Android Automotive : Sync Issues

[joashrajin]

Description

We previously attempted to fix the issue here: #2277

However, we are still getting reports that the issue persists.

A temporary workaround for those affected is to always pause the episode before turning off the car so that AAOS does not attempt to restart it.

Multiple reports here: https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/pocketcasts-on-android-automotive-aaos-does-not-sync-reliably/

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Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Start the car, which plays the last episode left off or start from the beginning instead of syncing with the latest episode from the phone.
2. If the last episode has been completed and archived on the phone, observe that it is re-added to the top of the queue.

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Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version

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[igotdes]

User in #9159156-zen is reporting the same issue. However, they haven't shared their logs yet, and we've asked them if they've seen Client: <com.android.car.carlauncher> connected to media session in the logs:

[...] I don’t remember exactly what it says, but there were references to starting or connecting to a media session when I checked the logs earlier today.

Also, I had tried pausing before turning the truck off, but it resumes automatically when I get back in. The only workaround I’ve found is to select a different audio source before turning it off. Sometimes, the PocketCasts app will refresh (in the background, I assume) so that it is in sync when I launch it, but not always.

[joashrajin]

Update here. I signed out on AAOS, signed into a different profile, and signed back in, to try to clear state. After doing so, Pocketcasts showed me that I wasn’t signed in (perhaps I hadn’t been signed in before, but I swear it said I was). After signing back in, it actually started syncing, at least to the quality that it did before. The original issue of not syncing before it starts auto-playing on startup still exists. Pausing before I stop the car does work, but I never remember to do that, so that’s not a tenable solution.

https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/pocketcasts-on-android-automotive-aaos-does-not-sync-reliably/page/2/?view=all#post-7246