2026-11-04 10:13:59 +00:00
20 changed files with 452 additions and 1075 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/spotube-release-binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spotube-release-binary.yml
@ -659,16 +659,6 @@ jobs:
      - name: Make gradlew executable
        run: chmod +x gradlew

-      # MobileVLCKit comes from CocoaPods; iosApp/Pods/ is gitignored and the workspace needs it.
-      - name: Cache CocoaPods
-        uses: actions/cache@v6
-        with:
-          path: iosApp/Pods
-          key: pods-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('iosApp/Podfile.lock') }}
-
-      - name: Install CocoaPods dependencies
-        run: pod install --deployment --project-directory=iosApp
-
      # Unsigned on purpose: there is no Apple developer account in CI. The IPA is meant for sideloading
      # (AltStore, Sideloadly, ...), which re-signs it with the user's own certificate.
      # The Gradle build phase inside Xcode reads these as project properties.
@ -678,7 +668,7 @@ jobs:
          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_buildNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}
        run: >
          xcodebuild
-          -workspace iosApp/iosApp.xcworkspace
+          -project iosApp/iosApp.xcodeproj
          -scheme iosApp
          -configuration Release
          -sdk iphoneos
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ captures
 !*.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/
 !*.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
 **/xcshareddata/WorkspaceSettings.xcsettings
-iosApp/Pods/
 node_modules/
 composeApp/release/

--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 - Desktop/JVM: `composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/main.kt` (`mainClass = org.spotube.spotube.MainKt`).
 - Android: `composeApp/src/androidMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/MainActivity.kt`.
 - iOS bridge: `composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/MainViewController.kt` and `iosApp/iosApp/ContentView.swift`.
- iOS audio: MobileVLCKit from CocoaPods (`iosApp/Podfile`), driven by `iosApp/iosApp/VlcPlayerEngine.swift` through `NativePlayerEngine` (iosMain). Run `pod install` in `iosApp/` first, then build `iosApp/iosApp.xcworkspace` (not the `.xcodeproj`, which can't build the Pods). Android Studio's iOS run config must point at the workspace too.

 ## High-value commands
 - Use Gradle wrapper (`./gradlew` or `./gradlew.bat`) only.
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/server/StreamingUrlRepository.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/server/StreamingUrlRepository.kt
@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioQuality
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioStream
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.StreamProtocol
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.metadata.track.MetadataTrack
+import org.spotube.spotube.PlatformType
 import org.spotube.spotube.core.audioplayer.AudioPlayerQueue
 import org.spotube.spotube.core.audioplayer.QueueEntry
 import org.spotube.spotube.core.di.injectLogger
+import org.spotube.spotube.getPlatform
 import org.spotube.spotube.modules.plugin.AudioPluginSource
 import org.spotube.spotube.modules.settings.UserSettingsSource
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.filterNotNull
@ -78,7 +80,8 @@ class StreamingUrlRepository(
    private val audioPlayerQueue: AudioPlayerQueue,
    private val matchedTracksRepository: TrackSourceRepository,
    private val settingsRepository: UserSettingsSource,
-    private val streamUrlCacheTtlMs: Long = 30.seconds.inWholeMilliseconds) : KoinComponent {
+    private val streamUrlCacheTtlMs: Long = 30.seconds.inWholeMilliseconds,
+    private val platform: PlatformType = currentPlatform) : KoinComponent {

    private val logger by injectLogger<StreamingUrlRepository>()
    private val streamUrlCacheMutex = Mutex()
@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ class StreamingUrlRepository(
            } else {
                stream.streams
            }
-            return selectPreferredAudioStream(candidates, preferredFormat, preferredQuality)
+            return selectPreferredAudioStream(candidates, preferredFormat, preferredQuality, platform)
                .also { logSelection(trackId, origin, candidates, preferredFormat, preferredQuality, it) }
        }

@ -253,11 +256,12 @@ class StreamingUrlRepository(
        logger.i {
            "[Resolve $trackId] selecting from ${streams.size} candidates ($origin), " +
                "want ${preferredFormat.codec}/${preferredFormat.container} $preferredQuality " +
-                "(rank key = formatMismatch, qualityTypeMismatch, qualityDistance, channelDistance; " +
+                "(rank key = unplayable, formatMismatch, qualityTypeMismatch, qualityDistance, channelDistance; " +
                "lowest wins):\n" +
                streams.joinToString("\n") { stream ->
                    val marker = if (stream === selected) "  -> " else "     "
-                    "$marker${stream.describeForLog()} key=(${formatMismatchCount(stream, preferredFormat)}, " +
+                    "$marker${stream.describeForLog()} key=(${if (stream.isPlayableOn(platform)) 0 else 1}, " +
+                        "${formatMismatchCount(stream, preferredFormat)}, " +
                        "${if (stream.matchesQualityType(preferredQuality)) 0 else 1}, " +
                        "${stream.qualityDistance(preferredQuality).let { if (it == Long.MAX_VALUE) "inf" else "$it" }}, " +
                        "${stream.channelDistance(preferredQuality)}) ${urlSummary(stream.url)}"
@ -265,6 +269,10 @@ class StreamingUrlRepository(
        }
        when {
            selected == null -> logger.w { "[Resolve $trackId] no stream selected" }
+            !selected.isPlayableOn(platform) -> logger.w {
+                "[Resolve $trackId] NO PLAYABLE STREAM on $platform; falling back to " +
+                    "${selected.describeForLog()}, which the player will likely reject"
+            }
            formatMismatchCount(selected, preferredFormat) > 0 -> logger.w {
                "[Resolve $trackId] FORMAT FALLBACK: wanted ${preferredFormat.codec}/${preferredFormat.container}, " +
                    "got ${selected.codec}/${selected.container} (${selected.protocol})"
@ -392,16 +400,21 @@ internal fun normalizeManifestUrl(url: String, protocol: StreamProtocol): String
    }
 }

+internal val currentPlatform: PlatformType by lazy { getPlatform().type }
+
 /**
- * Selects the available stream closest to the user's preferred format and quality. Every
- * platform's player (ExoPlayer on Android, VLC elsewhere including iOS) can play any container,
- * codec and protocol plugins return, so nothing is ruled out up front.
+ * Selects the available stream closest to the user's preferred format and quality.
+ * Streams the [platform]'s player can decode always win over ones it can't, whatever the
+ * preferences say: e.g. opus/webm is unplayable on iOS.
 */
 internal fun selectPreferredAudioStream(
    streams: List<AudioStream>,
    preferredFormat: AudioFormat,
-    preferredQuality: AudioQuality): AudioStream? = streams.minWithOrNull(
+    preferredQuality: AudioQuality,
+    platform: PlatformType = currentPlatform): AudioStream? = streams.minWithOrNull(
    compareBy<AudioStream> { stream ->
+        if (stream.isPlayableOn(platform)) 0 else 1
+    }.thenBy { stream ->
        formatMismatchCount(stream, preferredFormat)
    }.thenBy { stream ->
        if (stream.matchesQualityType(preferredQuality)) 0 else 1
@ -412,6 +425,25 @@ internal fun selectPreferredAudioStream(
    }
 )

