Two problems on a panel showing one fullscreen widget, both visible as flashing.
The player re-navigated the WebView every duration_sec. PlaylistController.next()
requests a playlist refresh between plays and playCurrentItem() re-issues the item
unconditionally, so a one-item playlist reloaded the same URL forever. The existing
dedupe guard only covers the playlist-update path, so it logged "not restarting"
AFTER the reload had already happened. On an interactive widget that also discarded
whatever the viewer had typed.
showWidget() is now idempotent: same URL with the widget already on screen returns
without re-navigating, and the cached URL is cleared at every media-type transition
so switching away and back still reloads. The refresh itself is untouched — schedule
re-evaluation and dayparting still run on the timer, and widgets keep refreshing
their own data client-side (directory-search polls its board every 30s and preserves
the current query). The web player already behaved this way via reevaluateHeldWidget;
this brings the Android player to parity.
Separately, the directory-search keyboard was laid out in fixed pixels for a
1920-wide viewport. A panel's CSS viewport is its resolution over its density, so a
1080p screen at 240dpi presents 1280x720 — where four rows of 56px keys took ~37% of
the height instead of ~24%, and the lone max-width:700px breakpoint never fired to
correct it. Key metrics are now clamped against vh. The clamp maxima are the previous
fixed values and both vh terms exceed them at 1080 tall, so a 1080 viewport renders
pixel-identically; shorter viewports scale down. The breakpoint no longer re-pins .key,
which would have undone the clamp.
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The setup screen buttons used a bare <ripple> which only reacts to
state_pressed (touch). D-pad navigation triggers state_focused, which the
ripple ignored, leaving the focused button nearly invisible against the
dark background from TV viewing distance.
Wrap the button shape in a <selector> (kept inside the ripple so touch
still gets the press ripple) that adds a bright 3dp white stroke on
state_focused.
Closes#209
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Android and Tizen never emitted device:play-event, so Reports showed Total
Plays / Hours / proof-of-play as all zero for those devices (only the web
player logged plays). Both now emit play_start on show and play_end on
advance/teardown, mirroring the web player's contract (leader-gated for walls,
widget-id fallback so durations close). Server side unchanged — play_logs and
the reports queries were already waiting for the events.
Tizen parity with the web player (from the parity audit):
- audio: landscape <video> honors item.muted (warm-muted for autoplay, then
applies the real state) instead of force-muting; wall followers stay silent
- device:mute-changed: real-time per-item mute of the on-screen video
- device:remote-key: D-pad/volume/mute/home, BACK=info overlay, POWER=screen-off
- device:remote-touch: normalized-coordinate touch injection
- buffered widget swap: reveal the new iframe on load then clear (no black flash)
- diagnostic info overlay toggled by the dashboard BACK key
Still muted on Tizen: the portrait AVPlay video path and transition-composited
video (would need webapis.avplay volume APIs / renderVideoBuffered work).
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Pre-release review follow-up to #204: fixes the Android superseded-wipe playlist wedge + GL leak, and adds the stale-item guard to web/Tizen renderVideoBuffered.
Compositor panel-ring board scroll (smooth on Blink+Gecko, no blank-on-refresh), a per-device frame-rate diagnostic widget + dashboard card, and web/Android/Tizen device-id passthrough to widget render URLs.
A solo fullscreen widget (or image) with duration_sec=0 hit an unclamped
scheduleAdvance(item.durationSec * 1000L) in PlaylistController.playCurrentItem,
scheduling a 0ms auto-advance. For a single-item playlist next() re-selects the
same item, so it re-played every looper tick (~20x/sec) — black-screening the TV
and locking the UI (couldn't even reach home). Triggered when a schedule collapses
the playlist to a single always-on duration-0 widget.
Use slotMs() (the max(1, duration||10) contract shared with the web/Tizen players)
so a zero/negative duration floors to 10s. Also floor scheduleAdvance() itself to
MIN_ADVANCE_MS (500ms) as a backstop so no future path can busy-loop the main thread.
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The hidden-settings PIN box (2x back) and the change-server URL dialog couldn't be
typed into on kiosk devices: a plain AlertDialog shown over the player's
SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY activity never gains window focus, so the soft
keyboard doesn't attach and the EditText gets no cursor. On a panel/Fire TV with
no hardware keyboard that means the PIN can't be entered at all. Pre-existing
(showPinDialog unchanged since it was added; immersive flags since the initial
release) — surfaces on tier-0 kiosk devices where immersive is active.
Fix: shared showImeDialog() applies the standard immersive-dialog IME workaround —
mark the dialog NOT_FOCUSABLE before show() (so it doesn't steal focus and reset
the activity's immersive flags), mirror the immersive systemUiVisibility onto the
dialog, then clear NOT_FOCUSABLE after show() so the IME can attach, force
SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE, and requestFocus the field. Routed both the PIN
and change-server dialogs through it.
Compiles (:app:compileDebugKotlin). IME behavior needs a real tier-0 device to
confirm (can't be exercised headless).
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Symptom 1's 'stuck on first load, fixed by toggling the playlist' is stale
download backoff. On a fresh device the first downloads fail while the link is
settling; DownloadCoordinator escalates an exponential backoff (15s..5min cap),
and ensure() then SKIPS those items. The 60s playlist refresh re-fires
onPlaylistUpdate but ensure() still skips them, and backoff was only ever cleared
by forget() (content-delete) — never by a re-assignment. So the item stays stuck
until the 5-min window happens to lapse; toggling the playlist is just a manual
way to wait it out.
Fix (storm-safe — neither reset fires on the routine same-playlist 60s refresh):
1. DownloadCoordinator.resetBackoff(id) / resetAllBackoff() — clear attempts +
nextAttemptAt but KEEP inFlight (single-flight preserved, no duplicate .part).
2. onPlaylistUpdate resets backoff for each item ONLY when the content-id
signature changed (first load, reassignment, toggle-back), then ensures — so a
genuine (re)assignment retries immediately. Same-signature 60s refresh -> no
reset -> the retry-storm guard stays intact.
3. Network onAvailable (was onLost-only) -> resetAllBackoff() + requestPlaylistRefresh,
so content that failed while the link was settling retries the moment real
connectivity arrives.
Tests: DownloadCoordinatorTest — resetBackoff/resetAllBackoff re-attempt a
backed-off item before the clock advances; existing backoff/single-flight tests
unchanged. :app:testDebugUnitTest green.
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Vertical Shorts were played in a player forced to 100%x100% on a landscape
frame, so they looked wrong (pillarboxed/small). Option A: detect vertical at
ingest, persist it, and have every player honor it.
- Ingest (routes/content.js): detect a Short from the /shorts/ URL form OR
portrait oEmbed dims (oEmbed now queried with the ORIGINAL url so /shorts/
reports its true dimensions), and persist it as st_aspect=vertical on the
stored embed URL. That's the only signal players get (remote_url), so it must
be captured at ingest, not re-derived per loop. YouTube ignores the unknown
param; players read the video id, not the full URL, to build the embed.
- Players read st_aspect=vertical and center a 9:16 box (fills a portrait screen,
pillarboxes cleanly on landscape) instead of 100%x100%:
web (player/index.html), Android (WebViewSupport.youtubeEmbedHtml), Tizen
(player.js single-zone + zone paths). Dashboard library uses a static thumbnail,
so it's unaffected.
Not doing Option B (yt-dlp): runtime dep + storage/bandwidth + maintenance +
YouTube ToS; embed-disabled Shorts already skip gracefully.
Tests: youtube-shorts.test.js (4) — /shorts/ and portrait-dims tag vertical,
landscape stays untagged, /shorts/ tags even if oEmbed fails. Android compiles;
web player inline JS + Tizen player.js parse.
Note: pre-existing Shorts added before this aren't retagged (would need an oEmbed
backfill) — re-add to fix, or a follow-up migration.
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* feat(widgets): add directory-search widget
An interactive, walk-up search view of an existing directory-board. It
references a source board by id (no data copy), so a venue can run the
scrolling board on a main screen and a search view on a tablet, letting
people find an entry instantly.
