And looking from a higher point of view... This is a comment by greyback on IRC:
<greyback> unity8 does export a dbus service com.canonical.Unity.WindowStack which media service could use to monitor what app is currently focused <greyback> only other idea is that when app is unfocused, it signals that to media-hub, and media-hub does the wrong thing with that info <greyback> but those are the only 2 ways such state could be passed from the app/window manager to media-hub I can think of The sound indicator is not monitoring the stated dbus service. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity-scopes-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1538703 Title: Playlist next/prev controls only available when player is in foreground Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in indicator-sound package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in media-hub package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in unity-scopes-shell package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Switch to the dash (i.e. app scope) while music app is playing The indicator switches to mediaplayer with controls disabled Note also that the media player is shown with controls disabled on a fresh boot when no media has ever been played, the indicator should only show controls after playback. Something in the scopes is incorrectly telling media hub there is a new ctive player. Install the music app from the store Start a playlist in music app Switch apps Next and Prev are disabled in the indicator This was fixed after a reboot. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1538703/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp