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yellowjacket/backend/player/systemvolume.go
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logan 867ced8c81 feat(player): leave the volume to the system where the system owns it
On Android the hardware keys are the volume control and the framework
mixes our stream against the device level, so a second control inside
the app moves something the user already moved.  Where that is true the
player's level sits at maximum, SetVolume / ChangeVolume / MuteToggle
are refused, and nothing persists a level nobody chose: restore
remembers the stored value instead of applying it, and saveState writes
that same value back rather than recording the synthetic maximum.

Mute is in that list because it is a level of zero by another name --
and because with no control rendered it would be the one state on such
a platform the user could not get out of.

The predicate is named after the capability rather than the platform,
because that is what makes it testable.  Only platformOwnsVolume is
behind a build tag, in two files that declare nothing else; everything
else is decided against Player.systemVolume, a field a test sets either
way.  That is mediacontrols' split, with androidpayload.go's reasoning
for keeping the contract out of a tagged file, and the tagged pair is
covered by a source sweep since no tier here compiles both halves.

SetDuck is deliberately untouched: it applies its attenuation by
re-applying the *user's* level through setVolumeLocked, so pinning that
level to maximum leaves the offset arithmetic exactly as it was.  It is
the only thing that may still move the output on such a platform, and
TestSystemVolumeStillDucks is that property rather than a comment.
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package player
// Who owns the volume, and what follows when it is not us.
//
// On Android the hardware keys *are* the volume control and the
// framework mixes our stream against the device level, so a second
// control inside the app is a slider that moves something the user
// already moved (#64). Where that is true the player's own level sits
// at maximum, nothing changes it, and nothing persists it.
//
// **The predicate is named after the capability, not the platform.**
// The frontend asks "is there a volume for me to control", which is a
// question about this build; asking "is this a phone" instead would
// key the answer to a viewport, and an Android tablet at 600px or more
// would then draw the bottom bar's slider over a level pinned at
// maximum -- a control that cannot act, which is the thing
// `library-status-indicator` already settled is worse than none.
//
// **Only `platformOwnsVolume` is behind a build tag**, in two files
// that declare nothing else. A tagged file is compiled by nothing
// `make lint` or `make test` runs and is untestable off a phone, which
// is the reasoning `mediacontrols/androidpayload.go` states for
// keeping its contract out of one -- so everything decidable here is
// decided against `Player.systemVolume`, a field a test sets either
// way, and the tag decides only what that field starts as.
//
// The one thing this must not disturb is ducking. `SetDuck` applies
// its attenuation by re-applying the *user's* level through
// `setVolumeLocked`, so pinning that level to maximum leaves the
// offset arithmetic exactly as it was: an OS asking us to get out of
// the way of a navigation prompt is not the user setting a volume, and
// it is the only thing that may move the output on such a platform.
// SystemOwnsVolume reports whether the platform's own control is the
// only volume control there is, so this app neither offers one nor
// remembers a level.
//
// It is bound: the frontend renders no `<volume-control>` when it is
// true, at any width.
func (p *Player) SystemOwnsVolume() bool {
return p.systemVolume
}