Server (routes/widgets.js):
- register 'directory-search' + renderDirectorySearch(): resolves the source
board, inlines its categories as one \u003c-guarded JSON blob, renders all
text via textContent (XSS-safe), live case-insensitive filter over
identifier/name/subtitle (debounced), grouped results, available styling,
optional touch on-screen QWERTY keyboard that drives the same filter path.
- missing / non-directory-board source -> friendly full-page fallback, not a 500.
- live-sync while open is out of scope; left a // TODO for a poll hook.
Frontend editor (views/widgets.js): type + magnifier icon, source-board
dropdown (from loaded widgets, filtered to directory-board), title, logo
(reuses the board's picker), placeholder text, theme, on-screen-keyboard toggle;
getConfigFromForm case. i18n: widget.dirsearch.* + type keys in en/es/it/de/pt/fr.
docs: openapi widget_type enum. Tests: server/test/directory-search.test.js.
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* feat(widgets): live-sync for directory-search (poll source board, no reload)
Reflect directory-board edits on an open directory-search page without a reload.
- New public GET /api/widgets/:id/data.json returns { categories } for a
directory-board (404 for missing/wrong-type so the page keeps last-good data
on a transient miss). CORS-open (ACAO:*) + no-store so a null-origin sandboxed
widget iframe can read it; exposes only data already public via /render.
Exempted from CSP + auth in server.js alongside /render.
- directory-search page inlines its source_widget_id and polls the board's
data.json every 30s via a relative URL (works behind a proxy/base path and
from a null-origin iframe). Only rebuilds + rerenders when the data actually
changed, so a mid-search view isn't disturbed; skips while document.hidden;
keeps last-good data on any fetch error. Flatten logic factored into
buildFlat() and reused by the poll.
Tests: data.json feed (categories, CORS header, 404s) + poll wiring in
directory-search.test.js (13/13). Verified live in a browser (page.clock
fast-forward): editing the board updates the search page with no reload.
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* fix(android): let player WebViews take touch focus for interactive widgets
directory-search is served through the existing generic widget path
(loadUrl <server>/api/widgets/:id/render), so it already renders on Android
with JS + DOM storage + mixed-content enabled, same-origin (so its live-sync
fetch of the source board's data.json works), and no touch blocking.
Add isFocusable/isFocusableInTouchMode to the shared WebView config so the
search field reliably takes a tap/cursor inside the kiosk lock-task WebView.
Harmless for passive widgets (board/YouTube have no focusable inputs); the
widget's own on-screen keyboard still drives the filter when the system IME
is suppressed. Verified with :app:compileDebugKotlin.
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* feat(diagnostics): device incident log — why a screen went offline/black, with device-attested cause
Field request (Bold/s_t_r_o_b_e): "screens go offline randomly — let us see the cause." Answers it
across the fleet with a unified incident log, and — the key insight — lets the DEVICE disambiguate
the cause the server can't: if the app process survived the gap it was a NETWORK problem (not a
reboot), and it can even tell a dropped Wi-Fi/Ethernet link from a link-up-but-server-unreachable
(router/upstream) failure.
Schema:
- device_status_log gains reason + detail (WHY each offline transition happened).
- NEW device_events table (unified incident feed): type (offline/online/display_off/display_on/
crash/reboot/network/app_error) + reason + detail, indexed, age-pruned + per-device capped.
Server:
- Capture the socket.io disconnect REASON (transport_close/ping_timeout/transport_error) instead of
discarding it — recorded in the offline-cause log. devices.offline_reason stays on the EXIT-SIGNAL
contract (crashed/clean_exit/silent) — a separate axis, preserved (violent death = 'silent').
- device:event handler (typed incidents) + device:connectivity-report handler (device-attested).
lib/incident-classify.js (pure, unit-tested) composes reason+detail: cold_start->reboot;
link_lost->network "Wi-Fi/Ethernet link lost"; else network "LAN up, server unreachable
(router/upstream)"; appends SSID / weak-signal (rssi<-75) / IP-changed. On a report it upgrades the
most-recent offline row from the server's guess to the device's ground truth.
- heartbeat timeout -> 'heartbeat_timeout'; retention/cap for device_events.
- Device-detail API returns statusLog.reason/detail + the last 50 device_events.
Device (Android WebSocketService): ConnectivityManager default-network callback (link-lost during a
gap) + Wi-Fi SSID/RSSI + IP snapshot -> device:connectivity-report on reconnect (app survived =>
network); ACTION_SCREEN_ON/OFF receiver -> device:event display_on/off ("screen went black"). All
guarded/feature-detected; no manifest change; compiles clean.
Web + Tizen players: reconnect connectivity-report (link_lost from navigator.onLine during the gap)
+ visibilitychange -> display_off/on. Best-effort (no wifi detail in a browser). Tizen exit-signal
marker slice untouched.
CMS (device-detail): the offline cause on the uptime-timeline hover + a new "Recent incidents" panel
(merged offline periods + typed events, friendly labels, detail, relative time + down-duration).
Built as a 4-way parallel agent fan-out over disjoint domains against a locked contract, then
integrated. Verified: full server suite 443/443 (incl. the seam fix keeping the exit-signal contract
intact), Android compileDebugKotlin clean, all players + CMS node -c clean.
Refs #170.
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* feat(diagnostics): internet-reachability probe — split "our server down" from "no internet" (#170)
Follow-up to the incident log: when a device's link is UP but it's offline, "router/upstream" was a
catch-all. The device now probes a public host (1.1.1.1 / 8.8.8.8 :443) DURING the gap, so the cause
pinpoints blame:
- link_lost=true -> Wi‑Fi/Ethernet link lost (device's own link)
- link up, internet_ok=true -> server_down: internet reachable, OUR server was unreachable
- link up, internet_ok=false -> no_internet: router/ISP down
- link up, no probe result -> generic router/upstream (unchanged fallback)
- Android WebSocketService: fire a short daemon-thread TCP probe (443, either host) at disconnect;
the result rides the connectivity-report as internet_ok (omitted if the gap ends before it finishes).
- lib/incident-classify.js: 3-way split on internet_ok; new reasons server_down / no_internet.
- Frontend i18n: device.event.server_down / .no_internet labels.
- Tests: +3 classify cases (server_down, no_internet, link_lost wins over internet_ok). 12/12.
Verified: classify 12/12, Android compileDebugKotlin clean, node -c clean. Refs #170.
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* feat(diagnostics): log an 'upgrade' incident (old → new app_version) — server-side (#170)
When a device reports an app_version different from the stored one, applyDeviceInfo logs an
'upgrade' device_events row (detail 'old → new'). Server-side, so it covers Android/Tizen/web with
no client change; a fresh pair (no prior version) isn't counted. Adds device.event.upgrade label.
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* fix(content): rotation-aware media dimensions — portrait no longer stored landscape (#170)
Ingest recorded CODED width/height and ignored rotation, so a portrait phone video
(coded 1920x1080 + 90° Display-Matrix) or a portrait photo (EXIF orientation 6) was
stored LANDSCAPE. The player then rendered it wrong-aspect and letterboxed — the
"portrait content degraded + blue bar at the bottom" symptom in #170. The reporter's
workaround (pre-rotate + mark Landscape) is exactly what this bug forces.
- lib/media-orientation.js (new): pure, unit-tested display-dimension helpers = single
source of truth for ingest AND the backfill. videoDisplayDims() reads the modern
Display-Matrix side_data rotation (falls back to the legacy tags.rotate, sign-normalized);
imageDisplayDims() honors EXIF orientation 5..8. Odd quarter-turns swap W/H.
- lib/content-ingest.js: use the helpers for stored dims; add sharp .rotate() so image
THUMBNAILS are auto-oriented too (video thumbs were already auto-rotated by ffmpeg).
- scripts/backfill-rotation-dims.js (new): idempotent, dry-run-by-default maintenance to
correct already-uploaded portrait media (re-probe -> fix dims -> regenerate image thumbs).
- test/media-orientation.test.js: 5 bites (tag + Display-Matrix, sign/normalize, EXIF 5..8,
the blue-bar landscape->portrait case, null-safety).
