      defaultChrome = gate
+      self.hasResolver = hasResolver
+      isGateActive = true
+      gateChangedEmitter.emit(true)
+    }
+  }
+
+  public func clearGate() throws {
+    onMainActor {
+      guard isGateActive else { return }
+      defaultChrome = nil
+      hasResolver = false
+      isGateActive = false
+      gateChangedEmitter.emit(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// The single choke point for every gate enforcement site. Asks whether
+  /// `request` should be gated and, if so, with what chrome (override → stored
+  /// default → built-in). When no resolver is installed the gate is static and
+  /// resolves without a JS hop.
+  ///
+  /// Resolver errors **fail CLOSED by design**: a thrown/rejected resolver, or a
+  /// rejection at either `.await()` layer (bridge tear-down on JS reload, the JS
+  /// runtime mid-reload, a serialization error) cannot prove the request is
+  /// allowed — and a gate exists to withhold content, so serving on error would
+  /// be a content leak (a paywall bypass). On error we gate with the stored
+  /// default / built-in chrome so the user still sees a coherent gate page. A
+  /// *successful* resolver returning `gated: false` still allows the request.
+  @MainActor
+  func gateDecision(for request: NativeGateRequest) async -> GateOutcome {
+    guard isGateActive else { return GateOutcome(gated: false, chrome: nil) }
+    if !hasResolver { return GateOutcome(gated: true, chrome: defaultChrome ?? Self.builtInGate) }
+    guard let decision = try? await resolveGate(request).await().await() else {
+      // Resolver error: fail CLOSED (see doc comment) — gate with the default /
+      // built-in so the gate page still renders rather than leaking content.
+      return GateOutcome(gated: true, chrome: defaultChrome ?? Self.builtInGate)
+    }
+    guard decision.gated else { return GateOutcome(gated: false, chrome: nil) }  // explicit allow
+    return GateOutcome(gated: true, chrome: decision.gate ?? defaultChrome ?? Self.builtInGate)
+  }
+
+  // MARK: - Car Connection (CarPlay)
+
+  /// Static because the CarPlay scene can connect before the JS runtime
+  /// creates the shared instance (cold start in the car).
+  private nonisolated(unsafe) static var carPlayConnected = false
+
+  /// Called by the CarPlay scene delegate (via `RNABCarPlayController`) on
+  /// scene connect/disconnect — not from controller start/stop, which also
+  /// cycle on a JS reload and would emit spurious connection changes.
+  static func setCarPlayConnected(_ connected: Bool) {
+    guard carPlayConnected != connected else { return }
+    carPlayConnected = connected
+    shared?.onCarConnectedChanged(connected)
+  }
+
+  public func isCarConnected() throws -> Bool {
+    HybridAudioBrowser.carPlayConnected
+  }
+
+  public var onCarConnectedChanged: (Bool) -> Void = { _ in } {
+    didSet {
+      // Immediately notify current state (the scene may have connected before
+      // this JS runtime subscribed).
+      onCarConnectedChanged(HybridAudioBrowser.carPlayConnected)
+    }
+  }
+
   // MARK: - Player Setup
 
-  public func setupPlayer(options: PartialSetupPlayerOptions) throws -> Promise<Void> {
+  public func setupPlayer(options: NativeSetupPlayerOptions) throws -> Promise<Void> {
     Promise.async {
-      // Configure audio session
+      // Configure the audio session from the iOS setup options (category, mode, route policy, and
+      // options like `allowBluetooth` / `allowAirPlay`), but do NOT activate it here. Activating a
+      // non-mixable `.playback` session interrupts other apps' audio — so activating at setup
+      // pauses whatever the user is listening to (Safari, Spotify, a podcast) the instant our app
+      // launches, before they play anything. Setting the category is silent; only activation
+      // interrupts. The session is activated lazily when playback actually starts producing output
+      // (see `playerDidChangePlayingState`) and re-activated on interruption-end. Best-effort: a
+      // category-config failure must never brick setup.
       let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
-      try session.setCategory(.playback, mode: .default)
-      try session.setActive(true)
+      let cfg: (
+        category: AVAudioSession.Category,
+        mode: AVAudioSession.Mode,
+        policy: AVAudioSession.RouteSharingPolicy,
+        options: AVAudioSession.CategoryOptions
+      ) = options.ios?.resolveAudioSessionConfig()
+        ?? (category: .playback, mode: .default, policy: .default, options: [])
+      // Capture category application once so a media-services reset (which
+      // clears the category) can restore the exact same config later.
+      let applyCategory: () -> Void = {
+        try? session.setCategory(cfg.category, mode: cfg.mode, policy: cfg.policy, options: cfg.options)
+      }
+      applyCategory()
 
       // Create player and configure on main actor
       await MainActor.run { [weak self] in
         guard let self else { return }
+        self.applyAudioSessionCategory = applyCategory
 
         // Create player with self as callbacks delegate
         player = TrackPlayer(callbacks: self)
@@ -467,18 +680,52 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
         // Wire up network monitor for accelerated retries when connectivity is restored
         player?.networkMonitor = networkMonitor
 
