layout and remote fix

src-tauri/src/playback_mode/mod.rs

@@ -113,6 +113,26 @@ impl PlaybackModeManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Start the Android playback service and hand it remote-volume control.
+    ///
+    /// Must run on EVERY transition into remote mode, because it is what starts
+    /// the foreground service. Without a running service there is no media
+    /// notification (the lockscreen card is missing) AND system volume buttons
+    /// aren't intercepted for the remote session (remote volume control dead).
+    /// Both symptoms share this one cause, so this must not be skipped on any
+    /// remote-entry path (notably the empty-queue early return in
+    /// `transfer_to_remote_inner`). No-op / non-Android builds do nothing.
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    fn enable_remote_control(&self) {
+        #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+        {
+            if let Err(e) = crate::player::enable_remote_volume(50) {
+                log::warn!("[PlaybackMode] Failed to enable remote volume/service: {}", e);
+                // Non-fatal - continue; the next poll tick will retry metadata.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Check if currently transferring
     pub fn is_transferring(&self) -> bool {
         self.is_transferring.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
@@ -334,6 +354,10 @@ impl PlaybackModeManager {
             self.set_mode(PlaybackMode::Remote {
                 session_id: session_id.to_string(),
             });
+            // Start the service + remote-volume control here too — otherwise this
+            // early return leaves remote mode with no media notification and no
+            // volume interception (lockscreen card missing + remote volume dead).
+            self.enable_remote_control();
             return Ok(());
         }
 
@@ -589,14 +613,9 @@ impl PlaybackModeManager {
             session_id: session_id.to_string(),
         });
 
-        // Enable remote volume control on Android (intercepts volume buttons)
-        #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
-        {
-            if let Err(e) = crate::player::enable_remote_volume(50) {
-                log::warn!("[PlaybackMode] Failed to enable remote volume: {}", e);
-                // Non-fatal - continue with transfer
-            }
-        }
+        // Start the service + remote-volume control (intercepts volume buttons,
+        // and starts the foreground service that renders the lockscreen card).
+        self.enable_remote_control();
 
         log::info!("[PlaybackMode] Successfully transferred to remote");
         Ok(())

src/lib/components/BottomUi.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  BottomUi — the app's bottom UI (mini player stacked over the bottom nav).
+
+  Rendered as an IN-FLOW flex child at the bottom of a full-height flex column,
+  NOT a fixed overlay. This is the whole point: because it is a normal flex
+  sibling below the scroll container (which is `flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-y-auto`),
+  the scroller is physically bounded above it and can never render behind it.
+
+  This replaces the old ResizeObserver + `bottomUiHeight` + padding-reservation
+  scheme, which started at 0, updated async, and repeatedly regressed into the
+  "last row hidden behind the nav" bug. There is nothing to measure or reserve:
+  the browser's flex layout does it exactly, every frame.
+
+  The Android system gesture bar is cleared via `env(safe-area-inset-bottom)`.
+
+  TRACES: UR-005 | DR-009
+-->
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { goto } from "$app/navigation";
+  import { currentMedia, isPlaying, playbackPosition, playbackDuration } from "$lib/stores/player";
+  import { isShuffle, repeatMode, hasNext, hasPrevious } from "$lib/stores/queue";
+  import { showSleepTimerModal } from "$lib/stores/appState";
+  import MiniPlayer from "$lib/components/player/MiniPlayer.svelte";
+  import BottomNav from "$lib/components/BottomNav.svelte";
+
+  let {
+    showMiniPlayer = true,
+    showNav = true,
+    onExpand,
+  }: {
+    showMiniPlayer?: boolean;
+    showNav?: boolean;
+    // Where "expand mini player" goes. Defaults to the full player route.
+    onExpand?: () => void;
+  } = $props();
+
+  function expand() {
+    if (onExpand) return onExpand();
+    if ($currentMedia) goto(`/player/${$currentMedia.id}`);
+  }
+</script>
+
+<!-- flex-shrink-0 so it keeps its natural height; the scroller sibling flexes. -->
+<div class="flex-shrink-0 pb-[env(safe-area-inset-bottom)] bg-[var(--color-surface)]">
+  {#if showMiniPlayer}
+    <MiniPlayer
+      media={$currentMedia}
+      isPlaying={$isPlaying}
+      position={$playbackPosition}
+      duration={$playbackDuration}
+      shuffle={$isShuffle}
+      repeat={$repeatMode}
+      hasNext={$hasNext}
+      hasPrevious={$hasPrevious}
+      className="flex-shrink-0"
+      onExpand={expand}
+      onSleepTimerClick={() => showSleepTimerModal.set(true)}
+    />
+  {/if}
+
+  {#if showNav}
+    <BottomNav className="flex-shrink-0" />
+  {/if}
+</div>

