[jira] [Created] (CB-5953) 'startPlayingAudio' causes audio file to be restarted; unable to resume from paused position

["Stephen Bartholomew (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Stephen Bartholomew created CB-5953:
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             Summary: 'startPlayingAudio' causes audio file to be restarted; unable to resume from paused position
                 Key: CB-5953
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5953
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Plugin Media
         Environment: iOS
            Reporter: Stephen Bartholomew


OVERVIEW
The Media plugin uses 'startPlayingAudio' when Media#play() is called (https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugin-media.git;a=blob;f=www/Media.js;h=083af3623a56fded9fd25505a94d19bd901c5e6a;hb=HEAD#l75).

The comment states that this will "play or resume" audio but every time, the audio starts from the beginning.

I've only tested on iOS and my cause/solultions only cover this. I'm not familiar enough with the other platforms right now to make a judgement.

CAUSE
CDVAudioFile is initialised from scratched each time startPlayingAudio is called, rather than reusing the current playing instance: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugin-media.git;a=blob;f=src/ios/CDVSound.m;h=14b2fc24387cbf91e8e1aad15c3717af63b26ecd;hb=HEAD#l297

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
1. Store the current playing instance and reuse the resource path is unchanged
2. Add a 'resume' method to use instead of using play

I'm happy to look into either of these but I'd like confirmation of my assessment of the problem and some kind of consensus on the solution.

WORKAROUNDS
I'm now attempting to store the audio position at the time of pausing then doing a seek after play to put the audio in the correct place via the JS - not ideal.



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