RepeatMode.Off Not Respected on Android Device

[kimangell]

Describe the Bug
No matter if repeat mode is set to RepeatMode.Off or RepeatMode.Track, audio repeats on Android device. I know a similar issue was reported before, but it was the opposite situation that time. I can confirm repeat mode is correctly set and has the right value by calling getRepeatMode() after setting it:

 const currentMode = await TrackPlayer.getRepeatMode();
 console.log('Repeat mode after set:', currentMode);

RepeatMode.Off is also respected on iOS simulator using the same codebase.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Set up track player. I set mine up like so:

import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
import TrackPlayer, { Capability, RatingType, RepeatMode } from 'react-native-track-player';
import { AppKilledPlaybackBehavior } from 'react-native-track-player';

const setupPlayer = async () => {
  await TrackPlayer.setupPlayer({
    maxCacheSize: 1024 * 50,
  })

  await TrackPlayer.updateOptions({
    ratingType: RatingType.Heart,
    capabilities: [
      Capability.Play,
      Capability.Pause,
      Capability.SeekTo
    ],
    android: {
      appKilledPlaybackBehavior: AppKilledPlaybackBehavior.StopPlaybackAndRemoveNotification
    },
  })

  await TrackPlayer.setVolume(1);
  await TrackPlayer.setRepeatMode(RepeatMode.Off);
}

2. Prepare a track object
   I'm preparing mine like so:

const track = {
    id: audio.id,
    url: url,
    artwork: artwork,
    title: audio.title,
    duration: audio.duration ? Number(audio.duration) : undefined,
    headers: {},
}

3. Load and play track

const handlePress = async () => {
      await TrackPlayer.load(track);
      await TrackPlayer.play();
  }

4. Let track end by itself

Code To Reproduce
See last section

Replicable on Example App?
I'm unable to get gradle to work on my machine, so not sure how to set up the example app. I use eas build -p android for my app.

Environment Info:
Result of npx react-native info:

System:
  OS: macOS 14.5
  CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1
  Memory: 105.58 MB / 8.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.20.4
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.7.0
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
  Watchman: Not Found
Managers:
  CocoaPods: Not Found
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 24.2
      - iOS 18.2
      - macOS 15.2
      - tvOS 18.2
      - visionOS 2.2
      - watchOS 11.2
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
  Xcode:
    version: 16.2/16C5032a
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 11.0.25
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: 18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.74.5
    wanted: 0.74.5
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

React Native and RNTP versions:

"react-native-track-player": "^4.1.1",
"react-native": "0.74.5",

Platform-specific app.json config:

{
    "ios": {
      "supportsTablet": false,
      "bundleIdentifier": "[redacted]",
      "infoPlist": {
        "UIBackgroundModes": [
          "audio"
        ],
        "NSMicrophoneUsageDescription": "This app requires access to the microphone to record audio.",
        "ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption": false
      }
    },
    "android": {
      "adaptiveIcon": {
        "foregroundImage": "./assets/images/adaptive-icon.png",
        "backgroundColor": "#121212"
      },
      "softwareKeyboardLayoutMode": "pan",
      "package": "[redacted]"
    },
    "plugins": [
      [
        "expo-build-properties",
        {
          "android": {
            "minSdkVersion": 24
          }
        }
      ]
    ],
    "experiments": {
      "typedRoutes": true
    }
  }
}

The issue occurs on Android device. Everything works fine on iOS simulator.

How I can Help
What can you do to help resolve this?

• Open to any suggestions

Have you investigated the underlying JS or Swift/Android code causing this bug?

• Not sure where to look. Both setRepeatMode and getRepeatMode work as they should. Which function is responsible for evaluating whether to repeat or not on track end?

Can you create a Pull Request with a fix?

• Not currently

Thank you so much everyone involved in creating and maintaining this library! It's been invaluable <3

[lovegaoshi]

im fairly sure it works as expected, as i rely on RepeatMode.Off to properly trigger PlaybackQueueEnded; otherwise the player just loops. since u cannot get ur gradle/the example app to work, im afraid not much can be done here.

one thing to note is u did not show u did TP.add([]) but used TP.load instead. i believe load does not set the queue, but its not my use case thus cant tell for sure.

[lovegaoshi]

this is exactly why anyone should try to use the example app reporting a bug. i have no clue, knowledge, experience nor interest that ur combining expo av and rntp that both steals focus, and caused issues. again unless u do have the example app running i dont see much can be done here

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On Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 1:21 AM kimangell ***@***.***> wrote: one thing to note is u did not show u did TP.add([]) but used TP.load instead. i believe load does not set the queue, but its not my use case thus cant tell for sure. Thanks for the help. I tried using add instead of load just to be sure, but it had no effect. It seems load does create a queue anyway. However, I discovered my issue. I play a background audio as a response to RNTP playback state changes using expo-av <https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/sdk-52/packages/expo-av>. These background audios were initialized with isLooping set to true, and for some reason this is interfering with the behavior of RNTP on Android. As if the expo-av looping setting is applying to all media / audio playback. I did notice a quirk with RNTP while debugging this: when repeatMode is set to off (and the expo-av audio is initialized with isLooping false), when the audio stops, it fires these events in rapid succession: ended buffering ready playing stopped Is it supposed to work like that? Why would it restart just to be immediately stopped instead of simply ending? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2428 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AZMOVVQBK2TKNJ6GZVTLBBL2LDDRNAVCNFSM6AAAAABU7Y2TZWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKOJXG44DKMBUGA> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>