Add support for next/previous/pause/resume global hotkeys/actions

[absidue]

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Add support for next/previous/pause/resume global hotkeys/actions

Pull Request Type

• Feature Implementation

Related issue

Related to #2138
Closes #1931

Description

This pull request adds support for the global next and previous track hotkeys/actions inside of playlists. As I'm using the MediaSession API this also works with the next and previous track actions on my Bluetooth headphones.

As there have been issues with the play/pause hotkeys on non Windows operating systems in the past, I've also added explicit handlers for those. I also made it explicitly report the playback state (playing, paused, none) to the MediaSession API. I can remove these handlers and explicit reporting of the playback state if we are sure that those issues have been fully resolved.

If play/pause issues persist then we can be certain it's either Electron or more likely, an issue with something outside of FreeTube on the Linux side.

Testing (for code that is not small enough to be easily understandable)

I tested this with the next and previous keyboard buttons as well as the actions on my Bluetooth headphones. By adding log statements to the event handlers i was also able to confirm that they are removed properly when they are no longer required.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows
• OS Version: 10
• FreeTube version: 2809d81

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

closes #1931 right?

[absidue]

It might do but I don't use linux, so I don't know if this fixes it.

[absidue]

@x-N0 Could you please test if this pull request fixes your issue?

[absidue]

As we haven't heard from @x-N0 yet I think you can probably review it without their response and if their issue is still not fixed that can be handled separately at a later point in time.

If their issue is still not fixed by this pull request then it's either an issue with Electron or their setup.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Is it possible for u to create a build for this so i can download it

[absidue]

Here is a build for this pull request: https://github.com/absidue/FreeTube/actions/runs/2367039517

[PrestonN]

Looks good to me. Also wanted to confirm that this does work on Linux (Using Fedora + Gnome). I'll let others get a chance to look over this as well but I'll probably go ahead and merge this in later today.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

I can confirm that this does close #1931.
Used fedore36 to test this
I could pause the video with my Bluetooth headphones but not unpause it. Previous and next video in playlist also works on fedora with and without the bluetooth headphones. Im not sure if the unpausing of the videos is a compatibility issue or coding issue.

[absidue]

I'm going to assuming it's a compatibility issue as the code uses the standard Media Session play and pause events. At some point in the future I can create a Fedora VM and try it but no promises, as that will take a while as I've never used Fedora before and I have no idea how well Bluetooth headphones work together with VMware and Fedora.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Warning!!!
DONT CREATE A VM TO TEST THIS PR

u cant pass those keys through the vm because the devs of vmware, vbox and all the other vm makers think its not a priority

[PikachuEXE]

Tested play/pause/next track/previous track with WH-1000XM4 on MacOS 12.1