+        // Central fan-out for connectivity changes (wired once here, idempotent on re-setup, and
+        // independent of any JS subscription):
+        //  - bridge to the JS `onOnlineChanged` event (no-op default until JS subscribes);
+        //  - re-render now-playing so the formatter's offline/online label updates immediately on a
+        //    connectivity change, not only on the next playback transition (fixes the stall-entry
+        //    race where the device goes offline after the buffering line was already rendered);
+        //  - reconnect a stalled stream when connectivity returns (see TrackPlayer.handleNetworkRestored).
+        // The monitor only mutates state on the main thread, so this fires main-isolated.
+        networkMonitor.onChanged = { [weak self] isOnline in
+          MainActor.assumeIsolated {
+            guard let self else { return }
+            self.onOnlineChanged(isOnline)
+            self.applyNowPlayingMetadata()
+            if isOnline { self.player?.handleNetworkRestored() }
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Observe audio-session interruptions so another app taking over audio
+        // (or a phone call) reflects as a real pause rather than a stuck state.
+        setupInterruptionObserver()
+
+        // Observe media-server resets so a long-running stream recovers instead
+        // of going permanently silent.
+        setupMediaServicesResetObserver()
+
         // Configure media URL resolver
-        player?.mediaLoader.mediaUrlResolver = { [weak self] src in
+        player?.mediaLoader.mediaUrlResolver = { [weak self] src, track in
           guard let self else {
             return MediaResolvedUrl(url: src, headers: nil, userAgent: nil)
           }
-          return await browserManager.resolveMediaUrl(src)
+          return await browserManager.resolveMediaUrl(src, track: track)
         }
 
         // Configure artwork URL resolver for Now Playing (with size context)
         player?.nowPlayingUpdater.artworkUrlResolver = { [weak self] track, imageContext in
           guard let self else { return nil }
-          return await browserManager.resolveArtworkUrl(track: track, perRouteConfig: nil, imageContext: imageContext)
+          let perRoute = (track.id?.isEmpty == false) ? browserManager.config.nowPlayingArtwork : nil
+          return await browserManager.resolveArtworkUrl(track: track, perRouteConfig: perRoute, imageContext: imageContext)
+        }
+
+        // Emit the JS `onNowPlayingChanged` event when the rendered text lines change. The updater
+        // owns the system now-playing write; this shapes the JS metadata (elapsed time / artwork).
+        player?.nowPlayingUpdater.onChanged = { [weak self] track, title, artist, album in
+          guard let self else { return }
+          self.onNowPlayingChanged(
+            self.makeNowPlayingMetadata(track: track, title: title, artist: artist, album: album))
         }
 
         // Configure sleep timer callback
@@ -486,8 +733,30 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
           self?.onSleepTimerChanged(state)
         }
 
-        // Apply default remote commands (play, pause, next, previous, seekTo)
-        applyRemoteCommands()
+        // Now-playing: whether to manage metadata, the optional formatter that owns the rendered
+        // lines, and whether to keep the session alive through a terminal error.
+        nowPlayingMetadataEnabled = options.autoUpdateNowPlayingMetadata ?? true
+        nowPlayingMetadataFormatter = options.nowPlayingMetadataFormatter
+        // Stored for API symmetry, but iOS needs no masking: a terminal error resolves the playback
+        // state to *paused* (PlaybackCoordinator.applySideEffects), the now-playing info is retained
+        // (never cleared on error), and next/previous stay enabled (gated on queue position, not
+        // state). So the session stays controllable through errors by default — the behavior Android
+        // achieves via InterceptingPlayer is already the iOS norm.
+        keepSessionAliveOnError = options.keepSessionAliveOnError ?? true
+
+        // The bundled runtime options and initial state are part of the atomic launch
+        // description. Stage the state first so setup options and earlier pre-setup setter
+        // calls resolve by strict last-write-wins, then apply everything to the live player.
+        if let bundled = options.options {
+          updateOptions(options: bundled)
+        } else {
+          // updateOptions applies remote commands itself; without bundled options, apply the
+          // defaults (play, pause, next, previous, seekTo) here.
+          applyRemoteCommands()
+        }
+        if let mode = options.repeatMode { pendingRepeatMode = mode }
+        if let intent = options.playWhenReady { pendingPlayWhenReady = intent }
+        applyPendingPlayerState()
 
         // Notify listeners that player is ready (e.g., CarPlay)
         playerAndConfiguredBrowser.check()
@@ -495,6 +764,22 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Applies initial player state staged before the player existed — from setup options or the
+  /// imperative setters called pre-setup. Consumed on apply so a later re-setup doesn't replay
+  /// stale state.
+  @MainActor
+  private func applyPendingPlayerState() {
+    guard let player else { return }
+    if let mode = pendingRepeatMode {
+      player.repeatMode = mode
+      pendingRepeatMode = nil
+    }
+    if let intent = pendingPlayWhenReady {
+      player.playWhenReady = intent
+      pendingPlayWhenReady = nil
+    }
+  }
+
   public func updateOptions(options: NativeUpdateOptions) {
     onMainActor {
       let previousInterval = playerOptions.progressUpdateEventInterval
@@ -502,6 +787,10 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
       // Update stored options
       playerOptions.update(from: options)
 
+      // Propagate the favorite match mode to the browser so it can hydrate
+      // row hearts (the `favorite` capability is the single favoriting switch).
+      browserManager.setFavoriteMatch(playerOptions.capabilities.favoriteMatch)
+
       // Apply remote commands to player
       applyRemoteCommands()
 
@@ -509,6 +798,9 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
       if playerOptions.progressUpdateEventInterval != previousInterval {
         player?.setProgressUpdateInterval(playerOptions.progressUpdateEventInterval)
       }
+
+      onOptionsChanged(playerOptions.toOptions())
+      playerOptionsChangedEmitter.emit(())
     }
   }
 
