Changes to the media player notification

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Changes to the media player notification

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With Total Commander 3.40 beta 1 for Android, there are some major changes to the notification displayed while playing music or videos:

1. On Android 5.0 and newer, you now have a choice between the old notification and the standard player notification built into Android. The new standard player notification is enabled by default.
2. When using the new standard player notification, there is no play/pause icon in the title bar, even when explicitly requested. This seems to be a bug or misfeature in Android itself, other players have the same issue.
3. When using the new standard player notification, you can swipe it away (at least while paused, on some devices even while playing) and there is no way for the player to detect that! So what I do is recreate that notification each time the user opens TC or the player itself. Due to this misbehavior, the player may remain in paused state for a long time and eat battery power.
4. When using the old player interface on Android 12 or newer, you will notice that it gets more cramped. This is due to a change by Google which affects all apps targeting Android 12: All notifications are now expandable, and there is less space available to apps in the not expanded notification.

Please let me know if you encounter any problems with the new player notification!
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