Media player pauses playback when losing focus

[James Lewis]

While testing Unity8 in desktop mode on Nexus 4, "convergence"... I noticed that apps do not get suspended when they are not selected, as they do on the phone... this is great, and required for convergence, obviously. However, the Media Player does stop playing when it loses focus, it appears to pause playback, rather than get suspended depending on focus, so I think this is a flaw in the app, not the system.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks, sounds like something that should be fixed for convergence

[Bosko (donquichot2016)]

I wrote a small patch for this bug. I have tested it on my computer and it seems to work. But I haven't had the chance to test it on a phone yet.

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[Jim Hodapp (jhodapp)]

@Bosko: thanks for the patch. It looks pretty decent. One comment I would have immediately is to please try and match the existing C++ code style present. Use the same type of spacing, bracket styling, etc. You are also welcome to branch the mediaplayer source tree and propose a merge request via Launchpad against trunk. Find the trunk branch at lp:mediaplayer-app

[Bosko (donquichot2016)]

Thanks for your quick reply. I change the formatting and proposed a merge. I'm unfamiliar with Launchpad, so I hope I did that correctly.

[Jim Hodapp (jhodapp)]

@Bosko: I've asked Renato to take a look at your MR. Look for his review comments shortly.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.