+private val MATROSKA_CONTAINERS = setOf("webm", "mkv", "matroska")
+
+// Containers a platform's player can't open, so e.g. YouTube's opus/webm streams fail to load there.
+private val UNSUPPORTED_CONTAINERS: Map<PlatformType, Set<String>> = mapOf(
+    // AVPlayer has no WebM/Ogg/Matroska demuxer.
+    PlatformType.IOS to MATROSKA_CONTAINERS + setOf("ogg", "oga"))
+
+/**
+ * Whether [platform]'s player can play this stream. ExoPlayer (Android) and VLC elsewhere handle
+ * everything plugins return; AVPlayer (iOS) can't demux WebM/Ogg and can't play DASH.
+ */
+internal fun AudioStream.isPlayableOn(platform: PlatformType): Boolean =
+    isContainerPlayableOn(container, platform) &&
+        !(platform == PlatformType.IOS && protocol == StreamProtocol.DASH)
+
+/** Whether [platform]'s player can open [container] at all; see [AudioStream.isPlayableOn]. */
+internal fun isContainerPlayableOn(container: String, platform: PlatformType): Boolean =
+    container.lowercase() !in UNSUPPORTED_CONTAINERS[platform].orEmpty()
+
 private fun formatMismatchCount(stream: AudioStream, preferredFormat: AudioFormat): Int =
    (if (stream.codec.equals(preferredFormat.codec, ignoreCase = true)) 0 else 1) +
        (if (stream.container.equals(preferredFormat.container, ignoreCase = true)) 0 else 1)
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/SettingsModels.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/SettingsModels.kt
@ -17,6 +17,9 @@

 package org.spotube.spotube.modules.settings

+import org.spotube.spotube.core.server.isContainerPlayableOn
+import org.spotube.spotube.core.server.currentPlatform
+import org.spotube.spotube.PlatformType
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioFormat
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioQuality
 import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
@ -92,18 +95,29 @@ data class UserSettings(
    val lastSupportReminderEpochMs: Long = 0L)

 /** The public Group Jam room server. */
-const val DEFAULT_JAM_SERVER_URL = "https://jam.spotube.cc"
+const val DEFAULT_JAM_SERVER_URL = "https://spotube-jam.workers.dev"

 /** Whether [url] can be a room server address (http(s), or ws(s) for self-hosters). */
 internal fun isJamServerUrl(url: String): Boolean =
    Regex("^(https?|wss?)://[^\\s/?#]+(/\\S*)?$", RegexOption.IGNORE_CASE).matches(url.trim())

-/** opus/webm on every platform: all of their players (ExoPlayer, VLC) can play it. */
-internal fun defaultStreamingMusicFormat(): AudioFormat = AudioFormat(
-    codec = "opus",
-    container = "webm",
-    qualities = listOf(
-        AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 44_000),
-        AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 96_000),
-        AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 128_000),
-        AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 256_000)))
+/**
+ * opus/webm wherever the platform's player can open WebM; iOS (AVPlayer) can't, so it streams AAC.
+ * TODO: revisit once iOS can play Opus (e.g. remuxing to CAF or a non-AVPlayer backend).
+ */
+internal fun defaultStreamingMusicFormat(platform: PlatformType = currentPlatform): AudioFormat {
+    val aac = !isContainerPlayableOn("webm", platform)
+    return AudioFormat(
+        codec = if (aac) "aac" else "opus",
+        container = if (aac) "mp4" else "webm",
+        qualities = listOf(
+            AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 44_000),
+            AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 96_000),
+            AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 128_000),
+            AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 256_000)))
+}
+
+/** Moves settings saved with a streaming format [platform] can't play (iOS' old opus/webm default) to the default. */
+internal fun UserSettings.withPlayableStreamingFormat(platform: PlatformType = currentPlatform): UserSettings =
+    if (isContainerPlayableOn(streamingMusicFormat.container, platform)) this
+    else copy(streamingMusicFormat = defaultStreamingMusicFormat(platform))
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/SettingsRepository.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/SettingsRepository.kt
@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class SettingsRepository(private val database: Database) : UserSettingsStore {
    override val userSettings: StateFlow<UserSettings> = database.settingsDataStore.data.map { prefs ->
        val json = prefs[SETTINGS_KEY]
        if (json != null) {
-            settingsJson.decodeFromString<UserSettings>(json as String)
+            settingsJson.decodeFromString<UserSettings>(json as String).withPlayableStreamingFormat()
        } else {
            UserSettings() // Default value
        }
@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ class SettingsRepository(private val database: Database) : UserSettingsStore {
    suspend fun getCurrentSettings(): UserSettings {
        val preferences = database.settingsDataStore.data.first()
        val storedJson = preferences[SETTINGS_KEY] ?: return UserSettings()
-        return settingsJson.decodeFromString<UserSettings>(storedJson)
+        return settingsJson.decodeFromString<UserSettings>(storedJson).withPlayableStreamingFormat()
    }
 }
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/sections/utils.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/sections/utils.kt
@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 package org.spotube.spotube.modules.settings.sections


+import org.spotube.spotube.core.server.isContainerPlayableOn
+import org.spotube.spotube.core.server.currentPlatform
 import org.spotube.millennium.composables.MillenniumIcon
 import org.spotube.millennium.composables.MillenniumSeparator
 import org.spotube.millennium.theme.MillenniumTheme
@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ private val standardLossyQualities = listOf(
    AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 128_000),
    AudioQuality.Lossy(bitrate = 256_000))

+// Formats the platform's player can't open aren't offered (iOS: no WebM/Ogg).
 internal val streamingFormatPresets = listOf(
    AudioFormat(
        codec = "opus",
@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ internal val streamingFormatPresets = listOf(
        codec = "vorbis",
        container = "ogg",
        qualities = standardLossyQualities)
-)
+).filter { isContainerPlayableOn(it.container, currentPlatform) }

 internal val downloadFormatPresets = listOf(
    AudioFormat(
--- a/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/server/StreamingUrlRepositoryBehaviorTest.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/server/StreamingUrlRepositoryBehaviorTest.kt
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioSource
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioStream
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.StreamProtocol
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.metadata.track.MetadataTrack
+import org.spotube.spotube.PlatformType
 import org.spotube.spotube.core.audioplayer.QueueEntry
 import org.spotube.spotube.modules.settings.UserSettings
 import co.touchlab.kermit.Logger
@ -99,7 +100,9 @@ class StreamingUrlRepositoryBehaviorTest {
            audioPlayerQueue = queue,
            matchedTracksRepository = matchedTracksRepository,
            settingsRepository = settings,
-            streamUrlCacheTtlMs = cacheTtlMs)
+            streamUrlCacheTtlMs = cacheTtlMs,
+            // Not the host's platform: Windows and iOS don't prefer opus/webm
+            platform = PlatformType.Linux)

        fun selectPlugin(pluginId: String, audioAPI: FakeAudioAPI = FakeAudioAPI()): FakeAudioPluginService {
            val service = FakeAudioPluginService(pluginId, audioAPI)
--- a/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/server/StreamingUrlRepositoryTest.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/server/StreamingUrlRepositoryTest.kt
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.spotube.spotube.core.server

