Add auto-pause support for TIDAL - #863
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TIDAL is an Electron app with no AppleScript dictionary or local API, so
it can't be controlled through Scripting Bridge like most of the other
players. Instead, BGMTidal drives it through the macOS Accessibility API:
it reads and presses the first item of TIDAL's localized "Playback" menu
(the play/pause toggle) directly via AXUIElement, without visibly opening
the menu. The toggle's title ("Play" vs "Pause", matched against a small
list of known localizations) also tells us whether TIDAL is playing or
paused.
This requires the user to grant Background Music the Accessibility
permission (System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility). BGMTidal
prompts for it in wasSelected, i.e. only once the user actually selects
TIDAL as their music player. If the permission isn't granted, all the AX
queries fail gracefully and TIDAL is reported as not playing/paused.
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Adds a
BGMMusicPlayerfor TIDAL (com.tidal.desktop) so BGM can auto-pause it.TIDAL is an Electron app with no AppleScript support, so this uses the Accessibility API instead: it reads the first item of the app's "Playback" menu to detect the play/pause state, and sends
AXPressto toggle playback.Requires Accessibility permission, which is requested when TIDAL is selected as the music player.
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Closes #861, closes #262, closes #295.
Also covers the TIDAL request in #155, #356 and #359 (those issues ask for other apps too, so they aren't auto-closed here).