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android: Now Playing shows no composer for a lone classical track without a work tag

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
78/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start with Song.classicalText() and nowPlayingWork() in android/domain/.../model/ClassicalDisplay.kt, then compare their behavior for a track with no WORK tag to the album page heading. Use the test-media/classical/recital-montesinos fixture to check the lone-track case. Done means Now Playing shows the composer for a lone classical track without a WORK tag.

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Description

enhancement impact:U2 P3 reach:R1 size:S

On a recital album, a lone classical track with no WORK tag (e.g. Tárrega's "Capricho Arabe" or Mertz's "Hungarian Fantasy" on Erik's Guitar Recital album) plays with Now Playing reading "Title / Anabel Montesinos • Guitar Recital [TEST]": the composer appears nowhere, although the file carries COMPOSER and the album page now shows it as a heading (#1080).

Song.classicalText() (android/domain/.../model/ClassicalDisplay.kt) only builds the work line from workLine(), which is null without a work, so the subtitle falls back to artist • album. nowPlayingWork() likewise only produces a composer eyebrow for runs of 2+ movements.

Expected: a lone classical track shows its composer somewhere on Now Playing (the eyebrow, or "Composer • Performer" in the subtitle), consistent with the album page heading.

Seen on the emulator (lane 1, pool-6 build of main + the #1081/#1082 branches) with the recital fixture in test-media/classical/recital-montesinos.

Impact U2 (classical listener loses the primary identity of the piece on the player) · Reach R1 (lone tracks without a WORK tag; one user's library) · Implemented: no · Design fit: fits (#1065 wants the composer on Now Playing) · Complexity: S

Dominant language
Kotlin
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