+import org.spotube.spotube.PlatformType
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioFormat
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioQuality
 import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioStream
@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import kotlin.test.assertSame
 * Tests for the stream preference selection used by [StreamingUrlRepository].
 *
 * Ordering contract (best first):
+ * 0. Playable by the platform's player (iOS: no WebM/Ogg containers, no DASH).
 * 1. Fewest codec/container mismatches against the preferred format.
 * 2. Matching quality family (lossy vs lossless).
 * 3. Closest bitrate / sample rate.
@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ class StreamingUrlRepositoryTest {
    private fun select(
        streams: List<AudioStream>,
        format: AudioFormat = opusWebm(),
-        quality: AudioQuality = AudioQuality.Lossy(256_000)) = selectPreferredAudioStream(streams, format, quality)
+        quality: AudioQuality = AudioQuality.Lossy(256_000),
+        platform: PlatformType = PlatformType.Linux) = selectPreferredAudioStream(streams, format, quality, platform)

    // ---------- empty / single ----------

@ -404,20 +407,33 @@ class StreamingUrlRepositoryTest {
        assertEquals("https://www.youtube.com", normalizeManifestUrl("", StreamProtocol.HLS))
    }

-    // ---------- no platform restrictions ----------
+    // ---------- device playability ----------

    @Test
-    fun `the preferred opus webm stream wins over aac`() {
+    fun `on iOS a playable m4a stream beats the preferred but unplayable opus webm`() {
        val opus = lossy("opus-160", 160_000)
        val aac = lossy("aac-128", 128_000, codec = "mp4a.40.2", container = "m4a")
-        assertSame(opus, select(listOf(aac, opus)))
+        assertSame(aac, select(listOf(opus, aac), platform = PlatformType.IOS))
    }

    @Test
-    fun `a dash manifest closest to the preferences is not skipped`() {
-        val dash = lossy("dash", 256_000, protocol = StreamProtocol.DASH)
+    fun `on iOS dash manifests are skipped in favour of progressive streams`() {
+        val dash = lossy("dash", 256_000, codec = "mp4a.40.2", container = "m4a", protocol = StreamProtocol.DASH)
        val progressive = lossy("aac-128", 128_000, codec = "mp4a.40.2", container = "m4a")
-        assertSame(dash, select(listOf(progressive, dash)))
+        assertSame(progressive, select(listOf(dash, progressive), platform = PlatformType.IOS))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `on iOS an unplayable stream is still returned when nothing else exists`() {
+        val opus = lossy("opus-160", 160_000)
+        assertSame(opus, select(listOf(opus), platform = PlatformType.IOS))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `off iOS the preferred opus webm stream still wins`() {
+        val opus = lossy("opus-160", 160_000)
+        val aac = lossy("aac-128", 128_000, codec = "mp4a.40.2", container = "m4a")
+        assertSame(opus, select(listOf(opus, aac), platform = PlatformType.Android))
    }

 }
--- a/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/StreamingFormatDefaultsTest.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/modules/settings/StreamingFormatDefaultsTest.kt
@ -17,19 +17,39 @@

 package org.spotube.spotube.modules.settings

+import org.spotube.plugin_interfaces.plugin_apis.audio.AudioFormat
+import org.spotube.spotube.PlatformType
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertSame

 class StreamingFormatDefaultsTest {

+    private val opusWebm = AudioFormat(codec = "opus", container = "webm", qualities = emptyList())
+
    @Test
-    fun `streaming defaults to opus in webm`() {
-        val format = defaultStreamingMusicFormat()
-        assertEquals("opus" to "webm", format.codec to format.container)
+    fun `ios defaults to aac in mp4`() {
+        val format = defaultStreamingMusicFormat(PlatformType.IOS)
+        assertEquals("aac" to "mp4", format.codec to format.container)
    }

    @Test
-    fun `user settings default to the streaming default`() {
-        assertEquals(defaultStreamingMusicFormat(), UserSettings().streamingMusicFormat)
+    fun `other platforms keep opus in webm`() {
+        listOf(PlatformType.Android, PlatformType.Linux, PlatformType.MacOS, PlatformType.Windows).forEach { platform ->
+            val format = defaultStreamingMusicFormat(platform)
+            assertEquals("opus" to "webm", format.codec to format.container, platform.name)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `saved opus webm is moved to aac on ios`() {
+        val migrated = UserSettings(streamingMusicFormat = opusWebm).withPlayableStreamingFormat(PlatformType.IOS)
+        assertEquals("mp4", migrated.streamingMusicFormat.container)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `saved opus webm is kept off ios`() {
+        val settings = UserSettings(streamingMusicFormat = opusWebm)
+        assertSame(settings, settings.withPlayableStreamingFormat(PlatformType.Linux))
    }
 }
--- a/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/audioplayer/AudioPlayer.ios.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/audioplayer/AudioPlayer.ios.kt
@ -15,12 +15,16 @@
 * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

+@file:OptIn(ExperimentalForeignApi::class)
+
 package org.spotube.spotube.core.audioplayer

+import kotlinx.cinterop.CValue
+import kotlinx.cinterop.ExperimentalForeignApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
-import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableSharedFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
@ -28,39 +32,41 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asSharedFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
-import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
-import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
+import platform.AVFoundation.AVPlayer
+import platform.AVFoundation.AVPlayerItem
+import platform.AVFoundation.AVPlayerTimeControlStatus
+import platform.AVFoundation.AVPlayerTimeControlStatusPaused
+import platform.AVFoundation.AVPlayerTimeControlStatusPlaying
+import platform.AVFoundation.AVPlayerTimeControlStatusWaitingToPlayAtSpecifiedRate
+import platform.AVFoundation.addPeriodicTimeObserverForInterval
+import platform.AVFoundation.currentItem
+import platform.AVFoundation.duration
+import platform.AVFoundation.loadedTimeRanges
+import platform.AVFoundation.pause
+import platform.AVFoundation.play
+import platform.AVFoundation.rate
+import platform.AVFoundation.replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem
+import platform.AVFoundation.seekToTime
+import platform.AVFoundation.timeControlStatus
+import platform.AVFoundation.volume
+import platform.CoreMedia.CMTime
+import platform.CoreMedia.CMTimeGetSeconds
+import platform.Foundation.NSURL
 import kotlin.time.Duration
-import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.milliseconds
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds

-/**
- * iOS player. Playback is done by MobileVLCKit through [NativePlayerEngine]; AVPlayer misreports the
- * duration of some fragmented MP4 streams (doubling it, which leaves the second half silent).
- * The engine plays a single URL, so the playlist, loop, shuffle and auto-advance live here.
- */
@Suppress("EXPECT_ACTUAL_CLASSIFIERS_ARE_IN_BETA_WARNING")
 actual class AudioPlayer actual constructor(context: Any) : AudioPlayerInterface {

    actual val context: Any = context

-    private val engine: NativePlayerEngine = checkNotNull(NativePlayerRegistry.factory) {
-        "NativePlayerRegistry.factory must be set from Swift before the first AudioPlayer is created"
-    }.create()
+    private val avPlayer: AVPlayer = AVPlayer()
    private val scope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Default)
-    private val lock = Mutex()
-    private val mediaSession = IosMediaSession()

    private var disposed = false

-    private val originalPlaylist = mutableListOf<MediaItem>()
    private val currentPlaylist = mutableListOf<MediaItem>()
-    private var currentIndex = -1
-    private var shuffleEnabled = false
-
-    // The engine holds media only after the first play(); until then a requested start position
-    // is kept here and handed over with the media.
-    private var engineHasMedia = false
-    private var pendingStartMs = 0L
+    private val urlIndexMap = mutableMapOf<String, Int>()

    private val _playerState = MutableStateFlow(PlayerState.IDLE)
    private val _currentMediaItem = MutableStateFlow<MediaItem?>(null)
@ -88,182 +94,97 @@ actual class AudioPlayer actual constructor(context: Any) : AudioPlayerInterface
    actual override val completionFlow: Flow<Unit> = _completion.asSharedFlow()
    actual override val errorFlow: Flow<Throwable> = _error.asSharedFlow()

