ios – React Native: Lock Display Audio Widget Disappears on Pause (react-native-track-player)

I am constructing a React Native app that performs audio utilizing react-native-track-player. Every little thing works properly when the audio is actively enjoying — I can see the media widget on the lock display, management playback, and even see monitor metadata.

Nonetheless, the issue is that as soon as I pause the audio, the lock display widget disappears or will get changed by the system’s default media widget (like Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music). I would like the widget to keep seen and constant, even when the audio is paused, identical to how different music apps behave.

What I’ve tried:

• Setting alwaysPauseOnInterruption: false and different playback choices in updateOptions

• Configuring capabilities like Functionality.Play, Functionality.Pause, Functionality.Cease, and so forth.

• Setting compactCapabilities

• Organising the participant with waitForBuffer: true and different setupPlayer config choices

• Tried sustaining audio session in native iOS code to forestall session from ending

However none of those helped — the widget nonetheless disappears or switches after pause.

await TrackPlayer.updateOptions({
  stopWithApp: false,
  capabilities: [
    Capability.Play,
    Capability.Pause,
    Capability.Stop,
    Capability.SkipToNext,
    Capability.SkipToPrevious,
  ],
  compactCapabilities: [Capability.Play, Capability.Pause],
  alwaysPauseOnInterruption: false,
});

Machine Information:

My Objective:

I would like the lock display media widget to stay seen even when audio is paused, like different audio apps (Spotify, YouTube Music, and so forth.).

Any recommendations or workarounds to maintain the lock display widget persistent throughout pause can be enormously appreciated!