MediaBrowserServiceCompat instance is recreated every runtime changes

I have a Service using the new MediaBrowserServiceCompat to interact with my Player implementation.

Here's my service's onCreate()

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

    audioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);

    initMediaSession();
    initMediaPlayer();

}

and my initMediaSession()

private void initMediaSession() {
    Log.d(TAG, "initMediaSession: ");
    mediaSessionCompat = new MediaSessionCompat(getApplicationContext(), TAG);
    mediaSessionCompat.setCallback(new MediaSessionCompat.Callback() {
        // I override the methods here
    });
    mediaSessionCompat.setActive(true);

    // Method from MediaBrowserServiceCompat
    setSessionToken(mediaSessionCompat.getSessionToken());
}

I then access my MediaBrowserCompat in my Activity:

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    mediaBrowser = new MediaBrowserCompat(this, new ComponentName(this, MediaPlaybackService.class), mediaBrowserConnectionCallback, null);
    mediaBrowser.connect();
}



// I do stuff here



@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    if (mediaBrowser != null) {
        mediaBrowser.disconnect();
    }
}

Every time mediaBrowser.connect() is called my service is created and killed when mediaBrowser.disconnect() is called.

The problem is when the MediaSessionCompat is recreated I lose any metadata I created or playback state I might have saved.

Is it the way it is supposed to be or mm I doing it wrong ?

Also If it is supposed to be that way does it mean I have to save my metadata somewhere and recall MediaSessionCompat.setMetadata() every time I create a new MediaSessionCompat object? or is there a more efficient solution ?

Thank you