-    private val engineListener = object : NativePlayerListener {
-        override fun onState(state: NativePlayerState) {
-            if (disposed) return
-            when (state) {
-                NativePlayerState.IDLE -> _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
-                NativePlayerState.OPENING,
-                NativePlayerState.BUFFERING -> _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.BUFFERING)
-                NativePlayerState.PLAYING -> {
-                    _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.PLAYING)
-                    mediaSession.update(
-                        _currentMediaItem.value,
-                        _position.value.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0,
-                        _duration.value.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0,
-                        true)
-                }
-                NativePlayerState.PAUSED -> {
-                    _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.PAUSED)
-                    mediaSession.update(
-                        _currentMediaItem.value,
-                        _position.value.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0,
-                        _duration.value.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0,
-                        false)
-                }
-                NativePlayerState.ENDED -> scope.launch { lock.withLock { onMediaEndedLocked() } }
-            }
-        }
-
-        override fun onTime(positionMs: Long) {
-            if (disposed || positionMs < 0) return
-            _position.tryEmit(positionMs.milliseconds)
-            mediaSession.update(
-                _currentMediaItem.value,
-                positionMs / 1000.0,
-                _duration.value.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0,
-                _playerState.value == PlayerState.PLAYING)
-        }
-
-        override fun onDuration(durationMs: Long) {
-            if (disposed || durationMs <= 0) return
-            _duration.tryEmit(durationMs.milliseconds)
-        }
-
-        override fun onError(message: String) {
-            if (disposed) return
-            _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
-            _error.tryEmit(IllegalStateException("VLC playback error: $message"))
-        }
-    }
+    private var lastTimeControlStatus: AVPlayerTimeControlStatus? = null

    init {
-        engine.setListener(engineListener)
-        mediaSession.configure(
-            onPlay = { scope.launch { play() } },
-            onPause = { scope.launch { pause() } },
-            onSeek = { seconds -> scope.launch { seekTo(seconds.milliseconds) } },
-            onNext = { scope.launch { skipToNext() } },
-            onPrevious = { scope.launch { skipToPrevious() } })
-    }
+        avPlayer.addPeriodicTimeObserverForInterval(
+            interval = CMTimeMake(1, 4),
+            queue = null
+        ) { time ->
+            if (!disposed) {
+                val seconds = CMTimeGetSeconds(time)
+                _position.tryEmit(seconds.seconds)

-    /** Loads [currentPlaylist] at [currentIndex] into the engine. Caller holds [lock]. */
-    private fun loadCurrentIntoEngineLocked(autoPlay: Boolean) {
-        val item = currentPlaylist.getOrNull(currentIndex) ?: return
-        val startMs = pendingStartMs
-        pendingStartMs = 0L
-        engineHasMedia = true
-        _position.tryEmit(startMs.milliseconds)
-        _bufferingPosition.tryEmit(Duration.ZERO)
-        _duration.tryEmit(item.duration)
-        engine.load(item.url, autoPlay, startMs)
-    }
-
-    /** Switches to [index] and starts it. Caller holds [lock]. */
-    private fun playIndexLocked(index: Int) {
-        currentIndex = index
-        _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist[index])
-        pendingStartMs = 0L
-        loadCurrentIntoEngineLocked(autoPlay = true)
-    }
-
-    private fun onMediaEndedLocked() {
-        if (disposed || currentPlaylist.isEmpty()) return
-        _completion.tryEmit(Unit)
-        when {
-            _loopState.value == LoopState.ONE -> playIndexLocked(currentIndex.coerceAtLeast(0))
-            currentIndex < currentPlaylist.lastIndex -> playIndexLocked(currentIndex + 1)
-            _loopState.value == LoopState.ALL -> playIndexLocked(0)
-            else -> {
-                _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.COMPLETED)
-                engineHasMedia = false
+                avPlayer.currentItem?.let { item ->
+                    val durationSeconds = CMTimeGetSeconds(item.duration)
+                    if (durationSeconds > 0) {
+                        _duration.tryEmit(durationSeconds.seconds)
+                    }
+                    val loadedRanges = item.loadedTimeRanges
+//                    if (loadedRanges.count() > 0u) {
+//                        val range = loadedRanges.objectAtIndex(0u)
+//                    }
+                }
            }
        }
+
+        scope.launch {
+            while (!disposed) {
+                syncTimeControlStatus()
+                delay(500)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun syncTimeControlStatus() {
+        val status = avPlayer.timeControlStatus
+        if (status == lastTimeControlStatus) return
+        lastTimeControlStatus = status
+
+        val playerState = when (status) {
+            AVPlayerTimeControlStatusPlaying -> PlayerState.PLAYING
+            AVPlayerTimeControlStatusPaused -> PlayerState.PAUSED
+            AVPlayerTimeControlStatusWaitingToPlayAtSpecifiedRate -> PlayerState.BUFFERING
+            else -> PlayerState.IDLE
+        }
+        _playerState.tryEmit(playerState)
+
+        if (avPlayer.currentItem == null) {
+            _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun resolveState(): PlayerState {
+        return when (avPlayer.timeControlStatus) {
+            AVPlayerTimeControlStatusPlaying -> PlayerState.PLAYING
+            AVPlayerTimeControlStatusPaused -> PlayerState.PAUSED
+            AVPlayerTimeControlStatusWaitingToPlayAtSpecifiedRate -> PlayerState.BUFFERING
+            else -> PlayerState.IDLE
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun buildAVPlayerItem(url: String): AVPlayerItem? {
+        val nsUrl = NSURL.URLWithString(url) ?: return null
+        return AVPlayerItem(nsUrl)
    }

    actual override suspend fun play() {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed || currentPlaylist.isEmpty()) return
-            mediaSession.activate()
-            if (currentIndex !in currentPlaylist.indices) {
-                currentIndex = 0
-                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist[0])
-            }
-            if (engineHasMedia) engine.play() else loadCurrentIntoEngineLocked(autoPlay = true)
-        }
+        avPlayer.play()
    }

    actual override suspend fun pause() {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            engine.pause()
-        }
+        avPlayer.pause()
    }

    actual override suspend fun stop() {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            engine.stop()
-            mediaSession.deactivate()
-            mediaSession.update(
-                _currentMediaItem.value,
-                0.0,
-                _duration.value.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0,
-                false)
-            engineHasMedia = false
-            pendingStartMs = 0L
-            _position.tryEmit(Duration.ZERO)
-            _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
-        }
+        avPlayer.pause()
+        avPlayer.seekToTime(CMTimeMake(0, 1))
+        _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
    }

