Hi guys,
after upgrade to tvOS 27.2 I noticed that every time our video streaming app sets up video stream, OS presents playing item popup. We are using MPNowPlayingInfoCenter. We do not set it only when app gets minimized, but always, that is when app is maximized, player is in full screen and one episode ends and another starts, etc. The reason is that we want playing metadata to be visible on iOS for users who use iPhone as remote controller. Our app is playing 24/7 and never stops even backing out of the player does not stop playback, user can keep switching channels rapidly, that is user can hold arrows and can see channel numbers going up rapidly (like 10 channels per second) and at the same time we set MPNowPlayingInfoCenter. We could use debounce for MPNowPlayingInfoCenter and set it only if user stops at a channel say for 0.5s, but after that OS still presents annoying popup.
Is that a new tvOS 27.2 feature or a bug?
Right now this is very bad user experience. Do we need to stop using MPNowPlayingInfoCenter completely to avoid this behavior?
We are planning refactoring and using the new Now Playing framework and MediaSession, but I'm not sure if that can prevent this annoying popup. Not sure if we should completely remove support for Now Playing on iOS to avoid this popup on tvOS.