# SDL: android: Fix aaudio resume-from-freeze

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-android-fix-aaudio-resume-from-freeze/69753>\
**Category:** SDL Commits\
**Created:** [November 3, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-android-fix-aaudio-resume-from-freeze/69753 "2026-11-03T22:50:46Z")\
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> <https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/8548caa6f43d15d0b5b727a685a7ec5b50219d87>
>
> (cherry picked from commit f7c5d8e1305fa90dbb169ce58da8220c1e8fdba4)

```diff
From 8548caa6f43d15d0b5b727a685a7ec5b50219d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rachel Blackman <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 13:04:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] android: Fix aaudio resume-from-freeze

(cherry picked from commit f7c5d8e1305fa90dbb169ce58da8220c1e8fdba4)
---
 src/audio/aaudio/SDL_aaudio.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/audio/aaudio/SDL_aaudio.c b/src/audio/aaudio/SDL_aaudio.c
index c2e9b032947d7..28a0e72d3f09a 100644
--- a/src/audio/aaudio/SDL_aaudio.c
+++ b/src/audio/aaudio/SDL_aaudio.c
@@ -249,9 +249,13 @@ static int AAUDIO_RecordDevice(SDL_AudioDevice *device, void *buffer, int buflen
     struct SDL_PrivateAudioData *hidden = device->hidden;
 
     // AAUDIO_dataCallback picks up our work and unblocks AAUDIO_WaitDevice. But make sure we didn't fail here.
- if (SDL_GetAtomicInt(&hidden->error_callback_triggered)) {
- SDL_SetAtomicInt(&hidden->error_callback_triggered, 0);
- return -1;
+ const aaudio_result_t err = (aaudio_result_t) SDL_GetAtomicInt(&hidden->error_callback_triggered);
+ if (err) {
+ SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_AUDIO, "aaudio: Recording device triggered error %d (%s)", (int) err, ctx.AAudio_convertResultToText(err));
+
+ if (!RecoverAAudioDevice(device)) {
+ return -1; // oh well, we went down hard.
+ }
     }
 
     SDL_assert(buflen == device->buffer_size); // If this isn't true, we need to change semaphore trigger logic and account for wrapping copies here
@@ -528,6 +532,12 @@ static bool ResumeOneDevice(SDL_AudioDevice *device, void *userdata)
             if (res != AAUDIO_OK) {
                 LOGI("SDL Failed AAudioStream_requestStart %d", res);
                 SDL_SetError("%s : %s", SDL_FUNCTION, ctx.AAudio_convertResultToText(res));
+
+ // A stream that can't start again stays silent, and no error callback reports it: the audio server
+ // closes the streams of an app frozen in the background, and its requestStart then fails with
+ // AAUDIO_ERROR_DISCONNECTED. Flag it as AAUDIO_errorCallback does, so PlayDevice builds a new stream.
+ SDL_SetAtomicInt(&hidden->error_callback_triggered, (int) res);
+ SDL_SignalSemaphore(hidden->semaphore); // in case we're blocking in WaitDevice.
             }
         }
     }

```