    actual override suspend fun seekTo(position: Duration) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            val maxMs = _duration.value.inWholeMilliseconds
-            val targetMs = if (maxMs > 0) {
-                position.inWholeMilliseconds.coerceIn(0, maxMs)
-            } else {
-                position.inWholeMilliseconds.coerceAtLeast(0)
-            }
-            if (engineHasMedia) engine.seekTo(targetMs) else pendingStartMs = targetMs
-            _position.tryEmit(targetMs.milliseconds)
-        }
+        val seconds = position.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0
+        val cmTime = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(seconds, 1000)
+        avPlayer.seekToTime(cmTime)
+        _position.tryEmit(position)
    }

    actual override suspend fun loop(state: LoopState) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            _loopState.tryEmit(state)
-        }
+        _loopState.tryEmit(state)
    }

    actual override suspend fun shuffle(enabled: Boolean) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed || currentPlaylist.isEmpty() || shuffleEnabled == enabled) return
-
-            val currentItem = _currentMediaItem.value
-            val rebuilt = if (enabled) {
-                if (currentItem != null) {
-                    listOf(currentItem) + originalPlaylist.filterNot { it.url == currentItem.url }.shuffled()
-                } else {
-                    originalPlaylist.shuffled()
-                }
-            } else {
-                originalPlaylist.toList()
-            }
-
-            currentPlaylist.clear()
-            currentPlaylist.addAll(rebuilt)
-            shuffleEnabled = enabled
-            _shuffleMode.tryEmit(enabled)
-            _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
-
-            currentIndex = if (currentItem == null) 0 else {
-                currentPlaylist.indexOfFirst { it.url == currentItem.url }.takeIf { it >= 0 } ?: 0
-            }
-            _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.getOrNull(currentIndex))
-        }
+        _shuffleMode.tryEmit(enabled)
    }

    actual override suspend fun load(
@ -271,186 +192,143 @@ actual class AudioPlayer actual constructor(context: Any) : AudioPlayerInterface
        autoPlay: Boolean,
        startPosition: Int
    ) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
+        currentPlaylist.clear()
+        currentPlaylist.addAll(playlist)
+        urlIndexMap.clear()
+        playlist.forEachIndexed { index, item ->
+            urlIndexMap[item.url] = index
+        }
+        _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())

-            originalPlaylist.clear()
-            originalPlaylist.addAll(playlist)
-            currentPlaylist.clear()
-            currentPlaylist.addAll(playlist)
-            shuffleEnabled = false
-            _shuffleMode.tryEmit(false)
-            _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
-
-            engine.stop()
-            engineHasMedia = false
-            pendingStartMs = 0L
+        if (playlist.isEmpty()) {
+            _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
+            _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(null)
            _position.tryEmit(Duration.ZERO)
-            _bufferingPosition.tryEmit(Duration.ZERO)
+            _duration.tryEmit(Duration.ZERO)
+            return
+        }

-            if (currentPlaylist.isEmpty()) {
-                currentIndex = -1
-                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(null)
-                _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
-                _duration.tryEmit(Duration.ZERO)
-                return
-            }
+        val safeIndex = startPosition.coerceIn(0, playlist.lastIndex)
+        val item = playlist[safeIndex]
+        val avItem = buildAVPlayerItem(item.url)

-            currentIndex = startPosition.coerceIn(0, currentPlaylist.lastIndex)
-            _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist[currentIndex])
-            _duration.tryEmit(currentPlaylist[currentIndex].duration)
-            mediaSession.update(
-                _currentMediaItem.value,
-                0.0,
-                _duration.value.inWholeMilliseconds / 1000.0,
-                false)
+        if (avItem == null) {
+            _error.tryEmit(IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URL: ${item.url}"))
+            _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
+            return
+        }

-            if (autoPlay) {
-                loadCurrentIntoEngineLocked(autoPlay = true)
-            } else {
-                _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.PAUSED)
-            }
+        avPlayer.replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem(avItem)
+        _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(item)
+
+        if (autoPlay) {
+            avPlayer.play()
        }
    }

    actual override suspend fun addMediaItem(mediaItem: MediaItem) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            originalPlaylist.add(mediaItem)
-            currentPlaylist.add(mediaItem)
-            _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
-            if (currentIndex == -1) {
-                currentIndex = 0
-                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.firstOrNull())
-            }
-        }
+        currentPlaylist.add(mediaItem)
+        urlIndexMap[mediaItem.url] = currentPlaylist.lastIndex
+        _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
    }

    actual override suspend fun insertMediaItemAtNextIndex(mediaItem: MediaItem) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            val insertIndex = if (currentIndex >= 0) currentIndex + 1 else 0
-            originalPlaylist.add(insertIndex.coerceAtMost(originalPlaylist.size), mediaItem)
-            currentPlaylist.add(insertIndex, mediaItem)
-            _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
-            if (currentIndex == -1) {
-                currentIndex = 0
-                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.firstOrNull())
-            }
+        val currentIndex = currentPlaylist.indexOfFirst {
+            it.url == _currentMediaItem.value?.url
        }
+        val insertIndex = if (currentIndex >= 0) currentIndex + 1 else currentPlaylist.size
+        currentPlaylist.add(insertIndex, mediaItem)
+        urlIndexMap.clear()
+        currentPlaylist.forEachIndexed { index, item ->
+            urlIndexMap[item.url] = index
+        }
+        _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
    }

    actual override suspend fun removeMediaItem(mediaItem: MediaItem) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed || currentPlaylist.isEmpty()) return
-
-            originalPlaylist.removeAll { it.url == mediaItem.url }
-            val currentUrl = _currentMediaItem.value?.url
-            val removedCurrent = currentUrl == mediaItem.url
-            val removalIndices = currentPlaylist.withIndex()
-                .filter { it.value.url == mediaItem.url }
-                .map { it.index }
-            if (removalIndices.isEmpty()) return
-
-            // Items before the playing one shift it down, so keep the index on the same item.
-            val removedBefore = removalIndices.count { it < currentIndex }
-            removalIndices.asReversed().forEach { currentPlaylist.removeAt(it) }
-
-            if (currentPlaylist.isEmpty()) {
-                currentIndex = -1
-                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(null)
-                engine.stop()
-                engineHasMedia = false
-                _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
-            } else if (removedCurrent) {
-                currentIndex = currentIndex.coerceIn(0, currentPlaylist.lastIndex)
-                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist[currentIndex])
-                engine.stop()
-                engineHasMedia = false
-            } else {
-                currentIndex = (currentIndex - removedBefore).coerceIn(0, currentPlaylist.lastIndex)
-            }
-
-            _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
+        val index = urlIndexMap[mediaItem.url] ?: return
+        currentPlaylist.removeAt(index)
+        urlIndexMap.clear()
+        currentPlaylist.forEachIndexed { i, item ->
+            urlIndexMap[item.url] = i
        }
+        _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
    }