@@ -526,8 +818,12 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     player.remoteCommands = remoteCommands
   }
 
-  public func getOptions() throws -> UpdateOptions {
-    playerOptions.toUpdateOptions()
+  public func getOptions() throws -> Options {
+    playerOptions.toOptions()
+  }
+
+  public func setPlaybackIntervalEnabled(enabled: Bool) {
+    onMainActor { player?.setPlaybackIntervalEnabled(enabled) }
   }
 
   // MARK: - Playback Control
@@ -562,11 +858,15 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   }
 
   public func setPlayWhenReady(playWhenReady: Bool) throws {
-    onMainActor { player?.playWhenReady = playWhenReady }
+    onMainActor {
+      // Pre-setup this stages the intent for the player to come up with — never a no-op.
+      if let player { player.playWhenReady = playWhenReady }
+      else { pendingPlayWhenReady = playWhenReady }
+    }
   }
 
   public func getPlayWhenReady() throws -> Bool {
-    onMainActor { player?.playWhenReady ?? false }
+    onMainActor { player?.playWhenReady ?? pendingPlayWhenReady ?? false }
   }
 
   public func seekTo(position: Double) throws {
@@ -577,6 +877,10 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     onMainActor { player?.seekBy(offset) }
   }
 
+  public func seekToLiveEdge() throws {
+    onMainActor { player?.seekToLiveEdge() }
+  }
+
   public func setVolume(level: Double) throws {
     onMainActor { player?.volume = Float(level) }
   }
@@ -614,11 +918,15 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   }
 
   public func getRepeatMode() throws -> RepeatMode {
-    onMainActor { player?.repeatMode ?? .off }
+    onMainActor { player?.repeatMode ?? pendingRepeatMode ?? .off }
   }
 
   public func setRepeatMode(mode: RepeatMode) throws {
-    onMainActor { player?.repeatMode = mode }
+    onMainActor {
+      // Pre-setup this stages the mode for the player to come up with — never a no-op.
+      if let player { player.repeatMode = mode }
+      else { pendingRepeatMode = mode }
+    }
   }
 
   public func getShuffleEnabled() throws -> Bool {
@@ -630,11 +938,13 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   }
 
   public func getPlaybackError() throws -> PlaybackError? {
-    onMainActor { player?.playbackError?.toNitroError() }
+    onMainActor { player?.coordinator.nitroPlaybackError() }
   }
 
   public func retry() throws {
-    onMainActor { player?.reload(startFromCurrentTime: true) }
+    // Re-resolve rather than replay the cached URL: short-lived URLs/tokens
+    // may have expired since the failure (matches the internal retry path).
+    onMainActor { player?.reloadResolving(startFromCurrentTime: true) }
   }
 
   // MARK: - Sleep Timer
@@ -648,9 +958,9 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     }
   }
 
-  public func setSleepTimer(seconds: Double) throws {
+  public func setSleepTimer(seconds: Double, fadeDuration: Double?) throws {
     onMainActor {
-      player?.sleepTimerManager.set(seconds: seconds)
+      player?.sleepTimerManager.set(seconds: seconds, fadeDuration: fadeDuration)
     }
   }
 
@@ -730,13 +1040,13 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     onMainActor {
       guard let track = player?.currentTrack, let src = track.src else { return }
       guard let index = player?.currentIndex, index >= 0 else { return }
-      browserManager.updateFavorite(id: src, favorited: favorited)
-      // Create updated track with new favorited state
+      // Optimistically reflect in the authoritative match set so the now-playing
+      // heart (hydrated from it in getActiveTrack) flips immediately; native
+      // reconciles to its canonical ids on the next setFavorites.
+      browserManager.setFavorited(src: src, favorited: favorited)
       let updatedTrack = track.copying(favorited: favorited)
-      // Update the track in the player's queue so getActiveTrack() returns correct state
-      player?.replace(index, updatedTrack)
       favoriteChangedEmitter.emit(FavoriteChangedEvent(track: updatedTrack, favorited: favorited))
-      // Fire active track changed so useActiveTrack() hook updates UI
+      // Fire active track changed so the now-playing heart + useActiveTrack() refresh.
       let position = player?.currentTime ?? 0
       activeTrackChangedEmitter.emit(PlaybackActiveTrackChangedEvent(
         lastIndex: Double(index),
@@ -748,27 +1058,24 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Whether the active (now-playing) track is favorited, per the authoritative
+  /// favorite set (via `getActiveTrack`'s hydration).
+  func isActiveTrackFavorited() -> Bool {
+    (try? getActiveTrack())?.favorited ?? false
+  }
+
   public func toggleActiveTrackFavorited() throws {
-    onMainActor {
-      guard let track = player?.currentTrack, let src = track.src else { return }
-      // Check current favorited state from cache
-      let currentTrack = browserManager.getCachedTrack(src)
-      let isFavorited = currentTrack?.favorited ?? track.favorited ?? false
-      try? setActiveTrackFavorited(favorited: !isFavorited)
-    }
+    try? setActiveTrackFavorited(favorited: !isActiveTrackFavorited())
   }
 
