fix(android): tell external players to start unwatched items from the beginning

With an external player on Plex, starting a never-watched episode could
open a "resume playback?" prompt at the position the previous, unrelated
file was exited. The intent carried no start hint when the item had no
resume point, so players with their own bookmark store (Zidoo native
player, VLC) consulted it - and every Plex part URL ends in the same
`file.<ext>`, so those bookmarks collide across items.

Send `from_start=true` on fresh launches and `from_start=false` beside
`position` when resuming, matching the Zidoo integrations in
jellyfin-androidtv-zidoo and PlexToZidoo. MX, Just Player and mpv ignore
the extra.

close #2223
This commit is contained in:
edde746
2026-09-02 15:43:04 +02:00
parent b5186624b8
commit 3fc229cd6c
2 changed files with 47 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ internal class ExternalPlayerChannel(private val activity: Activity) {
private const val API_VLC_RESULT_POSITION = "extra_position"
private const val API_VLC_RESULT_DURATION = "extra_duration"
// Honored by VLC and the native Zidoo player (com.android.gallery3d /
// com.zidoo.player). Without it, a launch with no resume point lets the
// player consult its own bookmark store, which on Zidoo collides across
// Plex items because every part URL ends in the same `file.<ext>` (#2223).
private const val API_VLC_FROM_START = "from_start"
private const val API_VIMU_TITLE = "forcename"
private const val API_VIMU_SEEK_POSITION = "startfrom"
private const val API_VIMU_RESUME = "forceresume"
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ internal class ExternalPlayerChannel(private val activity: Activity) {
}
}
private data class Source(val uri: Uri, val grantRead: Boolean, val fileName: String?)
internal data class Source(val uri: Uri, val grantRead: Boolean, val fileName: String?)
private fun resolveSource(filePath: String): Source {
if (filePath.startsWith("http://") || filePath.startsWith("https://")) {
@@ -168,7 +174,7 @@ internal class ExternalPlayerChannel(private val activity: Activity) {
return Source(uri, grantRead = true, fileName = file.name)
}
private fun buildIntent(
internal fun buildIntent(
source: Source,
packageName: String?,
startPositionMs: Long,
@@ -181,6 +187,9 @@ internal class ExternalPlayerChannel(private val activity: Activity) {
if (startPosition > 0) {
putExtra(API_MX_RESULT_POSITION, startPosition)
putExtra(API_VIMU_SEEK_POSITION, startPosition)
putExtra(API_VLC_FROM_START, false)
} else {
putExtra(API_VLC_FROM_START, true)
}
putExtra(API_MX_RETURN_RESULT, true)
putExtra(API_MX_SECURE_URI, true)
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package com.edde746.plezy
import android.app.Activity
import android.content.Intent
import android.net.Uri
import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel
import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
import org.junit.Test
import org.junit.runner.RunWith
@@ -30,6 +32,40 @@ class ExternalPlayerChannelTest {
assertEquals(false, result["playbackError"])
}
@Test
fun freshLaunchTellsPlayerToStartFromBeginning() {
val activity = Robolectric.buildActivity(Activity::class.java).get()
val channel = ExternalPlayerChannel(activity)
val source = ExternalPlayerChannel.Source(
Uri.parse("http://plex:32400/library/parts/9808/1775431760/file.mkv?X-Plex-Token=tok"),
grantRead = false,
fileName = "file.mkv"
)
val intent = channel.buildIntent(source, packageName = null, startPositionMs = 0L, title = "Episode")
assertTrue(intent.getBooleanExtra("from_start", false))
assertFalse(intent.hasExtra("position"))
assertFalse(intent.hasExtra("startfrom"))
}
@Test
fun resumeLaunchPassesPositionAndDisablesFromStart() {
val activity = Robolectric.buildActivity(Activity::class.java).get()
val channel = ExternalPlayerChannel(activity)
val source = ExternalPlayerChannel.Source(
Uri.parse("http://plex:32400/library/parts/9808/1775431760/file.mkv?X-Plex-Token=tok"),
grantRead = false,
fileName = "file.mkv"
)
val intent = channel.buildIntent(source, packageName = null, startPositionMs = 90_000L, title = null)
assertFalse(intent.getBooleanExtra("from_start", true))
assertEquals(90_000, intent.getIntExtra("position", -1))
assertEquals(90_000, intent.getIntExtra("startfrom", -1))
}
@Test
fun activityDestroyCompletesPendingChannelCall() {
val activity = Robolectric.buildActivity(Activity::class.java).get()