Scopes #170 to its residual-on-1.9.4 issues; the 1.9.3 "never displays" slice was #162 +
the remote_url-null download fix, already shipped in 1.9.4. The slow low-res/orientation-
cycling first load is tracked separately in #170 pending repro data.
Refs #170.
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* fix(android): honor EXIF orientation in ImageLoader so portrait photos render upright (#170)
Completes the rotation-aware media fix on the PLAYER side. The server ingest fix (this
branch) corrects stored dimensions + auto-orients the thumbnail, but the panel draws the
full-res original via BitmapFactory, which ignores EXIF — so a portrait photo (landscape
pixels tagged "rotate 90") still rendered sideways on the screen. QA root-cause pass on
#170 caught this gap: the Android player reads no stored dims and applied no EXIF.
ImageLoader now reads the EXIF orientation (from the file for cached content, from the byte
stream for remote_url images — ExifInterface(stream) is API 24+, minSdk is 24) and rotates/
flips the decoded bitmap via a Matrix (all 8 orientations). NORMAL/UNDEFINED is a no-op (no
extra allocation); a transformed copy recycles the source; OOM falls back to the source
rather than crashing. Videos were already correct (ExoPlayer honors the rotation matrix).
Verified: :app:compileDebugKotlin clean.
Refs #170. Rides with the server rotation-dims fix on this branch.
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* feat(system-control): Tier 0/1 controls with no device-owner dependency [#160]
Track A of the system-control split (Track B = device owner, shipped in #168). Ships the
capabilities that need NO device owner, with graceful per-tier degradation.
Capability reporting (keystone):
- DeviceInfo now reports can_write_settings / accessibility_enabled / overlay_granted
alongside the existing tier/device_owner flags; server persists them (3 additive device
columns, older APKs default to 0); dashboard gates controls + shows what's grantable.
Android SystemControl (new, all best-effort / no-op when unsupported):
- Tier 0 (no permission): media volume (AudioManager STREAM_MUSIC), per-window brightness
(WindowManager.LayoutParams.screenBrightness — dims our window only).
- Tier 1 (WRITE_SETTINGS): system-wide brightness + screen-off timeout (Settings.System).
- Commands set_volume / set_brightness / set_system_brightness / set_screen_timeout wired
in MainActivity.onCommand; ALLOWED_COMMANDS extended for the group path.
- SetupActivity gains a one-time WRITE_SETTINGS grant row (mirrors the overlay/accessibility
grants); manifest declares WRITE_SETTINGS.
Dashboard:
- device-detail "System control" section (any Android panel): volume + this-app brightness
sliders always; system brightness + sleep-timeout only when the panel reports
can_write_settings, else a "grant on the panel" hint. Sends on release (not drag).
Validated live on a non-owner tier-0 panel: dashboard → set_volume 0.75/0.15 → the panel's
STREAM_MUSIC volume moved to 11/2 (of 15). 423 server tests green.
Closes#160.
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* fix(system-control): volume slider reflects real volume + device-owner brightness/timeout [#160]
Two fixes from live testing:
1. Volume "doesn't remember" — the slider hardcoded 50 because the panel never reported its
current volume. Now DeviceInfo reports media_volume (0..1); a new lightweight device:info
socket event lets the panel re-report right after a set_volume (no full re-register / playlist
re-push); server stores devices.media_volume; the dashboard inits the slider from it.
Validated: dashboard set_volume 0.60 -> panel STREAM_MUSIC 2->9 (of 15) -> stored 0.60.
2. System brightness/timeout on a DEVICE OWNER — was gated only on WRITE_SETTINGS, which an
owner doesn't have. A device owner can set those via DevicePolicyManager.setSystemSetting
with no grant, so SystemControl now takes that path when isDeviceOwner(), and the dashboard
enables the Tier-1 controls when can_write_settings OR tier===2. STPolicy.setSystemSetting added.
deviceSocket device_info UPDATE extracted into applyDeviceInfo(), shared by device:register and
device:info. Migration: devices.media_volume REAL (additive). 423 server tests green.
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* feat(system-control): brightness/timeout remember + move controls into a tab [#160]
Same "remember what it's set to" treatment as volume, now for brightness + sleep timeout, and
the System control section moves off the top into its own "Controls" tab.
Reporting (DeviceInfo -> device:info re-report -> devices columns -> dashboard slider init):
- system_brightness (read from Settings.System, no permission) + screen_off_timeout_ms.
- window_brightness: persisted in ServerConfig (survives relaunch, re-applied on MainActivity
launch) so the per-window slider reflects it too.
- reportInfoNow() now also fires after set_brightness / set_screen_timeout.
Dashboard: new "Controls" tab (any Android panel) holding the volume/brightness/timeout controls;
every control inits from the reported value; sleep dropdown preselects the current timeout.
Server: +3 additive columns (system_brightness, window_brightness, screen_off_timeout_ms); the
device_info UPDATE stores them. Migrations all additive/re-runnable. 423 server tests green.
Validated live: set_brightness 0.40 -> stored window_brightness 0.40; volume 0.30 -> 0.33.
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* feat(group-sync): synchronized playback per group (server + Android) [stage 1]
Play a group's shared playlist in lockstep across its displays — start/end items
together — by reusing the video-wall sync primitive with the spatial transform
removed and keyed on group_id instead of wall_id.
Server:
- device_groups += sync_enabled + leader_device_id (optional pin).
- buildPlaylistPayload emits a group_sync:{group_id, is_leader} block ONLY for a
member whose playlist matches the group's shared playlist (playlist-match guard —
a mismatched member is ignored, never synced). Membership via device_group_members.
- Leader auto-election: pinned-if-online -> first online matching member -> stable
fallback; computed (never persisted, so the operator's pin is preserved).
- group:sync / group:sync-request relay among eligible members (mirrors wall:sync,
guarded on membership + playlist match).
- Self-heal: re-push payloads to group members on (re)connect so is_leader refreshes.
- PUT /api/device-groups/:id accepts sync_enabled + leader_device_id and re-pushes.
Android:
- WallController is now mode-aware. WALL = transform + object-fit:fill + forced
follower-mute (UNCHANGED — every wall branch is byte-equivalent when isGroup=false).
GROUP = same leader/follower timing incl. the full video drift controller, but
full-screen (no transform), normal fit, and per-item mute honored (no forced mute).
- WebSocketService: emitGroupSync/emitGroupSyncRequest + onGroupSync/onGroupSyncRequest.
- MainActivity: dispatch emit by mode, parseGroupConfig, onPlaylistUpdate group hook.
Wall path is provably unchanged (additive mode, defaults to WALL). Kotlin compiles;
server suite 407/407.
Stage 2 (follow-up): web + Tizen parity, dashboard sync toggle + leader picker,
offline-sweep leader promotion.
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* feat(group-sync): web + Tizen player parity [stage 2]
Mirror the Android group-sync generalization in the two web-based players so a group
with a shared playlist syncs across mixed player types, not just Android.
Web player (server/player/index.html):
- group:sync / group:sync-request handlers (index jump + latency-compensated video
drift, same maths as wall:sync) — no audio policy here, per-item mute honored.
- emitGroupSync() + applyGroupSync() (4Hz leader broadcast; follower sync-request).
NO CSS transform, NO forced mute (unlike applyWallMode).
- isFollower now also true for a group follower (suppresses self-advance).
- handlePlaylistUpdate handles data.group_sync (mutually exclusive with wall).
Tizen (tizen/js/player.js WallController + app.js):
- WallController is mode-aware: WALL styles the slice + forced follower semantics
(UNCHANGED when mode !== 'group'); GROUP clears any wall styling (full-screen) and
drives leader/follower timing only. syncId()/clearStageStyle() helpers; emitSync/
onSync/onSyncRequest key the event + id off the mode.
- app.js: group:sync/request socket handlers; onPlaylist enters group sync on a
group_sync block, else exits — content renders through the normal single-zone path.
Realigned the v4-exit-signal-phase3 TIZEN slice (682->696) shifted by the app.js edits.
Wall path is provably unchanged in both (additive group mode). Server suite 407/407;
both players' JS parse.