src/lib/stores/appState.ts

@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ export const isAndroid = writable(false);
 // Shuffle/repeat/next/previous state now lives in the event-driven queue store
 // ($lib/stores/queue), the single source of truth.
 export const showSleepTimerModal = writable(false);
-// Measured height (px) of the fixed bottom UI on Android: BottomNav stacked with
-// the global mini player. Published by the root layout via ResizeObserver so the
-// library list can reserve exactly that much bottom padding (no magic rem guesses).
-export const bottomUiHeight = writable(0);
 
 // Library-specific state
 export const librarySearchQuery = writable("");

src/lib/stores/playbackMode.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ vi.mock("./sessions", () => ({
   },
 }));
 
+// Capture the playerStatusEvent listener so tests can drive backend
+// `playback_mode_changed` events through the reconciler. The commands still flow
+// to the real bindings (which call the mocked `invoke`), so the existing
+// refresh/transfer tests keep exercising the true command path.
+let capturedStatusListener: ((event: { payload: any }) => void) | null = null;
+vi.mock("@tauri-apps/api/event", () => ({
+  listen: vi.fn((_name: string, cb: (event: { payload: any }) => void) => {
+    capturedStatusListener = cb;
+    return Promise.resolve(() => {});
+  }),
+}));
+
 // Mock auth store
 const mockGetHandle = vi.fn(() => "repo-handle-1");
 vi.mock("./auth", () => ({
@@ -42,6 +54,7 @@ describe("playbackMode store", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     currentSelectedSession = null;
+    capturedStatusListener = null;
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -327,6 +340,56 @@ describe("playbackMode store", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("backend playback_mode_changed reconciler", () => {
+    // Regression: commit 2a1f168 made Rust re-broadcast PlaybackModeChanged on
+    // every set_mode. Local playback drives set_mode("local") from both the
+    // frontend and Rust, so the same mode arrives repeatedly. The reconciler
+    // used to run selectSession(null) on each one, deselecting the remote
+    // session mid-cast and tripping the disconnect watchdog — which broke the
+    // lockscreen card, remote volume, and (via the mode flap) local audio.
+    async function initListener() {
+      const { playbackMode } = await import("./playbackMode");
+      playbackMode.initializeSessionMonitoring();
+      expect(capturedStatusListener).not.toBeNull();
+      return playbackMode;
+    }
+
+    it("ignores a no-op remote re-broadcast (no session churn)", async () => {
+      currentSelectedSession = { id: "sess-1" };
+      const playbackMode = await initListener();
+      playbackMode.setMode("remote", "sess-1");
+      mockSelectSession.mockClear();
+
+      // Rust re-broadcasts the SAME remote mode (e.g. a position tick path).
+      capturedStatusListener!({
+        payload: { type: "playback_mode_changed", mode: "remote", session_id: "sess-1" },
+      });
+
+      const state = get(playbackMode);
+      expect(state.mode).toBe("remote");
+      expect(state.remoteSessionId).toBe("sess-1");
+      // Must NOT re-select (which would churn the watchdog) on a no-op.
+      expect(mockSelectSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("adopts a genuine remote→local change and clears the session", async () => {
+      currentSelectedSession = { id: "sess-1" };
+      const playbackMode = await initListener();
+      playbackMode.setMode("remote", "sess-1");
+      mockSelectSession.mockClear();
+
+      capturedStatusListener!({
+        payload: { type: "playback_mode_changed", mode: "local", session_id: null },
+      });
+
+      const state = get(playbackMode);
+      expect(state.mode).toBe("local");
+      expect(state.remoteSessionId).toBeNull();
+      expect(mockSelectSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe("transfer reconciles to Rust on completion", () => {
     it("refreshes from Rust after a successful transferToRemote", async () => {
       const { playbackMode } = await import("./playbackMode");

src/lib/stores/playbackMode.ts

@@ -316,11 +316,32 @@ function createPlaybackModeStore() {
         const mode = event.payload.mode as PlaybackMode;
         const remoteSessionId =
           mode === "remote" ? event.payload.session_id ?? null : null;
+
+        // Ignore no-op re-broadcasts. The backend re-emits on every set_mode, and
+        // local playback drives set_mode("local") from BOTH the frontend
+        // (handleStateChanged) and Rust, so the same mode arrives repeatedly. If
+        // we reconciled unconditionally we'd re-run selectSession(null) on each
+        // one, deselecting the remote session mid-cast and tripping the
+        // disconnect-to-idle watchdog (breaking the lockscreen card, remote
+        // volume, and — via the resulting mode flap — local audio).
+        if (
+          currentState.mode === mode &&
+          currentState.remoteSessionId === remoteSessionId
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         console.log("[PlaybackMode] Backend mode changed →", mode, remoteSessionId);
         update((s) => ({ ...s, mode, remoteSessionId }));
-        // Keep the selected session in step so the merged UI stores follow.
+        // Keep the selected session in step so the merged UI stores follow, but
+        // only touch the selection when it actually differs — re-selecting the
+        // same id (or clearing on a non-remote emit that isn't a real change)
+        // would needlessly churn the session watchdog.
+        const selected = get(selectedSession);
+        if ((selected?.id ?? null) !== remoteSessionId) {
           sessions.selectSession(remoteSessionId);
         }
+      }
     });
 
     selectedSession.subscribe((session) => {

src/lib/utils/layoutShell.test.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 /**
- * Regression tests for the app's fixed bottom-UI (mini player + bottom nav)
- * layout rules.
+ * Tests for the app's bottom-UI (mini player + bottom nav) visibility rules.
  *
- * The bug these guard against: on the library route the layout used to render
- * its OWN in-flow mini player while the root ALSO painted a fixed bottom nav on
- * top of it, and the library scroller only reserved 1rem — so the last row hid
- * behind the nav. The fix unified everything onto the root: the root owns the
- * single fixed bottom UI on every route/platform, and every scroll container
- * reserves the measured `bottomUiHeight`.
+ * The overlap bug these guard against: on the library page the last rows were
+ * hidden behind the bottom nav. It was caused by rendering the bottom UI as a
+ * FIXED overlay and trying to reserve its (async-measured, initially-0) height
+ * as padding. The fix renders the bottom UI as an in-flow flex child below the
+ * scroller, so overlap is structurally impossible — no measurement, no padding.
+ *
+ * These pure functions only decide *whether* each piece shows on a route. The
+ * structural guarantee (flex sibling below the scroller) is exercised by
+ * running the app, not by jsdom (which has no layout engine).
  *
  * TRACES: UR-005 | DR-009
  */
@@ -18,7 +20,6 @@ import {
   showGlobalMiniPlayer,
   routeOwnsLayout,
   showBottomUi,
-  reservedBottomPadding,
 } from "./layoutShell";
 
