Update:Less aggressive seek back after pausing, first seek back starts on a 10s pause and jumps back 3s #230. Minimum seek back after a pause is the current chapter start time #244

android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/data/DataClasses.kt

@@ -399,7 +399,12 @@ data class BookChapter(
   var start:Double,
   var end:Double,
   var title:String?
-)
+) {
+  @get:JsonIgnore
+  val startMs get() = (start * 1000L).toLong()
+  @get:JsonIgnore
+  val endMs get() = (end * 1000L).toLong()
+}
 
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 data class MediaProgress(

android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/data/PlaybackSession.kt

@@ -67,15 +67,21 @@ class PlaybackSession(
 
   @JsonIgnore
   fun getCurrentTrackIndex():Int {
-    for (i in 0..(audioTracks.size - 1)) {
+    for (i in 0 until audioTracks.size) {
       val track = audioTracks[i]
-      if (currentTimeMs >= track.startOffsetMs && (track.endOffsetMs) > currentTimeMs) {
+      if (currentTimeMs >= track.startOffsetMs && (track.endOffsetMs > currentTimeMs)) {
         return i
       }
     }
     return audioTracks.size - 1
   }
 
+  @JsonIgnore
+  fun getChapterForTime(time:Long):BookChapter? {
+    if (chapters.isEmpty()) return null
+    return chapters.find { time >= it.startMs && it.endMs > time}
+  }
+
   @JsonIgnore
   fun getCurrentTrackTimeMs():Long {
     val currentTrack = audioTracks[this.getCurrentTrackIndex()]

android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerListener.kt

@@ -75,12 +75,18 @@ class PlayerListener(var playerNotificationService:PlayerNotificationService) :
             Log.d(tag, "SeekBackTime: playing started now set seek back time $lastPauseTime")
             var backTime = calcPauseSeekBackTime()
             if (backTime > 0) {
-              if (backTime >= playerNotificationService.getCurrentTime()) backTime = playerNotificationService.getCurrentTime() - 500
+              // Current chapter is used so that seek back does not go back to the previous chapter
+              val currentChapter = playerNotificationService.getCurrentBookChapter()
+              val minSeekBackTime = currentChapter?.startMs ?: 0
+
+              val currentTime = playerNotificationService.getCurrentTime()
+              val newTime = currentTime - backTime
+              if (newTime < minSeekBackTime) {
+                backTime = currentTime - minSeekBackTime
+              }
               Log.d(tag, "SeekBackTime $backTime")
               onSeekBack = true
               playerNotificationService.seekBackward(backTime)
-            } else {
-              Log.d(tag, "SeekBackTime: back time is 0")
             }
           }
 
@@ -113,8 +119,9 @@ class PlayerListener(var playerNotificationService:PlayerNotificationService) :
     if (lastPauseTime <= 0) return 0
     val time: Long = System.currentTimeMillis() - lastPauseTime
     val seekback: Long
-    if (time < 3000) seekback = 0
+    if (time < 10000) seekback = 0 // 10s or less = no seekback
-    else if (time < 300000) seekback = 10000 // 3s to 5m = jump back 10s
+    else if (time < 60000) seekback = 3000 // 10s to 1m = jump back 3s
+    else if (time < 300000) seekback = 10000 // 1m to 5m = jump back 10s
     else if (time < 1800000) seekback = 20000 // 5m to 30m = jump back 20s
     else seekback = 29500 // 30m and up = jump back 30s
     return seekback

android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerNotificationService.kt

@@ -507,6 +507,10 @@ class PlayerNotificationService : MediaBrowserServiceCompat()  {
     return currentPlaybackSession?.id
   }
 
+  fun getCurrentBookChapter():BookChapter? {
+    return currentPlaybackSession?.getChapterForTime(this.getCurrentTime())
+  }
+
   // Called from PlayerListener play event
   // check with server if progress has updated since last play and sync progress update
   fun checkCurrentSessionProgress():Boolean {