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* feat(group-sync): dashboard UI — sync toggle + leader picker [stage 3]
On each group's header row:
- "Sync" checkbox -> PUT /api/groups/:id { sync_enabled } enables synchronized
playback; server re-pushes to members so they enter/exit sync mode. A hint notes
it needs a group playlist and that a display on a different playlist is ignored.
- When on, a "Leader: Auto / <display>" picker -> { leader_device_id } (null = auto-
elect, which self-heals; or pin a specific member to always lead when online).
Adds api.updateGroup(id, data) and the en i18n strings (en-only, mirroring the
existing per-group UI keys; the i18n parity test is apitoken-scoped).
Frontend parses (ESM); server suite 407/407.
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* feat(group-sync): rework to clock/schedule sync + double-buffer + polish
Replace the leader/follower relay model with clock/schedule sync. Every
same-playlist member derives the identical (index, position) locally from a
server-disciplined clock + the deterministic playlist schedule, so sync:
- needs no server at play-time (offline-native), and
- has no leader role to double-elect (kills the split-brain class the leaked
WallController tick produced).
Server
- heartbeat-ack now carries server_ms + echoes client_ms for NTP-style clock
discipline; the client caches the offset (survives an outage).
- POST /groups/:id/resync -> group:resync (manual "Resync now").
- (kept: group_sync payload; leader machinery is now vestigial/ignored.)
Clients (web / Tizen / Android)
- Clock offset disciplined over the heartbeat, cached (localStorage / prefs).
- Schedule engine: pos = (syncedNow mod Sum(duration_sec)) with a CANONICAL
slot formula identical across platforms so mixed-platform groups can't drift.
- Snap-on-load: a fresh clip hard-seeks ONCE to the exact position (was ~5s of
gentle nudge to eat a ~0.3s load offset); steady-state keeps the gentle nudge.
- Double buffer: warm the next clip a few s before the boundary -> instant
switch, no black hold. Android pre-decodes on a throwaway surface so the swap
doesn't flash one wrong-aspect (landscape-stretched) frame.
- In-place duration edits: duration_sec dropped from the change signature and
applied in place, so a duration edit re-anchors the schedule WITHOUT a restart.
- Live-log shows discrete corrections (jump/align/seek) immediately; only the
steady-state line is throttled.
Android
- Fix leaked WallController leader tick: onDestroy() now stops it (Handler on the
main looper outlived the Activity -> zombie broadcaster / split-brain).
Dashboard
- Group leader picker -> "Resync now" button.
Tests: heartbeat-ack clock fields + resync route; exit-signal .wgt slice realigned.
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Lets an operator (or an MDM) own updates instead of the app self-installing, which
on managed panels shows a self-install confirm dialog over customer content
(#155). Three layered controls:
- GLOBAL (server): config.otaEnabled from OTA_ENABLED (default on). When off,
/api/update/check returns update_available:false, reason:ota_disabled_global —
the whole instance stops offering updates.
- PER-DEVICE (server + dashboard): new devices.ota_enabled column (default 1). When
0, that device is never offered an update (reason:ota_disabled_device). A
"Self-update (OTA)" toggle in the device settings flips it via PUT /api/devices/:id.
- AUTO-DETECT (Android): UpdateChecker stands down entirely when a foreign device
owner (an MDM/DPC) manages the panel — detected via getActiveAdmins() + not being
device owner ourselves. Pure client-side, errs safe, needs no server change.
The two server gates are enforced server-side so they cover EVERY client version,
not just ones with the client-side stand-down. When OTA is off the device still
reports its version (dashboard sees state); the MDM/operator owns the actual update.
For an MDM-managed fleet (e.g. Pivot/MAXHUB), turn OTA off and let the MDM push the
APK — the install-dialog race disappears from every angle.
Tests: +2 (per-device gate + a real OTA_ENABLED=false server for the global gate);
full server suite 393 pass; Android compiles.
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Client-side fixes to the Android signage player, all validated end-to-end on a
Pixel-10 emulator (Android 16) against the alpha server.
- content download: a local item with "remote_url": null was mis-tagged as a
remote stream (org.json optString returns the STRING "null" for a JSON null),
so it was ack'd "ready" and NEVER downloaded — stranding the screen on
"waiting for content" and only ever playing 1 of N files. Guard with isNull().
- playback (#162): PlaylistController trusted isRunning+currentIndex as "already
playing" and never re-called playItem, permanently stranding a panel on
"waiting for content" after a restart/OTA/content-not-ready-at-first-start.
Guards now require hasContentOnScreen (a genuine render) before short-circuiting.
- provisioning: revert to the URL-entry screen if a connect attempt hangs >60s
(wrong/unreachable URL) instead of an endless "Connecting to server…".
- re-pair: a server rejection (device:unpaired / auth-error) left the device
connected-but-unregistered with no pairing code (stuck); a naive re-register
then stormed the #150 reclaim guard ~20x/s. Now: re-register once, debounced +
backed off; honor the reclaim-settle window with a stable "re-pairing available
in Xs" countdown; show the code only once the server accepts it (isPairingCodeLive).
- status: a fully-online device could sit on a stale "Connecting to server…" when
MainActivity was relaunched (CLEAR_TASK) after the service already registered —
it now pulls a fresh playlist on bind so the real state renders.
- setup: add a Default Launcher (HOME role) step so a kiosk can be set as the
default launcher without adb (prevents ~45s activity-recreate churn).
- debug: new DebugLog.v() streams the deep download/playback trace only while
live dashboard debug is enabled; silent in production.
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- Remove stray brace that broke compilation (MainActivity line 985)
- Server generates unique 6-digit PIN per device during pairing
- PIN stored in encrypted SharedPreferences (ServerConfig.settingsPin)
- Fallback: generate random PIN locally if server doesn't send one
- Include settings_pin in device:paired on pair + reconnect
- DB migration: settings_pin column on devices table
- Hint changed from hardcoded 0000 to generic 'PIN' string
The player opened duplicate/rapid WebSocket connections for the same device_id: connect() was
unconditional (disconnect + forceNew socket) and reachable from every lifecycle entry point
(boot, service start, MainActivity/ProvisioningActivity bind, foreground re-bind, START_STICKY).
A ROM that re-binds on foreground (MAXHUB PROC_STATE_TOP, isBindService:true) therefore
re-invoked connect() repeatedly -> a burst of sockets, each evicted by the next (the 8-in-9s
storm). Fire TV never re-binds like that, so it never reproduced.
- ConnectionGuard (new, pure/testable — service is the shell, per the OtaThrottle pattern):
shouldOpenNewSocket(hasSocket, sameUrl, socketActive) — reuse a live/self-healing socket to
the same url; open a new one only when none is usable.
- WebSocketService: connect() is now idempotent (@Synchronized + ConnectionGuard) — every entry
point reuses the one socket, never opens a duplicate; body split into openSocket(). socketActive
/ currentUrl track the single socket.
- Single owner: onStartCommand now calls connect() so the SERVICE owns the one connection
(idempotent across START_STICKY restarts), not whichever activity binds.
- Reconnect discipline: on io server/client disconnect (which Socket.IO does NOT auto-reconnect)
mark the socket inert and schedule exactly ONE backed-off re-open — never a blind re-open loop;
a transport drop keeps socketActive=true so Socket.IO's own reconnect is reused.
Test: ConnectionGuardTest (5, incl. 8-rapid-binds-all-reuse). :app:testDebugUnitTest green
(ConnectionGuard 5, OtaThrottle 7, ScheduleEval 1). NOT bumped/signed/released — Dan builds+signs
with the BMG keystore; 1.9.2-patch2 (server net) covers un-updated devices.
/api/update/check offered the update whenever client !== latest (raw string
inequality, not semver) with no backoff. A device that can't APPLY the update
(broken OTA client 1.7.12, signing/Fire OS) keeps reporting the same version and is
told update_available=true on every poll; a fast poll loop saturates the event loop
(prod loop-lag 49s). All requests share one NAT IP, so IP-keying is useless.
server-only breaker (lib/ota-breaker.js), two independent axes:
- RATE breaker (primary, immediate): a key checking >THRESHOLD (3) times within
WINDOW (60s) is looping -> throttle update_available with exponential backoff
(30s->2m->8m->cap 30m). Healthy devices poll ~12 min and never approach this, so
rollout/stragglers are inherently safe -- NO grace-for-flood timer; slow == safe.
