AirPods Play/Pause actions do not work in JellyFin Mobile on iPadOS or iOS

[alfred-delacosta]

Describe the bug
When using the play/pause tap/press action on the Apple AirPods, JellyFin does not respond to those actions. If a video is playing and I perform the pause press on my AirPods, nothing happens in JellyFin and the video is still playing. If the video is paused and I perform the play press on my AirPods, nothing happens and the video remains paused.

System (please complete the following information):

• iOS Version: iPadOS 17.1 and iOS 17.5.1
• Jellyfin Expo version: 1.1
• Jellyfin Server version: 10.8.13

To Reproduce

• Connect AirPods to iOS device
• Open JellyFin app
• Play any movie
• Perform the tap/press on your airpods and playback will not pause or resume as expected

Expected behavior
The video playback is paused or resumes playing depending on whether or not it is currently playing.

Additional context
It has worked every now and then but consistently it does not. I confirmed that all other applications work with the tap/press play/pause action. It's only JellyFin that consistently has this problem. I tested this in non-fullscreen and fullscreen mode on my iPad and it was the same result each time.