fix(chat): let the voice message notification go right after a pause

app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/io/VoiceMessageMediaService.kt

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class VoiceMessageMediaService : MediaSessionService() {
         super.onCreate()
         val player = ExoPlayer.Builder(this).build()
         mediaSession = MediaSession.Builder(this, player).build()
+        // By default Media3 keeps the service in the foreground for 10 minutes after a pause or the end of the
+        // message, and the notification of a foreground service cannot be swiped away.
+        setForegroundServiceTimeoutMs(FOREGROUND_TIMEOUT_AFTER_PAUSE_MS)
     }
 
     override fun onGetSession(controllerInfo: MediaSession.ControllerInfo): MediaSession? = mediaSession
@@ -31,4 +34,9 @@ class VoiceMessageMediaService : MediaSessionService() {
         mediaSession = null
         super.onDestroy()
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        /** The service leaves the foreground, and its notification can be swiped away, as soon as playback stops. */
+        const val FOREGROUND_TIMEOUT_AFTER_PAUSE_MS = 0L
+    }
 }

app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/io/VoiceMessageMediaServiceForegroundTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Talk - Android Client
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+package com.nextcloud.talk.chat.data.io
+
+import androidx.media3.session.MediaSessionService
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.Robolectric
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+
+/**
+ * Media3 keeps a media service in the foreground, with a notification that cannot be swiped away, for
+ * [MediaSessionService.DEFAULT_FOREGROUND_SERVICE_TIMEOUT_MS] (10 minutes) after the player is paused or ends. The
+ * voice message service must leave the foreground at once.
+ */
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(sdk = [33])
+class VoiceMessageMediaServiceForegroundTest {
+    /** The timeout Media3 applies to the notification manager of [service], read by reflection (no getter). */
+    private fun foregroundTimeoutMs(service: VoiceMessageMediaService): Long {
+        val getManager = MediaSessionService::class.java.getDeclaredMethod("getMediaNotificationManager")
+        getManager.isAccessible = true
+        val manager = getManager.invoke(service)
+        val field = manager.javaClass.getDeclaredField("userEngagedTimeoutMs")
+        field.isAccessible = true
+        return field.getLong(manager)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `service does not stay in the foreground after the voice message is paused or ends`() {
+        val service = Robolectric.buildService(VoiceMessageMediaService::class.java).create().get()
+
+        assertEquals(0L, foregroundTimeoutMs(service))
+        service.onDestroy()
+    }
+}