Support voice controlled playback on Android Auto - #2059
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| // Play via search | ||
| firstItem.mediaId == MediaItem.DEFAULT_MEDIA_ID && firstItem.requestMetadata.mediaUri == null -> { | ||
| val search = firstItem.requestMetadata.searchQuery | ||
| Timber.d("Search requested $search") |
| val search = firstItem.requestMetadata.searchQuery | ||
| Timber.d("Search requested $search") | ||
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| val route = if (search.isNullOrEmpty()) LibraryRoute.Suggested |
| Timber.d("Search requested $search") | ||
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| val route = if (search.isNullOrEmpty()) LibraryRoute.Suggested | ||
| else LibraryRoute.Search(search) |
thornbill
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Jun 28, 2026
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Google rejected our app because we did not implement a feature that is hidden away in their terrible API design. When
onSetMediaItemsis called with a single item that has a search query set in its request metadata it means that Android Auto voice control was used to playback music, we need to parse the query and create the actual item playlist. This is the most dumb API design I've seen so far from Google.This PR implements that stupid behavior and uses either the suggested item page if the query is empty or the search page when searching for specific items.
Ideally we'd implement the search without the route as that returns items in sections and not necessarily the most relevant item first. I couldn't be bothered to do it the proper way though.
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