    actual override suspend fun moveMediaItem(fromIndex: Int, toIndex: Int) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            if (fromIndex !in currentPlaylist.indices || toIndex !in currentPlaylist.indices || fromIndex == toIndex) return
-
-            val item = currentPlaylist.removeAt(fromIndex)
-            currentPlaylist.add(toIndex, item)
-
-            if (!shuffleEnabled && fromIndex in originalPlaylist.indices && toIndex in originalPlaylist.indices) {
-                originalPlaylist.add(toIndex, originalPlaylist.removeAt(fromIndex))
-            }
-
-            val currentUrl = _currentMediaItem.value?.url
-            currentIndex = currentUrl?.let { url ->
-                currentPlaylist.indexOfFirst { it.url == url }.takeIf { it >= 0 }
-            } ?: currentIndex.coerceIn(0, currentPlaylist.lastIndex)
-
-            _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
-            _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.getOrNull(currentIndex))
+        if (fromIndex !in currentPlaylist.indices || toIndex !in currentPlaylist.indices || fromIndex == toIndex) return
+        val item = currentPlaylist.removeAt(fromIndex)
+        currentPlaylist.add(toIndex, item)
+        urlIndexMap.clear()
+        currentPlaylist.forEachIndexed { i, it ->
+            urlIndexMap[it.url] = i
        }
+        _playlist.tryEmit(currentPlaylist.toList())
    }

    actual override suspend fun skipToNext() {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed || currentPlaylist.isEmpty()) return
-            playIndexLocked((currentIndex + 1).coerceAtMost(currentPlaylist.lastIndex))
+        val currentIndex = currentPlaylist.indexOfFirst {
+            it.url == _currentMediaItem.value?.url
+        }
+        val nextIndex = currentIndex + 1
+        if (nextIndex < currentPlaylist.size) {
+            val nextItem = currentPlaylist[nextIndex]
+            val avItem = buildAVPlayerItem(nextItem.url)
+            if (avItem != null) {
+                avPlayer.replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem(avItem)
+                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(nextItem)
+                avPlayer.play()
+            }
        }
    }

    actual override suspend fun skipToPrevious() {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed || currentPlaylist.isEmpty()) return
-            playIndexLocked((currentIndex - 1).coerceAtLeast(0))
+        val currentIndex = currentPlaylist.indexOfFirst {
+            it.url == _currentMediaItem.value?.url
+        }
+        val prevIndex = currentIndex - 1
+        if (prevIndex >= 0) {
+            val prevItem = currentPlaylist[prevIndex]
+            val avItem = buildAVPlayerItem(prevItem.url)
+            if (avItem != null) {
+                avPlayer.replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem(avItem)
+                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(prevItem)
+                avPlayer.play()
+            }
        }
    }

    actual override suspend fun jumpTo(index: Int) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed || index !in currentPlaylist.indices) return
-            playIndexLocked(index)
+        if (index in currentPlaylist.indices) {
+            val item = currentPlaylist[index]
+            val avItem = buildAVPlayerItem(item.url)
+            if (avItem != null) {
+                avPlayer.replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem(avItem)
+                _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(item)
+            }
        }
    }

    actual override suspend fun setVolume(volume: Float) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            val clamped = volume.coerceIn(0f, 1f)
-            engine.setVolume(clamped)
-            _volume.tryEmit(clamped)
-        }
+        val clamped = volume.coerceIn(0f, 1f)
+        avPlayer.volume = clamped
+        _volume.tryEmit(clamped)
    }

    actual override suspend fun setPlaybackSpeed(speed: Float) {
-        lock.withLock {
-            if (disposed) return
-            val clamped = speed.coerceIn(0.25f, 4f)
-            engine.setRate(clamped)
-            _playbackSpeed.tryEmit(clamped)
-        }
+        val clamped = speed.coerceIn(0.25f, 4f)
+        avPlayer.rate = clamped
+        _playbackSpeed.tryEmit(clamped)
    }

    actual override fun isDisposed(): Boolean = disposed

    actual override fun dispose() {
-        if (disposed) return
        disposed = true
-        engine.setListener(null)
-        engine.destroy()
-        mediaSession.deactivate()
-        mediaSession.clear()
-        scope.cancel()
-
-        originalPlaylist.clear()
+        avPlayer.pause()
+        avPlayer.replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem(null)
        currentPlaylist.clear()
-        currentIndex = -1
-        engineHasMedia = false
+        urlIndexMap.clear()