-  public func setQueue(tracks: [Track], startIndex: Double?, startPositionMs: Double?) throws {
-    try onMainActor {
+  public func setQueue(tracks: [Track], startIndex: Double?, startPosition: Double?) throws {
+    onMainActor {
       guard let player else { return }
-      player.clear()
-      player.add(tracks)
-      if let index = startIndex, index >= 0 {
-        try player.skipTo(Int(index))
-      }
-      if let position = startPositionMs {
-        player.seekTo(position / 1000.0)
-      }
+      player.setQueue(
+        tracks,
+        initialIndex: startIndex.map { Int($0) } ?? 0,
+        startPositionMs: startPosition.map { $0 * 1000 },
+      )
     }
   }
 
@@ -793,7 +1100,11 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   }
 
   public func getActiveTrack() throws -> Track? {
-    onMainActor { player?.currentTrack }
+    // Hydrate `favorited` from the authoritative favorite set — the now-playing
+    // track is loaded outside the browse cache, so its own flag isn't otherwise
+    // kept in sync as favorites change. This is the single source of truth for
+    // "is the active track favorited" (now-playing heart, toggle direction, JS).
+    onMainActor { player?.currentTrack.map(browserManager.hydrateFavorite) }
   }
 
   // MARK: - Now Playing
@@ -805,21 +1116,57 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Transient now-playing fields (e.g. feedback for a refused remote
+  /// command). Outranks the formatter and the override while active, so live
+  /// metadata can't stomp it mid-flash. Reverted by a NATIVE timer — JS
+  /// timers pause with a backgrounded host on Android, and the lock screen
+  /// is exactly the backgrounded case — and cleared early on track change.
+  private var nowPlayingFlash: NowPlayingUpdate?
+  private var nowPlayingFlashRevert: DispatchWorkItem?
+
+  /// Pending debounced audio-session release (see `playerShouldReleaseSession`).
+  private var sessionReleaseWork: DispatchWorkItem?
+
+  public func flashNowPlaying(update: NowPlayingUpdate, durationMs: Double) throws {
+    onMainActor {
+      nowPlayingFlashRevert?.cancel()
+      nowPlayingFlash = update
+      let revert = DispatchWorkItem { [weak self] in
+        guard let self else { return }
+        self.nowPlayingFlash = nil
+        self.nowPlayingFlashRevert = nil
+        self.applyNowPlayingMetadata()
+      }
+      nowPlayingFlashRevert = revert
+      DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + durationMs / 1000, execute: revert)
+      applyNowPlayingMetadata()
+    }
+  }
+
+  public func clearNowPlayingFlash() throws {
+    onMainActor {
+      guard nowPlayingFlash != nil else { return }
+      cancelNowPlayingFlash()
+      applyNowPlayingMetadata()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private func cancelNowPlayingFlash() {
+    nowPlayingFlashRevert?.cancel()
+    nowPlayingFlashRevert = nil
+    nowPlayingFlash = nil
+  }
+
   public func getNowPlaying() throws -> NowPlayingMetadata? {
     onMainActor {
       guard let track = player?.currentTrack else { return nil }
+      let flash = nowPlayingFlash
       let override = nowPlayingOverride
-      return NowPlayingMetadata(
-        elapsedTime: player?.currentTime,
-        title: override?.title ?? track.title,
-        album: track.album,
-        artist: override?.artist ?? track.artist,
-        duration: track.duration,
-        artwork: nowPlayingArtwork(for: track),
-        description: track.description,
-        mediaId: track.src ?? track.url,
-        genre: track.genre,
-        rating: nil,
+      return makeNowPlayingMetadata(
+        track: track,
+        title: flash?.title ?? override?.title ?? track.title,
+        artist: flash?.artist ?? override?.artist ?? track.artist,
+        album: flash?.album ?? override?.album ?? track.album,
       )
     }
   }
@@ -829,36 +1176,47 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
   /// Falls back to the raw artwork string only if it's not an SF Symbol (which JS can't load).
   private func nowPlayingArtwork(for track: Track) -> String? {
     if let uri = track.artworkSource?.uri { return uri }
-    guard let artwork = track.artwork else { return nil }
+    guard let artwork = track.artwork?.url else { return nil }
     return SFSymbolRenderer.isSFSymbol(artwork) ? nil : artwork
   }
 
-  /// Applies the current now playing metadata (with override if set) to NowPlayingInfoCenter and notifies JS.
+  /// Builds the JS-facing now-playing metadata for the given rendered text lines.
   @MainActor
-  private func applyNowPlayingMetadata() {
-    guard let track = player?.currentTrack else { return }
-    let override = nowPlayingOverride
-
-    let nowPlaying = NowPlayingMetadata(
+  private func makeNowPlayingMetadata(
+    track: Track, title: String, artist: String?, album: String?,
+  ) -> NowPlayingMetadata {
+    NowPlayingMetadata(
       elapsedTime: player?.currentTime,
-      title: override?.title ?? track.title,
-      album: track.album,
-      artist: override?.artist ?? track.artist,
+      title: title,
+      album: album,
+      artist: artist,
       duration: track.duration,
       artwork: nowPlayingArtwork(for: track),
       description: track.description,
       mediaId: track.src ?? track.url,
       genre: track.genre,
-      rating: nil,
     )
+  }
 
