major bug fixes

lib/shell/app_shell.dart

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import '../screens/now_playing_screen.dart';
 import '../screens/settings_screen.dart';
 import '../settings/settings_store.dart';
 import '../state/providers.dart';
+import '../state/remote_providers.dart';
 import '../theme/tokens.dart';
 import '../widgets/mini_player.dart';
 
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ class _AppShellState extends ConsumerState<AppShell>
     // PlaybackController.resyncFromPlayer).
     if (state == AppLifecycleState.resumed) {
       ref.read(playbackCommandsProvider).resyncFromPlayer();
+      // If we were controlling a remote device, the socket likely died while
+      // locked/backgrounded — reconnect at once instead of waiting out the
+      // session's backoff (bug-fixes #5).
+      ref.read(remoteControlProvider.notifier).onResume();
     }
   }
 
@@ -128,6 +133,10 @@ class _AppShellState extends ConsumerState<AppShell>
         ),
         bottomNavigationBar: SafeArea(
           top: false,
+          // Bottom inset is handled inside _StatusBar so its background paints
+          // flush to the screen edge (under the home indicator) instead of
+          // leaving a dead gap there.
+          bottom: false,
           child: Column(
             mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
             children: [
@@ -243,8 +252,12 @@ class _StatusBar extends ConsumerWidget {
     };
 
     return Container(
-      height: 22,
       color: TimbreColors.surface,
+      // Pad by the device's bottom safe-area inset so the surface color fills
+      // down to the physical edge while the 22px content row sits above the
+      // home indicator.
+      padding: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: MediaQuery.of(context).padding.bottom),
+      height: 22 + MediaQuery.of(context).padding.bottom,
       child: Row(
         children: [
           // Left: connection status — tap to open the server switcher.