[Android] Remote access: fix search null response and play-all background return

[Nicolas Pomepuy]

vlc-android | branch: master | Nicolas Pomepuy <nicolas at videolabs.io> | Wed Sep  9 14:48:56 2026 +0200| [bc73f0a981fb02b6b85730185317df382e27a13a] | committer: Nicolas Pomepuy

Remote access: fix search null response and play-all background return

> https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-android/commit/bc73f0a981fb02b6b85730185317df382e27a13a
---

 .../vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingPlayback.kt | 1 +
 .../vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingSearch.kt   | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingPlayback.kt b/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingPlayback.kt
index e4e782bd93..64b2be6d5e 100644
--- a/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingPlayback.kt
+++ b/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingPlayback.kt
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ fun Route.playbackRouting(appContext: Context, scope: CoroutineScope, settings:
                 }
                 if (medias[0].type == MediaWrapper.TYPE_VIDEO && !appContext.awaitAppIsForegroung()) {
                     call.respond(HttpStatusCode.Forbidden, appContext.getString(R.string.ra_not_in_foreground))
+                    return at get
                 }
                 MediaUtils.openList(appContext, medias.toList(), 0)
                 call.respond(HttpStatusCode.OK)
diff --git a/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingSearch.kt b/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingSearch.kt
index 1ef5b35229..2ceecc5d04 100644
--- a/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingSearch.kt
+++ b/application/remote-access-server/src/main/java/org/videolan/vlc/remoteaccessserver/routing/RemoteAccessRoutingSearch.kt
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ fun Route.searchRouting(appContext: Context, settings: SharedPreferences) {
         call.request.queryParameters["search"]?.let { query ->
             val searchAggregate = appContext.getFromMl { search(query, Settings.includeMissing, false) }
 
-            searchAggregate?.let { result ->
-                val results = RemoteAccessServer.SearchResults(
+            val results = searchAggregate?.let { result ->
+                RemoteAccessServer.SearchResults(
                     result.albums?.filterNotNull()?.map { it.toPlayQueueItem() }
                         ?: listOf(),
                     result.artists?.filterNotNull()?.map { it.toPlayQueueItem(appContext) }
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ fun Route.searchRouting(appContext: Context, settings: SharedPreferences) {
                     result.tracks?.filterNotNull()?.map { it.toPlayQueueItem() }
                         ?: listOf(),
                 )
-                call.respondJson(convertToJson(results))
-            }
+            } ?: RemoteAccessServer.SearchResults(listOf(), listOf(), listOf(), listOf(), listOf(), listOf())
+            call.respondJson(convertToJson(results))
             return at get
         }
         call.respondJson(convertToJson(RemoteAccessServer.SearchResults(listOf(), listOf(), listOf(), listOf(), listOf(), listOf())))