- PHANTOM guard (immediate): unrecognized version, or a prerelease of an OLDER core
(superseded old-minor beta e.g. 1.9.1-beta4), gets no-offer on the first check. A
RECENT real older version (beta3 vs latest beta4; stable 1.7.12) stays offerable.
- Never offers a downgrade (client >= latest -> no offer).
KEYING (#144 option 3): keyed on device_id when present, else reported version.
- server.js:581 accepts + logs ?device_id=, passes it to the breaker.
- UpdateChecker.kt:122 appends &device_id=<config.deviceId> (existing registered id;
omitted until provisioned). One-line client change.
beta4+ clients get precise per-device throttling; stuck legacy clients sending only
?version= are caught by the version-keyed + rate + phantom logic. Response gains
additive `reason` + `retry_after_seconds` (old clients ignore).
BOUNDED STATE: a periodic sweep (startSweep, wired in server.js) evicts buckets idle
> IDLE_RESET_MS so the keyed Map can't grow unbounded (churned device_ids); not
reset-on-access only.
SCOPE (deliberate): this targets the FAST flood + phantoms. The slow #144 drip
(stable 1.7.12 polling ~every 12 min, ~20/hr) stays below >3/60s and is NOT
throttled -- catching it needs #144 option-3 "skip-this-version after N cycles",
which is intentionally NOT in this build.
NOTE: carries a CLIENT/APK change -> versionCode must increment at the beta4 bump and
the release keystore is required for the APK. The device_id path only helps devices
that can install beta4+; the stuck legacy fleet is covered by the version-keyed path.
Tests: unit (lib/ota-breaker, injected time) a-f + comparator + escalation + sweep +
slow-drip-scope; HTTP integration (real endpoint, device_id passthrough). Full suite
green serial AND parallel (234). OTA-only delta -- reconnect/reclaim/shed/content-ack/
block untouched.
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Follow-up to the cache/backoff loop fix (aa23cf0): make a device that can't
self-install visible to operators, and fix the signature-verify bug that kept the
whole #139 fix from engaging on the actual Fire OS target.
Dashboard surface (Phase 2):
- devices gains ota_status / ota_target_version / ota_attempts / ota_updated_at
via the idempotent ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN migration (non-destructive,
default-backfilled, idempotent on re-run).
- The device reports ota_status (OtaThrottle.statusFor -> none | pending |
manual_update_required) in device_info; the server persists it on register
(the reconnect backstop). devices d.* already surfaces it to the dashboard.
- Dashboard shows a non-blocking amber badge when manual_update_required
("Update available (vX) - install failed N times, manual update required");
i18n key in en.js (non-en inherits via the en fallback). Server suite +1 test.
Event-driven status (Option B):
- New device:ota-status WS message, emitted on STATE TRANSITIONS only
(enter-backoff -> manual_update_required, clear -> none), so the badge updates
promptly without waiting for a reconnect and without per-poll/heartbeat chatter.
Server handler persists the same fields; an unknown/forged device_id is a safe
no-op. The register-path persist stays as the reconnect backstop.
Signature-verify fix (the critical piece):
verifyApkSignature read the downloaded APK's signer via
getPackageArchiveInfo(GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES).signingInfo, but that field is
null for ARCHIVE files on API 28/29 (populated only from API 30). On Fire OS 8
(Android 9 / API 28) - the actual deployment target - this returned 0 certs from
a correctly-signed APK, so every OTA was refused as "tampered," the cache was
deleted, and the full APK re-downloaded every check cycle. This was the real
cause of the #139 re-download loop, NOT a silent-install failure: the cache and
backoff added in this branch sit behind this verify gate and never engaged on
the target.
Fix: below API 30, read the archive's signer via the legacy GET_SIGNATURES +
.signatures (its v1/JAR cert, which IS populated on 28/29). Keep
GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES + signingInfo for API >= 30 and for the installed-app
read (which works on 28+). The archive's signer is still extracted and compared
to the installed app's signer; a mismatch or zero-cert APK is still rejected.
This reads the cert correctly on old APIs - it does not weaken verification.
Verified on emulators:
- API 28: verify now passes for a legit APK (was: 0 certs, refused). Full backoff
then engages - 8.5MB pulled once, cache-hit on retries, backoff after 3,
manual_update_required emitted once; clears on successful update.
- API 28 negative: a re-signed (different-key) APK is still refused on cert
MISMATCH - no hole opened.
- API 30: unchanged path still passes (no regression).
- server suite 173/173, OtaThrottleTest 7/7.
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Devices that download an OTA APK but cannot silently install it (Fire TV: no
device-owner path) re-downloaded the full APK every check cycle indefinitely -
install never completes, version never advances, next check re-triggers.
Client (UpdateChecker.kt, ServerConfig.kt, OtaThrottle.kt):
- Reuse a cached, signature-verified APK instead of re-downloading every cycle;
delete leftover invalid files; keep the verified APK on disk as the
manual-install artifact.
- Persisted per-version attempt budget (EncryptedSharedPreferences) so it
survives the Fire OS app restarts that drive the loop. An attempt is counted
only when an install is launched - a download/verify failure does not consume
the budget, so a transient network problem cannot park a healthy device in
backoff. After 3 failed installs, back off to one retry per 24h.
- Clear OTA state and caches when a check returns update_available=false while
state is pending (app relaunched as the new version).
- Report OTA status to the dashboard via device:log (tag ota) on state
transitions only (enter-backoff, clear) to avoid flooding the channel.
- Extract throttle decision logic into a pure OtaThrottle object (no Android
deps) with JUnit coverage (OtaThrottleTest) for the state transitions.
Server (server.js):
- Reword /download/apk log from "OTA update in progress" to "APK served" and
rate-limit to once per IP / 10 min so a looping device cannot flood the log.
Note: client-cooperative fix - prevents the loop in cohorts running this APK.
Currently-stuck beta4 devices still require a one-time manual update.
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Two independent multi-zone bugs, plus operator-facing warnings, i18n, and
regression tests guarding the data contracts.
Bug 1 — per-item mute was a no-op end to end:
- GET /api/devices/:id dropped the `muted` column from its assignments SELECT,
so the dashboard toggle never reflected state (the muted=false case in
particular). Column restored to the device payload.
- Android player now honours the per-item mute flag for YouTube (initial state
+ live via the IFrame JS API).
Bug 2 — items whose zone_id belongs to a different layout were silently dropped:
- Player fallback (web + Android): an orphaned zone_id is recovered into the
largest zone instead of vanishing, with telemetry.
- server/lib/zone-validate.js is the single source of truth for the orphan rule
(zone not in the device's active layout); used by the device payload
(per-item `orphan` flag + `active_layout_zones`) and the device list
(`orphan_count`).
- Assign-time hardening: a stale zone_id (not in the device's active layout) is
cleared to null on POST/PUT rather than persisted as a new orphan.
- scripts/find-orphan-zone-items.js: read-only sweep for existing orphans.
Dashboard warnings (operator-facing, never on the live player):
- Per-item badge + reassign affordance, device-list glance, preview banner.
- Graceful degradation: the zone selector falls back to /api/layouts/:id so it
can't vanish on a stale payload.
i18n: orphan-zone strings added to en/es/fr/de/pt/it (hi falls back by design;
count strings interpolate through tn()).
Tests: server/test/device-zone-contract.test.js adds 5 regression tests for the
data contracts above (muted true/false round-trip, active_layout_zones, orphan
flag + count, orphan-clears-on-reassign, assign-time clearing). 172/172 pass.
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Two device-REPORTING fixes from the #134 investigation (the PiP rendering itself
was #135).
1) "Device reconnects every ~45s" was a logging artifact, not instability. The
player re-emits a full device:register on the SAME socket every ~45-60s
(requestPlaylistRefresh) to pull a fresh playlist; the server logged
"Device reconnected" for every register of a known device. The attached 4-day
log showed 1415 "reconnected" vs 30 real socket connects and 0 heartbeat
timeouts — the socket never dropped, so #134's "PiP lost between reconnects"
was a misdiagnosis. Fix: only log a genuine reconnect (new socket); a
same-socket re-register is a refresh (currentDeviceId === device_id) and stays
quiet. The playlist still refreshes.
