Bugfix/ios dynamic island glitch on nowplayinginfo clearing

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed an issue on iOS where the dynamic island (iphone 14 plus and higher) briefly disappeared when updating the nowPlayingInfo on for example backgrounding the app.
 - Fixed an issue on Android when using Expo, where the Expo plugin would not add THEOplayer's Maven repo to the project's repositories list.
 
 ## [8.6.0] - 24-10-25

ios/backgroundAudio/THEOplayerRCTNowPlayingManager.swift

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ class THEOplayerRCTNowPlayingManager {
     func updateNowPlaying() {
         // Reset any existing playing info
         self.nowPlayingInfo = [:]
-        self.clearNowPlayingOnInfoCenter()
 
         // Gather new playing info
         if let player = self.player,
@@ -66,13 +65,19 @@ class THEOplayerRCTNowPlayingManager {
             self.updateArtWork(artWorkUrlString) { [weak self] in
                 self?.processNowPlayingToInfoCenter()
             }
+        } else {
+          self.clearNowPlayingOnInfoCenter()
         }
     }
 
     private func processNowPlayingToInfoCenter() {
         let nowPlayingInfo = self.nowPlayingInfo
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
-            MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo
+            if !nowPlayingInfo.isEmpty {
+                MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo
+            } else {
+                MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nil
+            }
         }
     }