        _playerState.tryEmit(PlayerState.IDLE)
        _currentMediaItem.tryEmit(null)
@ -460,3 +338,11 @@ actual class AudioPlayer actual constructor(context: Any) : AudioPlayerInterface
        _bufferingPosition.tryEmit(Duration.ZERO)
    }
 }
+
+private fun CMTimeMake(value: Long, timescale: Int): CValue<CMTime> {
+    return platform.CoreMedia.CMTimeMake(value, timescale)
+}
+
+private fun CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(seconds: Double, preferredTimescale: Int): CValue<CMTime> {
+    return platform.CoreMedia.CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(seconds, preferredTimescale)
+}
--- a/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/audioplayer/IosMediaSession.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/spotube/spotube/core/audioplayer/IosMediaSession.kt
@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2026 Kingkor Roy Tirtho and Spotube Contributors
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-@file:OptIn(ExperimentalForeignApi::class)
-
-package org.spotube.spotube.core.audioplayer
-
-import kotlinx.cinterop.ExperimentalForeignApi
-import platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSession
-import platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback
-import platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionModeDefault
-import platform.AVFAudio.setActive
-import platform.Foundation.NSNotificationCenter
-import platform.Foundation.NSNumber
-import platform.Foundation.NSOperationQueue
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPChangePlaybackPositionCommandEvent
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumTitle
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPMediaItemPropertyArtist
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPMediaItemPropertyTitle
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPNowPlayingInfoCenter
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPRemoteCommand
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPRemoteCommandCenter
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusCommandFailed
-import platform.MediaPlayer.MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess
-
-internal class IosMediaSession {
-    private val audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
-    private val nowPlayingInfoCenter = MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.defaultCenter()
-    private val remoteCommandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.sharedCommandCenter()
-
-    private var configured = false
-    private val notificationCenter = NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter()
-    private val notificationTokens = mutableListOf<Any>()
-    private val remoteCommandTokens = mutableListOf<Pair<MPRemoteCommand, Any>>()
-    private var onPlay: (() -> Unit)? = null
-    private var onPause: (() -> Unit)? = null
-    private var onSeek: ((Double) -> Unit)? = null
-    private var onNext: (() -> Unit)? = null
-    private var onPrevious: (() -> Unit)? = null
-
-    fun configure(
-        onPlay: () -> Unit,
-        onPause: () -> Unit,
-        onSeek: (Double) -> Unit,
-        onNext: () -> Unit,
-        onPrevious: () -> Unit
-    ) {
-        this.onPlay = onPlay
-        this.onPause = onPause
-        this.onSeek = onSeek
-        this.onNext = onNext
-        this.onPrevious = onPrevious
-
-        if (configured) return
-        configured = true
-
-        audioSession.setCategory(
-            category = AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback,
-            mode = AVAudioSessionModeDefault,
-            options = 0u,
-            error = null)
-        registerAudioSessionNotifications()
-        registerRemoteCommands()
-    }
-
-    fun activate() {
-        audioSession.setActive(true, error = null)
-    }
-
-    fun deactivate() {
-        audioSession.setActive(false, error = null)
-    }
-
-    fun update(
-        item: MediaItem?,
-        positionSeconds: Double,
-        durationSeconds: Double,
-        isPlaying: Boolean
-    ) {
-        if (item == null) {
-            nowPlayingInfoCenter.nowPlayingInfo = null
-            return
-        }
-
-        val info = buildMap<Any?, Any?> {
-            put(MPMediaItemPropertyTitle, item.title)
-            put(MPMediaItemPropertyArtist, item.artist)
-            item.album.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let {
-                put(MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumTitle, it)
-            }
-            if (durationSeconds.isFinite() && durationSeconds > 0) {
-                put(MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration, durationSeconds)
-            }
-            if (positionSeconds.isFinite() && positionSeconds >= 0) {
-                put(MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime, positionSeconds)
-            }
-            put(MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate, if (isPlaying) 1.0 else 0.0)
-        }
-        nowPlayingInfoCenter.nowPlayingInfo = info
-    }
-
-    fun clear() {
-        nowPlayingInfoCenter.nowPlayingInfo = null
-        notificationTokens.forEach { notificationCenter.removeObserver(it) }
-        notificationTokens.clear()
-        remoteCommandTokens.forEach { (command, token) -> command.removeTarget(token) }
-        remoteCommandTokens.clear()
-        configured = false
-        onPlay = null
-        onPause = null
-        onSeek = null
-        onNext = null
-        onPrevious = null
-    }
-
-    private fun registerAudioSessionNotifications() {
-        notificationCenter.addObserverForName(
-            name = platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionInterruptionNotification,
-            `object` = audioSession,
-            queue = NSOperationQueue.mainQueue()) { notification ->
-            val type = notification?.userInfo?.get(
-                platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionInterruptionTypeKey) as? NSNumber
-            if (type?.unsignedLongValue == platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionInterruptionTypeBegan) {
-                onPause?.invoke()
-            } else if (type?.unsignedLongValue == platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionInterruptionTypeEnded) {
-                activate()
-                val options = notification?.userInfo?.get(
-                    platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionInterruptionOptionKey) as? NSNumber
-                val shouldResume = options?.unsignedLongValue
-                    ?.and(platform.AVFAudio.AVAudioSessionInterruptionOptionShouldResume)
-                    ?.let { it != 0UL } == true
-                if (shouldResume) onPlay?.invoke()
-            }
-        }?.let { notificationTokens += it }
-    }
-
-    private fun registerRemoteCommands() {
-        fun register(command: MPRemoteCommand, handler: (platform.MediaPlayer.MPRemoteCommandEvent?) -> platform.MediaPlayer.MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatus) {
-            command.addTargetWithHandler(handler)?.let {
-                remoteCommandTokens += command to it
-            }
-        }
-
-        register(remoteCommandCenter.playCommand) {
-            onPlay?.invoke()
-            MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess
-        }
-        register(remoteCommandCenter.pauseCommand) {
-            onPause?.invoke()
-            MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess
-        }
-        register(remoteCommandCenter.changePlaybackPositionCommand) { event ->
-            val position = (event as? MPChangePlaybackPositionCommandEvent)?.positionTime
-            if (position != null && position.isFinite() && position >= 0) {
-                onSeek?.invoke(position)
-                MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess
-            } else {
-                MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusCommandFailed
-            }
-        }
-        register(remoteCommandCenter.nextTrackCommand) {
-            onNext?.invoke()
-            MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess
-        }
-        register(remoteCommandCenter.previousTrackCommand) {
-            onPrevious?.invoke()
-            MPRemoteCommandHandlerStatusSuccess
-        }
-    }
-}
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@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2026 Kingkor Roy Tirtho and Spotube Contributors
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package org.spotube.spotube.core.audioplayer
-
-/**
- * Single-media playback engine implemented in Swift on top of MobileVLCKit
- * (`iosApp/iosApp/VlcPlayerEngine.swift`).
- *
- * MobileVLCKit comes from CocoaPods into the Xcode project, so Gradle can't bind it with cinterop.
- * Swift implements this contract instead and registers it in [NativePlayerRegistry] before the
- * Compose view controller is created. The playlist, loop and shuffle logic stays in Kotlin
- * ([AudioPlayer]); the engine only ever plays one URL at a time.
- *
- * Implementations may be called from any thread and must hop to the thread VLC needs
- * themselves. [NativePlayerListener] callbacks may arrive on any thread.
- */
-interface NativePlayerEngine {
-    fun setListener(listener: NativePlayerListener?)
-
-    /** Replaces the current media. Starts playing right away when [autoPlay] is set. */
-    fun load(url: String, autoPlay: Boolean, startPositionMs: Long)
-    fun play()
-    fun pause()
-    fun stop()
-    fun seekTo(positionMs: Long)
-
-    /** [volume] is 0..1. */
-    fun setVolume(volume: Float)
-    fun setRate(rate: Float)
-
-    /**
-     * Releases the native player. The engine must not be used afterwards. Not named `release`:
-     * that would export to Objective-C as `-release` and clash with NSObject.
-     */
-    fun destroy()
-}
-
-interface NativePlayerListener {
-    fun onState(state: NativePlayerState)
-    fun onTime(positionMs: Long)
-    fun onDuration(durationMs: Long)
-    fun onError(message: String)
-}
-
-enum class NativePlayerState {
-    /** Nothing loaded, or playback was stopped. */
-    IDLE,
-    OPENING,
-    BUFFERING,
-    PLAYING,
-    PAUSED,
-
-    /** The media played to its end. Sent once per loaded media. */
-    ENDED
-}
-
-interface NativePlayerEngineFactory {
-    fun create(): NativePlayerEngine
-}
-
-/** Set from Swift (`iOSApp.init`) before the first [AudioPlayer] is created. */
-object NativePlayerRegistry {
-    var factory: NativePlayerEngineFactory? = null
-}
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+++ b/iosApp/Podfile
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-# After `pod install`, open and build iosApp.xcworkspace, not iosApp.xcodeproj.
-platform :ios, '18.2'
-
-target 'iosApp' do
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-
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-end
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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+				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
+				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_GLOBAL_ACCENT_COLOR_NAME = AccentColor;
+				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
+				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
+				DEVELOPMENT_ASSET_PATHS = "\"iosApp/Preview Content\"";
+				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "${TEAM_ID}";
+				ENABLE_PREVIEWS = YES;
+				GENERATE_INFOPLIST_FILE = YES;
+				INFOPLIST_FILE = iosApp/Info.plist;
+				INFOPLIST_KEY_UIApplicationSceneManifest_Generation = YES;
+				INFOPLIST_KEY_UIApplicationSupportsIndirectInputEvents = YES;
+				INFOPLIST_KEY_UILaunchScreen_Generation = YES;
+				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPad = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
+				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPhone = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
+				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = (
+					"$(inherited)",
+					"@executable_path/Frameworks",
+				);
+				SWIFT_EMIT_LOC_STRINGS = YES;
+				SWIFT_VERSION = 5.0;
+				TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY = "1,2";
+			};
+			name = Release;
+		};
 /* End XCBuildConfiguration section */