2) Device reported 720p while the monitor showed a 1080 signal. DeviceInfo
reported getRealMetrics() — the UI RENDER SURFACE — but TV boxes render the UI
at 720p and upscale to a 1080p HDMI signal. Now report BOTH: screen_width/height
= the output mode (Display.Mode.physicalWidth/Height), render_width/height =
the render surface (getRealMetrics). Two new nullable devices columns, stored on
pairing INSERT + reconnect UPDATE, exposed via the device API, shown on the
dashboard as "1920x1080 (UI 1280x720)" when they differ.
Backward compatible (required + verified on emulator): a device that omits
render_* — or sends no device_info at all — still registers, with render_* = null,
on both the INSERT and UPDATE paths. New columns nullable; stores use
`?? null` / `|| null`. All 167 server tests pass.
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* fix(#109): render Android PiP overlay above the YouTube WebView video plane
The PiP overlay (#109) returned sent:1 and showed its title in `uiautomator
dump`, but nothing painted on screen while YouTube was playing. By elimination
(YouTube-specific, landscape so no off-screen transform, real on-screen bounds
in the dump) the cause is surface occlusion: pipLayout sat as the last child of
rootLayout — the SAME compositing band as R.id.youtubeWebView — so the playing
video surface drew over it.
Fix (task option 1a): reparent pipLayout out of rootLayout to the window
content (android.R.id.content) as a top-level sibling drawn after rootLayout, so
it composites above the WebView. MainActivity.mirrorTransformToPip() copies
rootView's orientation/wall transform onto it so corner positions still track
the rotated content (web/Tizen parity). show() also bringToFront()+
requestLayout()+invalidate() on attach (covers the cause-3 measure/visibility
path). Remote-view screenshots now capture the content root so the PiP is still
included.
Instrumentation (Phase 1, default OFF): PipOverlay.pipDebug paints a solid
magenta box + border with media on top (box paints even if media never loads)
and logs box/pipLayout/rootView/youtubeWebView geometry over device:log tag
"pip"; loadImageInto also logs on success. Toggled via device:command
{type:"pip_debug"} (routed through MainActivity.onCommand).
Server: POST /api/pip and the clear handler log one concise [pip] dispatch line
(target + sent/offline) so journalctl shows PiP activity.
Validated end-to-end on an emulator (pixel10/API34) paired to an isolated local
server with YouTube playing: no crash, the PiP box composites above the live
video frame (center + top-right), clear removes it, and the portrait transform
mirror rotates the overlay with the stage (no off-screen). The Fire TV
hardware-overlay punch-through still needs real hardware (emulator composites
video inline); pipDebug + docs/109-android-pip-visibility.md cover that.
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* fix(#109): image PiPs never painted — set slot token before decode
Emulator e2e of an image PiP (a QR PNG) found the image area always blank (box
background + title only). Pre-existing defect, also on main, independent of the
occlusion reparent.
Root cause in PipOverlay.show(): teardown() clears `current` to null, then
loadImageInto() captured `token = current` (null) as its drop-if-replaced guard,
but `current` was set to the new pip_id AFTER the media was built. The image
decode finishes on a background thread and posts back after show() returns, so
`token != current` (null != pip_id) was always true and every decoded bitmap was
dropped. Web PiPs and the box/title were unaffected, which masked it.
Fix: set `current = pip_id` before building media so loadImageInto's token
matches. Verified on emulator — a QR image PiP now renders over both a static
image and live YouTube (hardware screencap + the app's software view.draw
capture both show it).
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* docs(#109): record web PiP (HTML+JS) verification on emulator
Web PiP type loads its WebView and executes JS (a page stamping JS OK · <time>
rendered over live YouTube). No code change — web PiPs don't use the image path
that had the token bug. Completes the image/web/box content-type verification.
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* feat(#109): implement PiP close_button on Android (was a documented no-op)
The server forwarded close_button (routes/pip.js) and it's in openapi.yaml, but
no player rendered it — Tizen deferred "close-button focus" as non-MVP, the web
player has none, and Android's PipOverlay never read the flag. So the documented
field did nothing on any device.
Implement it on Android: when close_button:true, a tappable ✕ floats at the box's
top-right in a FrameLayout wrapper that is a SIBLING of the box — so it isn't
clipped by the box outline or dimmed by the overlay opacity. Tapping it clears
THIS overlay (id-matched via the captured token). Only the ✕ is clickable; the
rest of the full-screen pipLayout stays touch-transparent, so taps elsewhere
fall through to the playing content (no input regression).
Verified on the emulator over live YouTube: the ✕ renders at the corner, and
tapping it removes the overlay while the video keeps playing.
Parity note: web/Tizen players still don't implement close_button; D-pad focus
of the ✕ on non-touch TV hardware is intentionally not wired (MVP = touch/pointer,
matching the Tizen focus deferral).
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* fix(server): persist + ship + real-time per-item mute (#129)
The dashboard mute toggle was a no-op end to end. The active model is playlist_items
(the device payload is its published_snapshot); the legacy `assignments` table the bug
report cited is unused for devices. Three breaks:
- PUT /api/assignments/:id silently dropped `muted` (only read sort_order/duration_sec/
zone_id). It now accepts muted (coerced 0/1) and ITEM_SELECT returns it, so the toggle
persists and its on/off state sticks.
- playlist_items had no `muted` column — added (schema + idempotent migration).
- buildSnapshotItems didn't select muted, so it never reached the published_snapshot /
device payload — now included.
Real-time: on a mute change, emit device:mute-changed { content_id, widget_id, muted } to
every device on that playlist so the player toggles the matching item's volume live,
decoupled from publish (the value is also in the next snapshot, so it persists). Adds a
[mute] log line (the report noted zero mute log entries).
Test: test/mute.test.js — PUT persists + returns muted, it reaches the published
snapshot, and a non-mute update doesn't reset it. Server suite 164/164.
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* fix(player): apply per-item mute live on Android + web (#129)
Honor the new per-item mute from the server, both in real time and on reload.
Android:
- WebSocketService: onMuteChanged callback + main-thread device:mute-changed handler.
- MediaPlayerManager.setVideoMuted(): flips the live ExoPlayer volume on the current
video (YouTube autoplays muted; images/widgets are silent).
- MainActivity: on device:mute-changed, apply immediately if the toggled item is the
one playing now.
- PlaylistController.sig(): include muted so a published mute change re-renders/persists
instead of being de-duped.
Web player (server/player/index.html):
- device:mute-changed handler toggles the current <video>; the video mount now also
honors item.muted so a published mute sticks across reloads.
Tizen intentionally not included: its player mutes ALL video for autoplay, so per-item
unmute isn't achievable there.
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* PiP overlay MVP: push image/web overlays to a device or group (#109)
Implements the #109 MVP from docs proposal: a floating overlay PUSHED to a device or
group in real time, rendered above the playlist without disturbing it. Scope is the
MVP only — video/RTSP, MQTT, offline-queue, and the priority/stacking system are
deferred to follow-up PRs as the proposal specifies.
Protocol (/device socket, player-agnostic):
- device:pip-show { pip_id, type:image|web, uri, position, width, height, duration,
title?, title_color?, background_color?, opacity?, border_radius?, close_button? }
- device:pip-clear { pip_id? }
The player fetches uri itself (same trust model as remote_url content; server never
proxies). type:web is full-trust by design, hence the 'full' token scope.
Server (server/routes/pip.js, new; mounted in config/api-surface.js PUBLIC_ROUTERS):
- POST /api/pip and POST /api/pip/clear + DELETE /api/pip, all requireScope('full').
- Resolves device_id to a device OR a group, expands a group to members, and emits
per-device — reusing the group command route's room-size online check and
{device_id, name, status: sent|offline} result shape. Generates pip_id.
- Validates type/position allowlists, uri http(s), numeric bounds on
width/height/duration/opacity/border_radius, colors via the existing VALID_COLOR
(#RRGGBB; transparency is the separate opacity field).
