After Stop, Track Can Not Be Restarted

[pizzapanther]

Describe the Bug
When you TrackPlayer.stop() you can not restart the track with TrackPlayer.play().

I usually stop live streams so they pick up at the current time when they restart. However, I noticed the same problem even when stopping non-live tracks.

Steps To Reproduce

• Play a track
• Stop it TrackPlayer.stop()
• Play it again: TrackPlayer.play()

Nothing happens.

Reproduction

TrackPlayer.setMediaItems([
  {
    mediaId: 'track-1',
    url: 'https://example.com/audio.mp3',
    title: 'My Track',
    artist: 'Artist Name',
    artworkUrl: 'https://example.com/artwork.jpg',
  },
]);

TrackPlayer.play();


// sometime later
TrackPlayer.stop();

// sometime later
TrackPlayer.play();

Environment Info:

• Output of npx react-native info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Linux 7.1 CachyOS Linux
  CPU: (16) x64 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P
  Memory: 18.75 GB / 29.08 GB
  Shell:
    version: 4.8.1
    path: /bin/fish
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 24.18.1
    path: /usr/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /usr/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 12.0.2
    path: /usr/bin/npm
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: AI-261.26222.65.2613.16025427
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 21.0.12
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 20.1.0
    wanted: 20.1.0
  react:
    installed: 19.2.3
    wanted: 19.2.3
  react-native:
    installed: 0.86.2
    wanted: 0.86.2
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: false

info React Native v0.87.0 is now available (your project is running on v0.86.2).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.87.0
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.86.2&to=0.87.0
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=linux".

• @rntp/player version
  5.8.0

• Real device or simulator
  both

• iOS / Android version
  Android 16

How I can Help
What can you do to help resolve this?
Restore previous behavior or add some way to reload a track in place.

Have you investigated the underlying issue?
No

[dcvz]

Thank you for reporting! Fixed in 5.9.2 on both platforms. stop() followed by play() resumes the current item. On Android the player now re-prepares when playing from idle, and on iOS the current item is reloaded into the engine.

[pizzapanther]

Verified this works thanks! 👍