 /* Begin XCConfigurationList section */
-		6F8AC65FA015674062B91E20 /* Build configuration list for PBXNativeTarget "iosApp" */ = {
-			isa = XCConfigurationList;
-			buildConfigurations = (
-				AC996E9458BD3DAE9610EA49 /* Debug */,
-				4FB276594B17F1A0D71D2462 /* Release */,
-			);
-			defaultConfigurationIsVisible = 0;
-			defaultConfigurationName = Release;
-		};
 		79A44D8DEA428263AC7DC2E1 /* Build configuration list for PBXProject "iosApp" */ = {
 			isa = XCConfigurationList;
 			buildConfigurations = (
@ -438,7 +358,16 @@
 			defaultConfigurationIsVisible = 0;
 			defaultConfigurationName = Release;
 		};
+		6F8AC65FA015674062B91E20 /* Build configuration list for PBXNativeTarget "iosApp" */ = {
+			isa = XCConfigurationList;
+			buildConfigurations = (
+				AC996E9458BD3DAE9610EA49 /* Debug */,
+				4FB276594B17F1A0D71D2462 /* Release */,
+			);
+			defaultConfigurationIsVisible = 0;
+			defaultConfigurationName = Release;
+		};
 /* End XCConfigurationList section */
 	};
 	rootObject = B056E79C138AE849968965F1 /* Project object */;
-}
+}
--- a/iosApp/iosApp.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Workspace
-   version = "1.0">
-   <FileRef
-      location = "group:iosApp.xcodeproj">
-   </FileRef>
-   <FileRef
-      location = "group:Pods/Pods.xcodeproj">
-   </FileRef>
-</Workspace>
--- a/iosApp/iosApp/Info.plist
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp/Info.plist
@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 <dict>
 	<key>CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone</key>
 	<true/>
-	<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
-	<array>
-		<string>audio</string>
-	</array>
 	<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
 	<array>
 		<dict>
--- a/iosApp/iosApp/VlcPlayerEngine.swift
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp/VlcPlayerEngine.swift
@ -1,205 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2026 Kingkor Roy Tirtho and Spotube Contributors
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import AVFoundation
-import ComposeApp
-import Foundation
-import MobileVLCKit
-
-/// Registers the MobileVLCKit engine with the shared Kotlin `AudioPlayer`. Call before the first
-/// `ComposeView` is created.
-func registerNativePlayerEngine() {
-    NativePlayerRegistry.shared.factory = VlcPlayerEngineFactory()
-}
-
-final class VlcPlayerEngineFactory: NSObject, NativePlayerEngineFactory {
-    func create() -> NativePlayerEngine {
-        VlcPlayerEngine()
-    }
-}
-
-/// Plays one URL at a time with MobileVLCKit. The Kotlin `AudioPlayer` owns the playlist; see
-/// `NativePlayerEngine.kt` for the contract.
-///
-/// Every VLC call is made on the main queue, in the order the Kotlin side issued it.
-final class VlcPlayerEngine: NSObject, NativePlayerEngine, VLCMediaPlayerDelegate {
-    private let player = VLCMediaPlayer()
-    private var listener: NativePlayerListener?
-    private var released = false
-
-    private var rate: Float = 1
-    private var volumePercent: Int32 = 100
-    private var lastReportedDurationMs: Int64 = 0
-    private var lastReportedState: NativePlayerState?
-
-    override init() {
-        super.init()
-        player.delegate = self
-        try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playback, mode: .default, options: [])
-    }
-
-    // MARK: NativePlayerEngine
-
-    func setListener(listener: NativePlayerListener?) {
-        onMain { self.listener = listener }
-    }
-
-    func load(url: String, autoPlay: Bool, startPositionMs: Int64) {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released else { return }
-            guard let mediaUrl = URL(string: url) else {
-                self.listener?.onError(message: "Invalid URL: \(url)")
-                return
-            }
-
-            let media = VLCMedia(url: mediaUrl)
-            if startPositionMs > 0 {
-                media.addOption(":start-time=\(Double(startPositionMs) / 1000.0)")
-            }
-            self.lastReportedDurationMs = 0
-            self.player.media = media
-            self.report(.opening)
-            if autoPlay { self.startPlayback() }
-        }
-    }
-
-    func play() {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released else { return }
-            self.startPlayback()
-        }
-    }
-
-    func pause() {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released, self.player.isPlaying else { return }
-            self.player.pause()
-        }
-    }
-
-    func stop() {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released else { return }
-            self.player.stop()
-        }
-    }
-
-    func seekTo(positionMs: Int64) {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released, self.player.isSeekable else { return }
-            self.player.time = VLCTime(number: NSNumber(value: positionMs))
-        }
-    }
-
-    func setVolume(volume: Float) {
-        onMain {
-            self.volumePercent = Int32((min(max(volume, 0), 1) * 100).rounded())
-            self.player.audio?.volume = self.volumePercent
-        }
-    }
-
-    func setRate(rate: Float) {
-        onMain {
-            self.rate = rate
-            self.player.rate = rate
-        }
-    }
-
-    func destroy() {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released else { return }
-            self.released = true
-            self.listener = nil
-            self.player.delegate = nil
-            self.player.stop()
-            self.player.media = nil
-            try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(false, options: .notifyOthersOnDeactivation)
-        }
-    }
-
-    // MARK: VLCMediaPlayerDelegate
-
-    func mediaPlayerStateChanged(_ aNotification: Notification) {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released else { return }
-            switch self.player.state {
-            case .opening:
-                self.report(.opening)
-            case .buffering, .esAdded:
-                // MobileVLCKit keeps sending these while it plays; only a stall counts as buffering.
-                self.report(self.player.isPlaying ? .playing : .buffering)
-            case .playing:
-                self.report(.playing)
-            case .paused:
-                self.report(.paused)
-            case .ended:
-                self.report(.ended)
-            case .stopped:
-                self.report(.idle)
-            case .error:
-                self.listener?.onError(message: "VLC could not play this media")
-                self.report(.idle)
-            default:
-                break
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    func mediaPlayerTimeChanged(_ aNotification: Notification) {
-        onMain {
-            guard !self.released else { return }
-            // Time only advances while playing, whatever the last state notification said.
-            if self.player.isPlaying { self.report(.playing) }
-            self.reportDuration()
-            if let ms = self.player.time.value?.int64Value, ms >= 0 {
-                self.listener?.onTime(positionMs: ms)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    // MARK: Internals
-
-    private func startPlayback() {
-        try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
-        player.play()
-    }
-
-    /// Sends [state] to Kotlin unless it was the last one sent.
-    private func report(_ state: NativePlayerState) {
-        guard state != lastReportedState else { return }
-        lastReportedState = state
-        if state == .playing {
-            applyPlaybackSettings()
-            reportDuration()
-        }
-        listener?.onState(state: state)
-    }
-
-    private func applyPlaybackSettings() {
-        player.audio?.volume = volumePercent
-        if player.rate != rate { player.rate = rate }
-    }
-
-    /// MobileVLCKit has no length callback, so the length is read from the media as it plays.
-    private func reportDuration() {
-        guard let ms = player.media?.length.value?.int64Value, ms > 0, ms != lastReportedDurationMs else { return }
-        lastReportedDurationMs = ms
-        listener?.onDuration(durationMs: ms)
-    }
-
-    private func onMain(_ work: @escaping () -> Void) {
-        DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: work)
-    }
-}
--- a/iosApp/iosApp/iOSApp.swift
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp/iOSApp.swift
@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ import ComposeApp

@main
 struct iOSApp: App {
-    init() {
-        registerNativePlayerEngine()
-    }
-
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView()