From 7ad0ce618a61dab4c82f845bc4fdb35a411a89d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans-Peter Lehmann <ByteHamster@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:46:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Run widget updates from a background thread (#8553)

### Description

Run widget updates from a background thread
Closes #8546

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 .../antennapod/playback/service/Media3PlaybackService.java  | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playback/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/playback/service/Media3PlaybackService.java b/playback/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/playback/service/Media3PlaybackService.java
index 4529c7895..449ccc197 100644
--- a/playback/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/playback/service/Media3PlaybackService.java
+++ b/playback/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/playback/service/Media3PlaybackService.java
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ public class Media3PlaybackService extends MediaLibraryService {
                     PlaybackService.isRunning ? PlayerStatus.PLAYING : PlayerStatus.PAUSED,
                     (int) player.getContentPosition(), (int) player.getDuration(),
                     player.getPlaybackParameters().speed);
-            WidgetUpdater.updateWidget(Media3PlaybackService.this, widgetState);
+            Schedulers.io().scheduleDirect(() ->
+                    WidgetUpdater.updateWidget(Media3PlaybackService.this, widgetState));
             updatePlaybackPreferences();
 
             // Auto-enable sleep timer when playback starts
@@ -385,7 +386,8 @@ public class Media3PlaybackService extends MediaLibraryService {
                                 WidgetUpdater.WidgetState widgetState = new WidgetUpdater.WidgetState(currentPlayable,
                                         Util.shouldShowPlayButton(player) ? PlayerStatus.PAUSED : PlayerStatus.PLAYING,
                                         (int) position, (int) duration, speed);
-                                WidgetUpdater.updateWidget(this, widgetState);
+                                Schedulers.io().scheduleDirect(() ->
+                                        WidgetUpdater.updateWidget(this, widgetState));
                                 long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                                 if (currentTime - lastPositionSaveTime >= POSITION_SAVE_INTERVAL_MS) {
                                     saveCurrentPosition();