 const authed = (pathname: string) => ({ pathname, isAuthenticated: true });
@@ -44,15 +45,14 @@ describe("showGlobalMiniPlayer", () => {
     expect(showGlobalMiniPlayer({ pathname: "/settings" })).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("does NOT depend on platform or on /library — the root owns it everywhere", () => {
-    // The signature intentionally has no `isAndroid` input: the old bug was a
-    // platform/route split that let a second in-flow mini player exist.
+  it("does NOT depend on platform or on /library — one code path everywhere", () => {
+    // The old bug was a platform/route split that let a second mini player exist.
     expect(showGlobalMiniPlayer({ pathname: "/library" })).toBe(true);
   });
 });
 
 describe("showBottomNav", () => {
-  it("shows on authenticated content routes including library", () => {
+  it("shows on authenticated content routes including library and settings", () => {
     expect(showBottomNav(authed("/library"))).toBe(true);
     expect(showBottomNav(authed("/"))).toBe(true);
     expect(showBottomNav(authed("/settings"))).toBe(true);
@@ -69,64 +69,55 @@ describe("showBottomNav", () => {
 });
 
 describe("routeOwnsLayout", () => {
-  it("is true for library/settings/player/login (they manage their own scroll)", () => {
+  it("is true for library/player/login (they render their own flex column + BottomUi)", () => {
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/library" })).toBe(true);
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/library/abc" })).toBe(true);
-    expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/settings" })).toBe(true);
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/player/x" })).toBe(true);
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/login" })).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("is false for routes that render into the root scroller", () => {
+  it("is false for routes that render into the root scroller (incl. settings)", () => {
+    // Settings has no +layout of its own; it must flow through the root scroller
+    // so the root's in-flow BottomUi renders below it (otherwise settings loses
+    // its nav, since the fixed-overlay nav no longer exists).
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/" })).toBe(false);
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/search" })).toBe(false);
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/downloads" })).toBe(false);
+    expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/settings" })).toBe(false);
   });
 });
 
-describe("layout invariant: a reservation owner exists wherever bottom UI shows", () => {
-  // The core anti-regression check. Every route falls into exactly one of two
-  // reservation regimes:
-  //   - route owns its layout  -> the route's own scroller reserves bottomUiHeight
-  //   - route does NOT own it   -> the root scroller reserves bottomUiHeight
-  // The bug was that the library route was implicitly a THIRD regime: it owned
-  // its layout, showed a fixed nav from the root, but reserved only 1rem. That
-  // can't recur now because library both owns its layout (so it reserves
-  // internally) and the mini player is root-owned (no second in-flow bar).
+describe("structural invariant: every route that shows bottom UI has a scroller above it", () => {
+  // With the in-flow model, "the bottom UI is a flex sibling below a scroller"
+  // must hold on every route where it shows. That scroller is provided by
+  // exactly one owner:
+  //   - routeOwnsLayout === true  -> the route's own column (header + main + BottomUi)
+  //   - routeOwnsLayout === false -> the root column (scroller + BottomUi)
+  // The forbidden state — bottom UI shows but no owning column renders a
+  // scroller + BottomUi pair — cannot occur because the two branches are total.
   const routes = ["/", "/search", "/downloads", "/library", "/library/abc", "/settings"];
 
   for (const pathname of routes) {
-    it(`${pathname}: exactly one reservation owner`, () => {
-      if (!showBottomUi(authed(pathname))) return; // no bottom UI -> nothing to reserve
-      // Ownership is a total boolean, so exactly one regime always applies —
-      // there is no route that shows bottom UI with no reservation owner.
+    it(`${pathname}: bottom UI shows and has a defined layout owner`, () => {
+      expect(showBottomUi(authed(pathname))).toBe(true);
       expect(typeof routeOwnsLayout({ pathname })).toBe("boolean");
     });
   }
 
-  it("library shows bottom UI AND owns its layout, so it reserves internally", () => {
-    // Directly pins the regression: library must NOT rely on the root scroller
-    // (it has none — the root gives owning routes a clipped, non-scrolling box).
+  it("library owns its layout, so it renders its own in-flow BottomUi", () => {
+    // Directly pins the original regression: library must render BottomUi inside
+    // its own column (the root gives owning routes a clipped, non-scrolling box).
     expect(showBottomUi(authed("/library"))).toBe(true);
     expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/library" })).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it("settings does NOT own its layout, so the root scroller + BottomUi cover it", () => {
+    expect(showBottomUi(authed("/settings"))).toBe(true);
+    expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/settings" })).toBe(false);
   });
 
-describe("reservedBottomPadding", () => {
-  it("returns an exact px fit when no extra room requested", () => {
-    expect(reservedBottomPadding(120)).toBe("120px");
-  });
-
-  it("adds breathing room via calc for layout-owning routes", () => {
-    expect(reservedBottomPadding(120, 1)).toBe("calc(120px + 1rem)");
-  });
-
-  it("never returns negative padding", () => {
-    expect(reservedBottomPadding(-50)).toBe("0px");
-    expect(reservedBottomPadding(-50, 1)).toBe("calc(0px + 1rem)");
-  });
-
-  it("reserves 1rem-only when the bottom UI is collapsed to 0 (nothing playing, nav-only measured elsewhere)", () => {
-    expect(reservedBottomPadding(0, 1)).toBe("calc(0px + 1rem)");
+  it("the full-screen player shows no bottom UI and owns its layout", () => {
+    expect(showBottomUi(authed("/player/x"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(routeOwnsLayout({ pathname: "/player/x" })).toBe(true);
   });
 });

src/lib/utils/layoutShell.ts

@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 /**
- * Pure layout-shell logic for the app's fixed bottom UI (mini player stacked
- * over the bottom nav).
+ * Pure layout-shell visibility rules for the app's bottom UI (mini player
+ * stacked over the bottom nav).
  *
  * These rules used to live as inline `$derived` booleans scattered across the
- * root and library `+layout.svelte` files, and diverged per platform/route —
- * which is exactly how the "last row hidden behind the nav" bug kept coming
- * back. The invariant is now a single source of truth:
+ * root and library `+layout.svelte` files and diverged per platform/route.
  *
- *   - The ROOT layout owns the single fixed bottom UI on every route/platform.
- *     There is no per-route/per-platform second mini player.
- *   - Whatever fixed bottom UI is showing has a live-measured height
- *     (`bottomUiHeight`), and every scroll container reserves exactly that much
- *     bottom space so the last row can never render behind the nav.
+ * The overlap bug ("last row hidden behind the nav") is now solved
+ * STRUCTURALLY, not by these rules: the bottom UI is rendered as an in-flow
+ * flex child below the scroller (see BottomUi.svelte), so the scroller is
+ * physically bounded above it and can never render behind it. There is no
+ * measurement and no reserved padding. These functions only decide *whether*
+ * each piece is visible on a given route.
  *
- * Keeping this pure makes the invariant unit-testable (jsdom has no layout
- * engine, so the geometry itself can't be tested — but the decision logic can).
+ * Keeping them pure makes the visibility contract unit-testable.
  *
  * TRACES: UR-005 | DR-009
  */
@@ -56,41 +54,24 @@ export function showGlobalMiniPlayer({ pathname }: { pathname: string }): boolea
 }
 
 /**
- * Routes that own their own full-height layout (their own scroll container +
- * bottom-space reservation). The root leaves these as a plain non-scrolling box
- * and does NOT add bottom padding — the route reserves `bottomUiHeight` itself.
- * Every other route scrolls in the root wrapper, which reserves the space.
+ * Routes that render their own full-height flex column (header + scroller +
+ * their own in-flow BottomUi). The root leaves these as a plain clipped box and
+ * does not render its own BottomUi. Every other route renders into the root's
+ * scroller, with the root's in-flow BottomUi as a flex sibling below it.
  */
 export function routeOwnsLayout({ pathname }: { pathname: string }): boolean {
   return (
     pathname.startsWith("/library") ||
-    pathname.startsWith("/settings") ||
     pathname.startsWith("/player/") ||
     pathname.startsWith("/login")
   );
 }
 
 /**
- * Whether any fixed bottom UI is showing for this route (mini player, nav, or
- * both). When true, the active scroll container must reserve `bottomUiHeight`.
+ * Whether any bottom UI is showing for this route (mini player, nav, or both).
+ * The bottom UI is rendered in flex flow below the scroller (see BottomUi.svelte),
+ * so this is purely a visibility question — there is no padding to reserve.
  */
 export function showBottomUi(input: BottomUiVisibilityInput): boolean {
   return showBottomNav(input) || showGlobalMiniPlayer({ pathname: input.pathname });
 }
-
-/**
- * The bottom padding (in CSS) a scroll container must reserve so its last row
- * clears the fixed bottom UI. `bottomUiHeight` is the live-measured height of
- * the root's fixed bottom UI wrapper.
- *
- * @param bottomUiHeight measured height in px of the fixed bottom UI (0 if none)
- * @param extraRem       breathing room added on top (routes that own their
- *                       layout add 1rem; the root wrapper reserves an exact fit)
- */
-export function reservedBottomPadding(
-  bottomUiHeight: number,
-  extraRem = 0,
-): string {
-  const px = Math.max(0, bottomUiHeight);
-  return extraRem > 0 ? `calc(${px}px + ${extraRem}rem)` : `${px}px`;
-}

src/routes/+layout.svelte

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   import { onMount, onDestroy } from "svelte";
   import { get } from "svelte/store";
   import { page } from "$app/stores";
-  import { goto } from "$app/navigation";
   import { platform } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-os";
   import "../app.css";
   import { auth, needsReauth, isAuthenticated } from "$lib/stores/auth";
@@ -13,72 +12,39 @@
   import { onReconnected as onCatalogReconnected, syncCatalog, refreshSyncStatus, showServerCatalog, lastCatalogSync } from "$lib/services/offlineCatalog";
   import { playbackMode } from "$lib/stores/playbackMode";
   import { sessions } from "$lib/stores/sessions";
-  import { currentMedia, isPlaying, playbackPosition, playbackDuration } from "$lib/stores/player";
   import ReauthModal from "$lib/components/auth/ReauthModal.svelte";
   import Toast from "$lib/components/Toast.svelte";
-  import MiniPlayer from "$lib/components/player/MiniPlayer.svelte";
   import SleepTimerModal from "$lib/components/player/SleepTimerModal.svelte";
-  import BottomNav from "$lib/components/BottomNav.svelte";
-  import { isInitialized, pendingSyncCount, isAndroid, showSleepTimerModal, bottomUiHeight } from "$lib/stores/appState";
+  import BottomUi from "$lib/components/BottomUi.svelte";
+  import { isInitialized, pendingSyncCount, isAndroid, showSleepTimerModal } from "$lib/stores/appState";
   import {
     showBottomNav as computeShowBottomNav,
     showGlobalMiniPlayer as computeShowGlobalMiniPlayer,
     routeOwnsLayout as computeRouteOwnsLayout,
-    showBottomUi as computeShowBottomUi,
-    reservedBottomPadding,
   } from "$lib/utils/layoutShell";
-  // Shuffle/repeat/next/previous come from the event-driven queue store, the
-  // single source of truth (updated instantly on queue_changed).
-  import { isShuffle as shuffle, repeatMode as repeat, hasNext, hasPrevious } from "$lib/stores/queue";
 
   let { children } = $props();
 
-  // The fixed bottom UI (mini player stacked over the bottom nav) is measured in
-  // real time and its height published to `bottomUiHeight`, so pages can reserve
-  // exactly that much space instead of guessing fixed rem values.
-  let bottomUiEl = $state<HTMLElement | null>(null);
-
-  // Route-level visibility for the fixed bottom UI (the mini player itself also
-  // self-gates on playback state; when it renders nothing the in-flow slot
-  // collapses to 0 and the ResizeObserver shrinks the reserved padding).
-  // All layout-shell visibility/reservation rules live in one pure, unit-tested
-  // module ($lib/utils/layoutShell) so they can't drift per route/platform.
-  // The root owns the single fixed bottom UI (mini player + nav) on every route;
-  // the library route used to render its own in-flow mini player, which double-
-  // stacked with this fixed one and hid the last row behind the nav.
+  // Layout-shell visibility rules live in one pure, unit-tested module
+  // ($lib/utils/layoutShell) so they can't drift per route/platform.
+  //
+  // The bottom UI (mini player + nav) is rendered IN FLEX FLOW below the
+  // scroller — never as a fixed overlay — so the list is physically bounded
+  // above it and cannot render behind it. There is nothing to measure or
+  // reserve; the old ResizeObserver/`bottomUiHeight`/padding scheme (which
+  // started at 0 and kept regressing into "last row hidden behind the nav") is
+  // gone. See BottomUi.svelte.
   const pathname = $derived($page.url.pathname);
   const showBottomNav = $derived(
     computeShowBottomNav({ pathname, isAuthenticated: $isAuthenticated })
   );
   const showGlobalMiniPlayer = $derived(computeShowGlobalMiniPlayer({ pathname }));
 
-  // The library and settings routes own their own full-height layout (their own
-  // scroll container + bottom-space reservation), so the root must leave their
-  // wrapper as a plain non-scrolling box. Every other top-level page (search,
-  // downloads, sessions, home) renders straight into the root, so the root
-  // wrapper has to scroll AND reserve the fixed bottom UI's height — otherwise
-  // the mini player / bottom nav overlay the last rows of content.
+  // Library/settings/player/login own their own full-height flex column
+  // (header + scroller + their own in-flow BottomUi), so the root just clips
+  // and lets them manage layout. Every other route renders into the root's
+  // scroller, with the root's in-flow BottomUi as a flex sibling below it.
   const routeOwnsLayout = $derived(computeRouteOwnsLayout({ pathname }));
-  const showBottomUi = $derived(
-    computeShowBottomUi({ pathname, isAuthenticated: $isAuthenticated })
-  );
-
-  $effect(() => {
-    const el = bottomUiEl;
-    if (!el) {
-      bottomUiHeight.set(0);
-      return;
-    }
-    const ro = new ResizeObserver((entries) => {
-      bottomUiHeight.set(entries[0]?.contentRect.height ?? el.offsetHeight);
-    });
-    ro.observe(el);
-    bottomUiHeight.set(el.offsetHeight);
-    return () => {
-      ro.disconnect();
-      bottomUiHeight.set(0);
-    };
-  });
 
   onMount(async () => {
     // Detect platform first (synchronously, before any await) so the global
@@ -210,13 +176,18 @@
          this wrapper must scroll and reserve the fixed bottom UI's measured
          height so the mini player / bottom nav never overlap the last rows. -->
     {#if routeOwnsLayout}
+      <!-- These routes own their own full-height flex column (header + scroller
+           + their own in-flow BottomUi), so the root just clips and steps back. -->
       <div class="flex-1 overflow-hidden">
         {@render children()}
       </div>
     {:else}
+      <!-- Scroller is flex-1/min-h-0; the in-flow BottomUi below is a flex
+           sibling, so the list is physically bounded above it and can never
+           render behind it. No measurement, no reserved padding. -->
       <div
         class="flex-1 overflow-y-auto min-h-0"
-        style="padding-bottom: {showBottomUi ? reservedBottomPadding($bottomUiHeight) : '0'}; overscroll-behavior: contain"
+        style="overscroll-behavior: contain"
       >
         {@render children()}
       </div>
@@ -228,44 +199,17 @@
     <!-- Toast notifications (global) -->
     <Toast />
 