-    // Update NowPlayingInfoCenter with override values
-    if let override {
-      player?.nowPlayingInfoController.set(keyValue: MediaItemProperty.title(override.title ?? track.title))
-      player?.nowPlayingInfoController.set(keyValue: MediaItemProperty.artist(override.artist ?? track.artist))
-    }
-
-    onNowPlayingChanged(nowPlaying)
+  /// Re-renders the now-playing surface via `NowPlayingUpdater`, handing it the current playback
+  /// signals, override, and formatter. Called on every track / metadata / playback-state change.
+  @MainActor
+  private func applyNowPlayingMetadata() {
+    guard let player, let track = player.currentTrack else { return }
+    // Classify a stall by connectivity so the formatter can show "No internet connection" vs
+    // "Reconnecting…" without a separate read. nil while not stalled.
+    let stalled: StallReason? =
+      player.isStalled ? (networkMonitor.getOnline() ? .buffering : .offline) : nil
+    player.nowPlayingUpdater.render(
+      track: track,
+      timedMetadata: latestTimedMetadata,
+      playWhenReady: player.playWhenReady,
+      stalled: stalled,
+      error: player.coordinator.nitroPlaybackError(),
+      flash: nowPlayingFlash,
+      override: nowPlayingMetadataEnabled ? nowPlayingOverride : nil,
+      formatter: nowPlayingMetadataEnabled ? nowPlayingMetadataFormatter : nil,
+    )
   }
 
   // MARK: - Network
@@ -893,6 +1251,63 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
 
   // MARK: - External Audio Output
 
+  /// Observes audio-session interruptions (phone calls, or another app such as
+  /// Music/Spotify starting playback). iOS pauses our AVPlayer underneath us but
+  /// doesn't update our playback state, so without this the UI stays stuck on
+  /// "playing". On `.began` we reflect a real pause; on `.ended` we resume if we
+  /// were playing and the system says we should.
+  private func setupInterruptionObserver() {
+    if let observer = interruptionObserver {
+      NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(observer)
+    }
+
+    interruptionObserver = NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
+      forName: AVAudioSession.interruptionNotification,
+      object: nil,
+      queue: .main,
+    ) { [weak self] notification in
+      self?.handleAudioSessionInterruption(notification)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private func handleAudioSessionInterruption(_ notification: Notification) {
+    guard
+      let info = notification.userInfo,
+      let typeValue = info[AVAudioSessionInterruptionTypeKey] as? UInt,
+      let type = AVAudioSession.InterruptionType(rawValue: typeValue)
+    else { return }
+
+    switch type {
+    case .began:
+      // iOS 17+ fires a `.began` (with no matching `.ended`) when an output
+      // route such as headphones disappears. Reflecting a pause here would
+      // strand resume-intent state with nothing to clear it, and the
+      // route-change observer already handles the output change — so ignore it.
+      if #available(iOS 17.0, *),
+         let reasonValue = info[AVAudioSessionInterruptionReasonKey] as? UInt,
+         AVAudioSession.InterruptionReason(rawValue: reasonValue) == .routeDisconnected
+      {
+        return
+      }
+      onMainActor { player?.handleInterruptionBegan() }
+    case .ended:
+      let shouldResume = (info[AVAudioSessionInterruptionOptionKey] as? UInt)
+        .map { AVAudioSession.InterruptionOptions(rawValue: $0).contains(.shouldResume) }
+        ?? false
+      onMainActor {
+        // Reactivate the possibly-deactivated session before resuming — but
+        // only when a resume will happen: activating while staying paused
+        // grabs a non-mixable session with nothing to release it.
+        if shouldResume, player?.willResumeAfterInterruption == true {
+          try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
+        }
+        player?.handleInterruptionEnded(shouldResume: shouldResume)
+      }
+    @unknown default:
+      break
+    }
+  }
+
   /// Sets up observer for audio route changes
   private func setupRouteChangeObserver() {
     if let observer = routeChangeObserver {
@@ -903,58 +1318,95 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
       forName: AVAudioSession.routeChangeNotification,
       object: nil,
       queue: .main,
+    ) { [weak self] notification in
+      guard let self else { return }
+      // The previous output disappeared (headphones unplugged, a Bluetooth
+      // speaker powered off). Pause rather than abruptly resume out of the
+      // built-in speaker — the platform convention every media app follows.
+      // A deliberate pause (clears play intent), not an interruption: the user
+      // restarts playback themselves once they want it.
+      if let reasonValue = notification.userInfo?[AVAudioSessionRouteChangeReasonKey] as? UInt,
+         AVAudioSession.RouteChangeReason(rawValue: reasonValue) == .oldDeviceUnavailable
+      {
+        // Also cancels a pending interruption auto-resume: unplugging during
+        // a call must not blast the built-in speaker when the call ends.
+        self.onMainActor { self.player?.handleRouteDisconnected() }
+      }
+      if let output = self.getCurrentOutput() {
+        self.onOutputChanged(output)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Observes audio-server (`mediaserverd`) resets. When it fires, the session
+  /// category is cleared and every AVPlayer/session handle is invalid — a
+  /// long-running stream would otherwise go permanently silent until the app
+  /// restarts.
+  private func setupMediaServicesResetObserver() {
+    if let observer = mediaServicesResetObserver {
+      NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(observer)
+    }
+    mediaServicesResetObserver = NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
+      forName: AVAudioSession.mediaServicesWereResetNotification,
+      object: nil,
+      queue: .main,
     ) { [weak self] _ in
-      guard let self, let output = self.getCurrentOutput() else { return }
-      self.onIosOutputChanged(output)
+      guard let self else { return }
+      // Re-apply our category (the reset cleared it), then have the player
+      // recreate itself and reconnect the current stream.
+      self.applyAudioSessionCategory()
+      self.onMainActor { self.player?.handleMediaServicesReset() }
     }
   }
 