- Workspace-isolated: every target query is scoped to req.workspaceId, so a token
bound to workspace A can't address workspace B (404). Offline devices are reported,
never queued (PiP is ephemeral).
Player overlay layer (Tizen; tizen/js/pip-overlay.js, new):
- A #pip sibling ABOVE #stage that PlaylistPlayer/ZoneRenderer never touch.
- applyOrientation now applies the SAME transform to #pip as #stage, so corner
positions track the visible CONTENT in all four orientations.
- image -> <img>, web -> <iframe> (muted by default: empty allow= denies autoplay),
sized/positioned/styled per payload, optional title bar.
- Single overlay slot, last-show-wins; duration timer (0 = until cleared); pip-clear
(id-aware) or timer tears down; teardown wrapped so a malformed payload can't wedge
the layer. Reports show/clear over device:log (tag 'pip').
Dashboard: a minimal "Send overlay" / "Clear overlay" tester on the device-detail
controls (device/group via the open device, type, uri, position, duration), calling
POST /api/pip through the api helper.
Tests (server suite green, 161/161):
- api.test.js: PiP tier — authz (read/write 403, full passes), workspace isolation
(wsA token -> wsB device 404), payload validation, device + group targeting, clear;
plus the PUBLIC_ROUTERS snapshot-firewall updated for /api/pip.
- pip-overlay.test.js: loads the real player.js + pip-overlay.js in a vm with a DOM
shim; proves the overlay shows, auto-dismisses on the duration timer, and never
changes the playlist signature / touches #stage; web->iframe, last-show-wins,
id-aware clear, malformed-payload safety.
Not in this PR (intentional):
- Android player overlay — fast-follow. Protocol + server are player-agnostic; the
Android layer (an overlay View above the player, orientation-matched to MainActivity's
rootView rotation) is the same shape and lands next.
- OpenAPI docs for POST /api/pip — the contract test's scope heuristic only treats
'command' paths as full-scope, so documenting a full-scope non-command route there
needs that heuristic extended first; deferred with the docs item (proposal §8.6).
- video/rtsp types, MQTT, offline queue-on-reconnect, priority/stacking, arbitrary
(x,y)/selector positioning (proposal §6).
Refs #109
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* PiP overlay: add Android + web players (#109)
Extends the #109 PiP MVP to the other two players so the protocol (device:pip-show /
device:pip-clear) is honored fleet-wide, not just on Tizen. No server/protocol changes —
the route and socket messages are player-agnostic; these are the two missing surfaces.
Web player (server/player/index.html):
- New #pipContainer layer above #playerContainer, pointer-transparent, that the playlist
render never touches. The same orientation transform is applied to it as to
#playerContainer (extended to also reset width/height on landscape so a
portrait->landscape switch realigns), so corner positions track the visible content.
- Inline PiP logic mirroring tizen/js/pip-overlay.js: image -> <img>, web -> <iframe>
(muted by default via empty allow=), position/size/bg/opacity/radius/title, single slot
last-show-wins, duration timer (0 = until cleared), id-aware clear, wrapped teardown.
- device:pip-show/clear handlers; reports show/clear over device:log (tag "pip").
Android player:
- activity_main.xml: a pipLayout FrameLayout as the LAST child of rootLayout — it draws
above the content AND inherits rootView's orientation rotation/translation, so corner
positioning is orientation-matched for free.
- PipOverlay.kt (new): builds the overlay box into pipLayout. image -> ImageView (decoded
off-thread via ImageLoader, dropped if torn down mid-decode); web -> WebView with
mediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture=true (mute-by-default). Gravity-based corner/center
placement with a 4% inset, GradientDrawable bg + corner radius, alpha=opacity, optional
title bar. Single slot last-show-wins; duration timer; id-aware clear; teardown wrapped
and also run on activity destroy (WebView cleanup).
- WebSocketService: onPipShow/onPipClear callbacks + safeOn handlers posted to the main
thread (they build Views) + a sendLog(tag, level, message) emitter for device:log.
- MainActivity: instantiate PipOverlay (log -> wsService.sendLog("pip", ...)), wire the
callbacks, tear down on destroy.
Verified: Android assembleDebug builds clean; web player inline JS parses; server suite
still 161/161 (no server changes this commit). Not yet validated on real hardware —
four-orientation corner positioning mirrors the player container/rootView transform but
should be eyeballed on a panel.
Refs #109
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Ports the wall:sync protocol the web and Tizen players already ship to native
Kotlin/ExoPlayer, so the Android player can join a video wall.
- WallController (new): 4Hz leader broadcast; follower latency-compensated drift
controller (hard-seek past 0.3s, gentle +/-3% playbackRate nudge past 0.05s);
role handling with immediate align on entry and on wall:sync-request. Per-tile
rotation intentionally not applied (web/Tizen parity; left as a TODO).
- MediaPlayerManager: expose position/duration/seekExact/setSpeed for the drift
controller; RESIZE_MODE_FILL / ImageView FIT_XY in wall mode (object-fit:fill
parity), restored to fit/fitCenter on exit. Follower mute (setWallMute) persists
across leader-driven item switches, and followers loop (REPEAT_MODE_ONE) so they
never freeze on the last frame if the leader's next index is late.
- PlaylistController: wallFollower flag suppresses auto-advance (leader drives the
index); getIndex/gotoIndex for follower tracking; itemStartedAtMs for non-video
sync position.
- WebSocketService: onWallSync/onWallSyncRequest handlers (posted to the main
thread since they drive ExoPlayer) + emitWallSync/emitWallSyncRequest senders
guarded on socket.connected() like sendPlaybackState.
- MainActivity: parse wall_config in onPlaylistUpdate and branch before the
orientation + multi-zone paths; size/translate rootView to this screen's slice;
exit() restores full screen.
Compiles clean (./gradlew :app:assembleDebug). NOT yet validated on a device or a
real wall — the ExoPlayer seek/speed sync and the slice transform need on-device
tuning before this is trusted.
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After the OTA installs, PACKAGE_REPLACED kills the old process and nothing brought
MainActivity back, so updating screens dropped to the launcher (the 1.9.0 fleet bug). Add a
MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED receiver that relaunches via a shared Relauncher cascade (extracted from
BootReceiver so boot + post-update share one path):
1. overlay-direct startActivity (SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW) - legal on all versions when granted
2. full-screen-intent notification - auto-launches <14; on 14+ (USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT
revoked) degrades to a VISIBLE, tappable "tap to resume" prompt - fail loud, never a
silent dark screen
Emulator-proven on Android 16: MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED -> Relauncher[update] -> overlay-direct
(BAL_ALLOW_SAW_PERMISSION) -> MainActivity on the new version. Accessibility re-binds across
the package-replace (Service connected fires post-relaunch), so sequential OTAs keep their
auto-confirm.
Unattended OTA requires accessibility (auto-confirm the install) + overlay (relaunch); the
setup wizard grants both. A device where they're skipped degrades to the visible prompt.
Closes#96.
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UpdateChecker.tryPackageInstaller built the INSTALL_COMPLETE status PendingIntent with
FLAG_MUTABLE and an implicit intent. On Android 14+ (target SDK 34) that combination is
disallowed - getBroadcast() throws, the inner catch swallows it, and the PackageInstaller
session is never committed. Result: every OTA silently fails to install on a 14+ device
(download succeeds, version never changes). Make the intent explicit via setPackage(),
keeping FLAG_MUTABLE so PackageInstaller can still write EXTRA_STATUS back.
Emulator-proven on Android 16 (API 36): "Package installer session committed" and the
update applies. Distinct from the relaunch bug - this is install-on-14+.
Part of #96.
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A multi-zone layout's zone rendered its image from the local content cache
only. If the content wasn't cached yet at first render (first-sync download
still in flight, or the preloader hadn't fetched that zone's content), the
zone drew blank - and a static (single, unscheduled) zone has no rotation
timer to redraw, so it stayed blank until the app was restarted.
Mirror the video branch: when getCachedFile returns null, load the image
straight from the server (the item's remote_url, else /api/content/<id>/file)
instead of leaving the zone blank.