-    <!-- Fixed bottom UI: mini player stacked over the bottom nav, both in normal
-         flow inside one measured wrapper. The wrapper's height is observed and
-         published to `bottomUiHeight` so pages reserve exactly this much space.
-         Mini player is first (visually on top, above the nav). -->
-    {#if showBottomNav || showGlobalMiniPlayer}
-      <div bind:this={bottomUiEl} class="fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 z-40 flex flex-col">
-        {#if showGlobalMiniPlayer}
-          <MiniPlayer
-            media={$currentMedia}
-            isPlaying={$isPlaying}
-            position={$playbackPosition}
-            duration={$playbackDuration}
-            shuffle={$shuffle}
-            repeat={$repeat}
-            hasNext={$hasNext}
-            hasPrevious={$hasPrevious}
-            className="flex-shrink-0"
-            onExpand={() => {
-              // Navigate to player page when mini player is expanded
-              if ($currentMedia) {
-                goto(`/player/${$currentMedia.id}`);
-              }
-            }}
-            onSleepTimerClick={() => showSleepTimerModal.set(true)}
-          />
+    <!-- Bottom UI (mini player + nav), in normal flex flow below the scroller.
+         Owned routes render their own BottomUi inside their own column instead. -->
+    {#if !routeOwnsLayout && (showBottomNav || showGlobalMiniPlayer)}
+      <BottomUi showMiniPlayer={showGlobalMiniPlayer} showNav={showBottomNav} />
     {/if}
 
-        {#if showBottomNav}
-          <BottomNav className="flex-shrink-0" />
-        {/if}
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- Sleep Timer Modal -->
+    <!-- Sleep Timer Modal (global) -->
     <SleepTimerModal
       isOpen={$showSleepTimerModal}
       onClose={() => showSleepTimerModal.set(false)}
     />
-    {/if}
   {:else}
     <div class="flex items-center justify-center h-screen">
       <div class="w-8 h-8 border-2 border-[var(--color-jellyfin)] border-t-transparent rounded-full animate-spin"></div>

src/routes/library/+layout.svelte

@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
   import { commands } from "$lib/api/bindings";
   import { auth, isAuthenticated, isLoading as isAuthLoading, currentUser } from "$lib/stores/auth";
   import { library } from "$lib/stores/library";
-  import { bottomUiHeight } from "$lib/stores/appState";
-  import { reservedBottomPadding } from "$lib/utils/layoutShell";
   import { useScrollGuard } from "$lib/composables/useScrollGuard";
   import Search from "$lib/components/Search.svelte";
+  import BottomUi from "$lib/components/BottomUi.svelte";
   import SleepTimerModal from "$lib/components/player/SleepTimerModal.svelte";
 
   // Scroll guard prevents accidental taps on library cards during/after scrolling (Android)
@@ -190,18 +189,20 @@
       </div>
     </header>
 
-    <!-- Main content. The fixed bottom UI (mini player + nav) is owned entirely
-         by the root layout on every platform, and its live-measured height is
-         published to `bottomUiHeight`. We reserve exactly that here (plus a
-         little breathing room) so the last row never hides behind the nav. -->
+    <!-- Main content. The BottomUi below is an in-flow flex sibling, so this
+         scroller is physically bounded above it and its last row can never
+         render behind the nav — no measurement, no reserved padding. -->
     <main
       class="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-4 min-h-0"
-      style="padding-bottom: {reservedBottomPadding($bottomUiHeight, 1)}; overscroll-behavior: contain"
+      style="overscroll-behavior: contain"
       onscroll={scrollGuard.onScroll}
     >
       {@render children()}
     </main>
 
+    <!-- Bottom UI (mini player + nav), in-flow below the scroller. -->
+    <BottomUi />
+
     <!-- Sleep Timer Modal -->
     <SleepTimerModal
       isOpen={showSleepTimerModal}

src/routes/settings/+page.svelte

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
   }
 </script>
 
-<div class="max-w-2xl mx-auto space-y-8 p-6 pb-24 h-full overflow-y-auto">
+<div class="max-w-2xl mx-auto space-y-8 p-6">
   <div>
     <h1 class="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-2">Audio Settings</h1>
     <p class="text-gray-400">Configure playback and audio processing</p>