   /// Gets the current audio output info
-  private func getCurrentOutput() -> IosOutput? {
+  private func getCurrentOutput() -> Output? {
     let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
     guard let output = session.currentRoute.outputs.first else { return nil }
 
-    let (outputType, external): (IosOutputType, Bool) = switch output.portType {
+    let (outputType, external): (OutputType, Bool) = switch output.portType {
     case .builtInSpeaker:
-      (.builtInSpeaker, false)
+      (.speaker, false)
     case .builtInReceiver:
-      (.builtInReceiver, false)
+      (.receiver, false)
     case .airPlay:
       (.airplay, true)
-    case .bluetoothA2DP:
-      (.bluetoothA2dp, true)
-    case .bluetoothHFP:
-      (.bluetoothHfp, true)
-    case .bluetoothLE:
-      (.bluetoothLe, true)
+    case .bluetoothA2DP, .bluetoothHFP, .bluetoothLE:
+      (.bluetooth, true)
     case .headphones:
       (.headphones, true)
     case .carAudio:
-      (.carAudio, true)
+      (.car, true)
     case .HDMI:
       (.hdmi, true)
     case .usbAudio:
-      (.usbAudio, true)
+      (.usb, true)
     default:
       (.other, true)
     }
 
-    return IosOutput(type: outputType, name: output.portName, external: external)
+    return Output(type: outputType, name: output.portName, external: external)
   }
 
-  public func getIosOutput() throws -> IosOutput? {
+  public func getOutput() throws -> Output? {
     getCurrentOutput()
   }
 
-  public func openIosOutputPicker() throws {
+  public func supportsOutputSwitcher() throws -> Bool {
+    // iOS can always present the system route picker (AVRoutePickerView).
+    return true
+  }
+
+  public func openOutputPicker() throws {
     DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
+      guard let self else { return }
       guard let windowScene = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
         .compactMap({ $0 as? UIWindowScene })
         .first(where: { $0.activationState == .foregroundActive }),
         let window = windowScene.windows.first(where: { $0.isKeyWindow }),
         var topController = window.rootViewController
       else {
-        self?.logger.debug("openIosOutputPicker: Could not find active window scene")
+        self.logger.error("openOutputPicker: no active window scene / root view controller")
         return
       }
 
@@ -963,25 +1415,52 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
         topController = presented
       }
 
-      let routePicker = AVRoutePickerView(frame: .zero)
-      routePicker.isHidden = true
+      // AVRoutePickerView has no public API to present its picker
+      // programmatically, so we add it to the hierarchy and tap its internal
+      // button. Two requirements that are easy to get wrong:
+      //   1. The view must be *visible* to the system (a `isHidden` source view
+      //      suppresses the presentation), so we keep it transparent instead.
+      //   2. The internal button can be nested below the top-level subviews on
+      //      modern iOS, so we search recursively rather than only direct children.
+      let routePicker = AVRoutePickerView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 1, height: 1))
+      routePicker.alpha = 0.01
       topController.view.addSubview(routePicker)
 
-      // Find the button inside AVRoutePickerView and trigger it
-      for subview in routePicker.subviews {
-        if let button = subview as? UIButton {
-          button.sendActions(for: .touchUpInside)
-          break
-        }
+      let button = Self.firstButton(in: routePicker)
+      self.logger.notice(
+        "openOutputPicker: hierarchy=\(Self.describeHierarchy(routePicker), privacy: .public), buttonFound=\(button != nil, privacy: .public)",
+      )
+
+      if let button {
+        button.sendActions(for: .touchUpInside)
+      } else {
+        self.logger.error("openOutputPicker: no UIButton found inside AVRoutePickerView")
       }
 
-      // Remove after a delay to ensure picker has opened
-      DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) {
+      // Keep the source view in the hierarchy long enough for the picker to
+      // present (on iPad it anchors a popover to this view).
+      DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2.0) {
         routePicker.removeFromSuperview()
       }
     }
   }
 
+  /// Depth-first search for the first `UIButton` inside a view tree.
+  private static func firstButton(in view: UIView) -> UIButton? {
+    if let button = view as? UIButton { return button }
+    for subview in view.subviews {
+      if let button = firstButton(in: subview) { return button }
+    }
+    return nil
+  }
+
+  /// Compact description of a view tree, e.g. `AVRoutePickerView[UIButton[UIImageView]]`.
+  private static func describeHierarchy(_ view: UIView) -> String {
+    let name = String(describing: type(of: view))
+    let children = view.subviews.map(describeHierarchy).joined(separator: ", ")
+    return children.isEmpty ? name : "\(name)[\(children)]"
+  }
+
   // MARK: - Equalizer (unsupported on iOS)
 
   public func getEqualizerSettings() throws -> EqualizerSettings? {
@@ -1026,12 +1505,28 @@ public class HybridAudioBrowser: HybridAudioBrowserSpec, @unchecked Sendable {
 extension HybridAudioBrowser: TrackPlayerCallbacks {
   public func playerDidChangePlayback(_ playback: Playback) {
     onPlaybackChanged(playback)
+    // Re-render so the formatter reflects the new state — notably the error line on a failure (the
+    // coordinator sets playbackError before this fires). Redundant updates are deduped on publish.
+    applyNowPlayingMetadata()
   }
 
