Video is stopped about taskbar

[farmerbb]

The reason why Taskbar is pausing your video is because whenever the start menu is shown, Taskbar opens an invisible activity so that the user can close the start menu by either pressing the back button, or by tapping outside of the menu. Because a new activity is being shown on the screen, all other activities will be paused.

In my opinion, however, the benefits of improved control over closing the start menu outweigh the drawbacks of pausing the user's currently running activity, especially because opening the start menu covers a significant portion of the screen anyway.

Here is the code that triggers the invisible activity start:

Taskbar/app/src/main/java/com/farmerbb/taskbar/service/StartMenuService.java

Lines 510 to 522 in 774a4e2

	if(!onHomeScreen || inFreeformMode) {
	Intent intent = new Intent(this, InvisibleActivity.class);
	intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
	intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
	if(inFreeformMode) {
	DisplayManager dm = (DisplayManager) getSystemService(DISPLAY_SERVICE);
	Display display = dm.getDisplay(Display.DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
	startActivity(intent, ActivityOptions.makeBasic().setLaunchBounds(new Rect(display.getWidth(), display.getHeight(), display.getWidth() + 1, display.getHeight() + 1)).toBundle());
	} else
	startActivity(intent);
	}

You can safely remove that highlighted block of code, recompile the app, and Taskbar will no longer pause any other activities when the start menu is opened.

[Javimetal]

Is there any way to contact you directly?

Thanks

[Javimetal]

Thanks! It is working now.

[Javimetal]

Hi, do you think is it possible to focus on the taskbar when using an IR remote controller?

I do not know if you have time, we can talk if you want about a good idea.

Thanks

[farmerbb]

The way that Taskbar is architected right now does not allow for focusing using any kind of four-way directional input. System overlays (which is what Taskbar uses) come with a lot of limitations and not a whole lot of flexibility.