Verified live on a 2-zone layout with two single-unscheduled items and fresh
content: both zones render with no restart, with only one item actually in
the on-device cache (the other displayed via the URL fallback).
Closes#78
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Each playlist item can carry schedule blocks (active days, start/end
time-of-day, optional start/end dates). An item plays when the screen's
local "now" matches at least one block; an item with no blocks always
plays. #74 covers time-of-day/day-of-week windows including overnight
wrap; #75 covers inclusive date ranges (auto-expiry). Evaluation is
on-device, so dayparting and expiry work offline.
- Shared evaluator contract: shared/schedule-vectors.json (39 vectors —
DST US+AU, overnight-wrap anchoring, timezone correctness, date
boundaries). Canonical JS evaluator in server/lib/schedule-eval.js;
Kotlin and Tizen ports kept in lockstep by drift guards (Tizen byte-diff
test, Kotlin JUnit reads the shared JSON, new android-test CI job).
- All three players (web, Android, Tizen) filter by schedule against their
own clock, idle with a "Nothing scheduled" message + 30s re-check when
everything is filtered, and fail open on any evaluator error.
- Editor: per-item schedule modal + row badge in the playlist editor;
client validation mirrors the server; editing marks the playlist draft.
- Part B (behaviour change): device/group schedule overrides now evaluate
in each device's effective timezone instead of server-local time.
- Device detail shows the reported timezone + a clock-skew warning.
- i18n for en/es/fr/de/pt across all new strings (namespaced itemsched.*
to avoid colliding with the device-schedule calendar's schedule.*).
- CHANGELOG documents the feature, the Part B change, the fail-open
guarantee, and the scheduled-single-video re-render tradeoff.
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The dashboard exposes landscape / portrait / landscape-flipped / portrait-flipped
and the README promises rotation, but neither player ever read the device's
orientation field - it was hardcoded landscape. Reported by a customer testing
Firestick + Samsung signage.
Rotate the CONTENT in software, not the panel: Fire TV / Android TV / Tizen are
fixed-landscape and ignore setRequestedOrientation (can't physically rotate).
- Android (MainActivity): applyOrientation() resizes rootView to the rotated
dimensions, recenters, and rotates 0/90/180/270. rootView is the shared
container for single-zone AND multi-zone, so both are covered. Driven from the
playlist-update payload.
- Tizen (app.js): CSS transform on the stage (rotate + swapped 100vh/100vw),
same four values, from the playlist payload.
Verified on an Android 16 emulator: device set to portrait -> 'Applied
orientation: portrait (rotation=90, swap=true)' and the video renders rotated.
The player has a launcher (category.HOME) + a boot receiver, but auto-start was
unreliable where you can't set a home launcher (Android TV) and on Android 14+,
where USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT is auto-revoked for non-calling apps so the boot
full-screen launcher silently no-ops.
Boot launch:
- BootReceiver now does a direct background startActivity when 'display over other
apps' (SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW) is granted — a real exception to the bg-activity-launch
restriction, and the one path that works on Android TV. Full-screen-intent
notification kept as a fallback (locked screen / no overlay).
- Boot notification moved to a dedicated HIGH-importance channel (full-screen
intents are only honored from one), and it auto-dismisses once the UI is up.
Setup screen — new permission rows so operators can grant what boot-launch needs:
- Launch on Boot (USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT, shown on Android 14+)
- Background Activity (battery-optimization exemption)
- Display Over Apps (SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW)
Made the screen scrollable and ~50% smaller text/buttons so all rows + Continue
fit on one screen (incl. landscape signage). Install-Unknown-Apps subtitle now
states updates are signature-verified, so it doesn't read as 'install anything'.
Verified end-to-end on an Android 16 emulator: after reboot the app auto-launched
(Direct launch via overlay) and the boot notice cleared itself; all rows toggle.
The OTA downloaded + verified the new APK and committed a PackageInstaller
session, but never handled STATUS_PENDING_USER_ACTION (which Android 13+ returns
for non-device-owner installers) — so the session stalled and the update never
installed. Reproduced on an Android 13 emulator: device stayed on the old version.
- UpdateChecker: register a receiver for the session's INSTALL_COMPLETE broadcast;
on PENDING_USER_ACTION launch the system confirm dialog (and log SUCCESS).
- PowerAccessibilityService: when the package-installer dialog appears, auto-click
the confirm button (by id, then label) so unattended kiosk screens update
without a human tap. Scoped strictly to the package installer.
Verified end-to-end on Android 13: device auto-updated 1.7.10 -> 1.7.11 with no
interaction (receiver launched the dialog, accessibility confirmed it). Ships as
1.7.10 (also carries the Android 14+ crash + YouTube 152 fixes).
NOTE: existing 1.7.7 devices still need a one-time manual reinstall to reach a
build that has this fix; from 1.7.10 onward OTA is fully automatic.
The player loaded the YouTube embed via loadDataWithBaseURL with base
https://www.youtube.com, so the embedding page claimed to BE youtube.com hosting
a youtube.com iframe. YouTube rejects that as an invalid embed context -> 'This
video is unavailable / Error 152 - 4' for every video (reproduced on a Pixel 10
/ Android 16 emulator with multiple known-embeddable videos).
Load the embed under a real third-party domain (EMBED_BASE = the product domain)
so the referrer is a legitimate embedding site. The iframe still points at
youtube.com/embed. Verified: video now plays. (The earlier base=youtube.com was
the Error 153 fix; this supersedes it - a normal domain referrer fixes 153 too.)
- YouTube: load the embed via loadDataWithBaseURL with a youtube.com base URL so
the iframe has a valid origin/referer (a bare loadUrl of /embed/ID gives
'player misconfigured, Error 153'). Applies to zone + fullscreen YouTube.
- Web frames: shared WebViewSupport.configure() enables mixed-content (self-hosted
http LAN servers) and pipes WebView load/HTTP/JS-console errors to DebugLog, so a
failing web frame surfaces the real error in the live panel instead of a black
broken-page view.
After stopping the fullscreen controller in multi-zone, the only switch logs went
away - each zone now logs every item it renders (initial + each rotation) so the
live debug panel shows each zone advancing on its own interval.
From Chris's live debug logs on the L-Bar layout:
- ZoneManager only rendered the FIRST assignment per zone -> the Main zone (3
images) never rotated ('says it's switching but it's not'). Now each zone
cycles its own assignments: images/widgets on a duration timer, videos on
end (single-item zones still loop).
- The fullscreen PlaylistController kept running BEHIND the zones (playItem every
10s, would leak audio for a zone video) because startIfNeeded() ran after every
playlist update. Now only start it when not in multi-zone (zoneManager.hasZones).
- renderAssignments still called container.removeAllViews() (the same static-view
nuke the cleanup() fix addressed) -> now removes only its own zone views.
The black-screen on fullscreen widgets (and any single-zone playback after using
a multi-zone layout) was here: cleanup() called container.removeAllViews(), but
`container` is the activity root that also holds the static playerView/imageView/
youtubeWebView/statusOverlay. Removing them detached the WebView that the
fullscreen widget path reuses -> black. Remove only the zone views we added.
Widgets worked in multi-zone layouts (ZoneManager renders them in a WebView) but
were broken in "default fullscreen" (no layout) and the fullscreen template (a
single-zone layout) - both take the single-zone PlaylistController path, which:
1) called getString("content_id"), throwing on a widget assignment (no
content_id) - in both the playlist builder AND the pre-download loop, which
could break the whole fullscreen playlist; and
2) had no widget render case in playItem (so a widget never displayed).
Fix:
- PlaylistItem gains widgetId/widgetType + isWidget; the builder reads them and
tolerates a missing content_id.
- playItem renders a widget fullscreen via MediaPlayerManager.showWidget() (loads
/api/widgets/:id/render in the full-screen WebView, mirroring ZoneManager).
- Widgets auto-advance on their duration like images.
- Pre-download loop skips widget assignments (no file to fetch).
Compile-checked; signed APK builds. Needs on-device check: a widget plays in
default-fullscreen and the fullscreen template, and mixed widget+media playlists
advance correctly.
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