   public func playerDidChangeActiveTrack(_ event: PlaybackActiveTrackChangedEvent) {
-    // Clear now playing override when track changes (matches Kotlin behavior)
+    // Clear now playing override + flash + live metadata when track changes
+    // (matches Kotlin behavior; a flash must not carry over to a new track)
     nowPlayingOverride = nil
-    activeTrackChangedEmitter.emit(event)
+    cancelNowPlayingFlash()
+    latestTimedMetadata = nil
+    // Hydrate the active track's `favorited` from the authoritative set so JS
+    // consumers (useActiveTrack) match getActiveTrack()'s hydrated value — the
+    // coordinator emits the raw queue track, whose flag isn't kept in sync.
+    let hydrated = PlaybackActiveTrackChangedEvent(
+      lastIndex: event.lastIndex,
+      lastTrack: event.lastTrack,
+      lastPosition: event.lastPosition,
+      index: event.index,
+      track: event.track.map(browserManager.hydrateFavorite),
+    )
+    activeTrackChangedEmitter.emit(hydrated)
     // Also notify now playing changed when track changes
     applyNowPlayingMetadata()
   }
@@ -1040,12 +1535,60 @@ extension HybridAudioBrowser: TrackPlayerCallbacks {
     onPlaybackProgressUpdated(event)
   }
 
+  public func playerDidFirePlaybackInterval() {
+    onPlaybackInterval()
+  }
+
   public func playerDidChangePlayWhenReady(_ playWhenReady: Bool) {
+    // Intent to play again is the earliest cancel signal for a pending session release.
+    if playWhenReady { cancelSessionRelease() }
     onPlaybackPlayWhenReadyChanged(PlaybackPlayWhenReadyChangedEvent(playWhenReady: playWhenReady))
   }
 
   public func playerDidChangePlayingState(_ state: PlayingState) {
     onPlaybackPlayingState(state)
+    // Lazily activate the audio session the moment playback actually produces — or is buffering to
+    // produce — output. This (not setup) is where we grab the session, so launching the app never
+    // interrupts other apps' audio; the interruption only happens when the user truly starts
+    // playback, which is correct. Keyed off play *state*, not `playWhenReady`, because the intent
+    // can be set at setup (before any track) while output only begins here. Idempotent:
+    // `setActive(true)` is a no-op when the session is already active.
+    if state.playing || state.buffering {
+      try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
+      // The now-playing session's activation request at link time predates this
+      // (the audio session was still inactive, and the system may have declined);
+      // re-request now so the surface can appear even if playback never produces
+      // audio (first-ever load failing on a dead stream).
+      player?.nowPlayingInfoController.reactivateSessionIfNeeded()
+      // Output resumed — cancel any pending release armed by an earlier stop.
+      cancelSessionRelease()
+    }
+    // Re-render so the formatter reacts to a stall starting or recovering (`stalled`) — a buffering
+    // flag change that may not transition the coordinator state.
+    applyNowPlayingMetadata()
+  }
+
+  public func playerShouldReleaseSession() {
+    // Release the audio session so other apps' audio (Spotify, a podcast) can resume — debounced,
+    // because iOS dislikes deactivating while our audio is still trailing off, and a quick
+    // pause→resume shouldn't thrash the session. The coordinator only requests this on a genuine
+    // stop (not an interruption, not mid-retry); a re-activation cancels it (see
+    // `playerDidChangePlayWhenReady` and the activation above). Mirrors the now-playing flash timer.
+    sessionReleaseWork?.cancel()
+    let release = DispatchWorkItem { [weak self] in
+      guard let self, self.player?.playWhenReady == false else { return }
+      self.sessionReleaseWork = nil
+      // `.notifyOthersOnDeactivation` signals other apps they may resume; without it the session
+      // is released but nobody is told, so the user's audio would not come back.
+      try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(false, options: .notifyOthersOnDeactivation)
+    }
+    sessionReleaseWork = release
+    DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3, execute: release)
+  }
+
+  private func cancelSessionRelease() {
+    sessionReleaseWork?.cancel()
+    sessionReleaseWork = nil
   }
 
   public func playerDidEndQueue(_ event: PlaybackQueueEndedEvent) {
@@ -1061,6 +1604,7 @@ extension HybridAudioBrowser: TrackPlayerCallbacks {
   }
 
   public func playerDidChangeShuffleEnabled(_ enabled: Bool) {
+    shuffleChangedEmitter.emit(enabled)
     onPlaybackShuffleModeChanged(enabled)
   }
 
@@ -1076,7 +1620,10 @@ extension HybridAudioBrowser: TrackPlayerCallbacks {
   public func playerDidReceiveTimedMetadata(_ groups: [AVTimedMetadataGroup]) {
     for group in groups {
       if let metadata = TimedMetadata.from(items: group.items) {
+        latestTimedMetadata = metadata
         onTimedMetadata(metadata)
+        // Re-render the now-playing so the formatter can reflect the live song.
+        applyNowPlayingMetadata()
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1193,10 +1740,6 @@ extension HybridAudioBrowser: TrackPlayerCallbacks {
     remoteSeek(position: position)
   }
 
-  public func remoteSetRating(rating _: Any) {
-    // TODO: Convert rating to RemoteSetRatingEvent
-  }
-
   public func remotePlayId(id: String, index: Int?) {
     let event = RemotePlayIdEvent(id: id, index: index.map { Double($0) })
     if let handler = handleRemotePlayId {
@@ -1215,57 +1758,91 @@ extension HybridAudioBrowser: TrackPlayerCallbacks {
     }
   }
 
