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fix: Web safari audio context reuse #1972

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24 changes: 19 additions & 5 deletions packages/audioplayers_web/lib/wrapped_player.dart
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Expand Up @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ class WrappedPlayer {
bool _isPlaying = false;

web.HTMLAudioElement? player;
web.AudioContext? _audioContext;
web.MediaElementAudioSourceNode? _sourceNode;
web.StereoPannerNode? _stereoPanner;
StreamSubscription? _playerEndedSubscription;
StreamSubscription? _playerLoadedDataSubscription;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -79,12 +81,14 @@ class WrappedPlayer {

_setupStreams(p);

// setup stereo panning
final audioContext = web.AudioContext();
final source = audioContext.createMediaElementSource(player!);
_stereoPanner = audioContext.createStereoPanner();
// Reuse or create AudioContext (Safari limits concurrent contexts)
_audioContext ??= web.AudioContext();

final source = _audioContext!.createMediaElementSource(p);
_sourceNode = source;
_stereoPanner = _audioContext!.createStereoPanner();
source.connect(_stereoPanner!);
_stereoPanner?.connect(audioContext.destination);
_stereoPanner?.connect(_audioContext!.destination);

// Preload the source
p.load();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -171,6 +175,8 @@ class WrappedPlayer {

void release() {
pause();
_sourceNode?.disconnect();
_sourceNode = null;
// Release `AudioElement` correctly (#966)
player?.src = '';
player?.remove();
Expand All @@ -197,6 +203,12 @@ class WrappedPlayer {
if (player == null) {
recreateNode();
}

// Safari requires explicit resume after user gesture
if (_audioContext != null && _audioContext!.state == 'suspended') {
await _audioContext!.resume().toDart;
}

player?.currentTime = position;
await player?.play().toDart;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -240,6 +252,8 @@ class WrappedPlayer {

Future<void> dispose() async {
release();
await _audioContext?.close().toDart;
_audioContext = null;
eventStreamController.close();
}
}
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