-  /// Handles an INPlayMediaIntent by searching for the given term and starting playback.
-  ///
-  /// Host apps should call this from their `INPlayMediaIntentHandling` implementation.
-  /// Uses the browser's search route to find tracks, then queues and plays them.
-  ///
-  /// - Parameters:
-  ///   - searchTerm: The search query from Siri.
-  ///   - completion: Called with `true` if tracks were found and queued, `false` otherwise.
-  public func handlePlayMediaIntent(searchTerm: String, completion: @escaping @Sendable (Bool) -> Void) {
-    Task {
+  /// Static so the Siri intent handler can call it before the shared instance
+  /// exists: it waits on the `playerAndConfiguredBrowser` gate, which resolves
+  /// once RN boots. Uses the resolved `browser`, never `self`.
+  static func handlePlayMediaIntent(criteria: MediaIntentCriteria, completion: @escaping @Sendable (Bool) -> Void) {
+    Task { @MainActor in
+      guard let (browser, player) = await playerAndConfiguredBrowser.wait(timeout: .seconds(8)) else {
+        Logger(subsystem: "com.audiobrowser", category: "AudioBrowser")
+          .error("handlePlayMediaIntent: browser/player not ready within budget")
+        completion(false)
+        return
+      }
+      // No-criteria intent ("play «app»") → resume. The gate must NOT block
+      // this: the gate blocks *finding* content, never *hearing* the active or
+      // persisted track. The gate is checked below, for the search branch only.
+      if criteria.isResume {
+        if player.currentTrack != nil {
+          browser.logger.info("resume: warm — playing current track")
+          player.play()
+          browser.showNowPlayingRequestedEmitter.emit(())
+          completion(true)
+        } else if let state = browser.playbackStateStore.load() {
+          browser.logger.info("resume: cold — restoring persisted track")
+          let track = state.track.toNitro()
+          let startMs = (track.live == true) ? nil : state.positionMs
+          // Match Android resume: re-expand the full queue from the track's contextual
+          // URL (parent container → siblings + selected index). Fall back to the single
+          // track when the url isn't contextual or expansion fails.
+          if let url = state.track.url,
+             let expanded = try? await browser.browserManager.expandQueueFromContextualUrl(url) {
+            player.setQueue(expanded.tracks, initialIndex: expanded.selectedIndex, startPositionMs: startMs, playWhenReady: true)
+          } else {
+            player.setQueue([track], initialIndex: 0, startPositionMs: startMs, playWhenReady: true)
+          }
+          browser.showNowPlayingRequestedEmitter.emit(())
+          completion(true)
+        } else {
+          browser.logger.error("resume: nothing playing and nothing persisted → no-op")
+          completion(false)   // nothing playing and nothing persisted
+        }
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Assemble the Nitro SearchParams here (MainActor) from the criteria's
+      // Sendable fields, so the structured mode/genre/… reach the request like
+      // Android. Today the API still text-searches `q`; the rest is forward-compat.
+      let params = SearchParams(
+        mode: criteria.searchMode.flatMap { SearchMode(fromString: $0) },
+        query: criteria.query,
+        genre: criteria.genre,
+        artist: criteria.artist,
+        album: criteria.album,
+        title: criteria.title,
+        playlist: criteria.playlist,
+        // .currentlyPlaying can't reach here — isResume routed it to resume.
+        reference: criteria.reference == .my ? .my : .unknown
+      )
+
+      // Search is *finding* new content — refused when the gate decides this
+      // request is gated (resume above is unaffected: the gate never blocks
+      // hearing, and the gate check stays after the resume check).
+      let outcome = await browser.gateDecision(
+        for: NativeGateRequest(reason: .search, path: nil, search: params)
+      )
+      guard !outcome.gated else {
+        browser.logger.info("handlePlayMediaIntent: search refused — gated")
+        browser.onGate(GateEvent(reason: .search))
+        completion(false)
+        return
+      }
+
       do {
-        let resolved = try await self.browserManager.search(searchTerm)
-        guard let tracks = resolved.children, !tracks.isEmpty else {
+        guard let tracks = try await browser.browserManager.searchPlayable(params) else {
           completion(false)
           return
         }
-        await MainActor.run {
-          self.getPlayer()?.setQueue(tracks, initialIndex: 0, playWhenReady: true)
-        }
+        player.setQueue(tracks, initialIndex: 0, playWhenReady: true)
+        browser.showNowPlayingRequestedEmitter.emit(())
         completion(true)
       } catch {
-        self.logger.error("handlePlayMediaIntent failed: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+        browser.logger.error("handlePlayMediaIntent failed: \(error.localizedDescription)")
         completion(false)
       }
     }
   }
 
-  public func remoteLike() {
-    if let handler = handleRemoteLike {
-      handler()
-    } else {
-      onRemoteLike()
-    }
-  }
-
-  public func remoteDislike() {
-    if let handler = handleRemoteDislike {
-      handler()
-    } else {
-      onRemoteDislike()
-    }
-  }
-
-  public func remoteBookmark() {
-    if let handler = handleRemoteBookmark {
-      handler()
-    } else {
-      onRemoteBookmark()
-    }
-  }
-
   public func remoteChangeRepeatMode(mode: RepeatMode) {
     // Apply the repeat mode change from CarPlay/lock screen
     try? setRepeatMode(mode: mode)