[rschiks]

What you could do is just have a one button

So when paused it shows the play button
When playing it shows a paused button.

And that will not mess with any spacing and keep it looking right.

A it how the play button works in the apple music app. Would that make the touch more responsive. ?

Thanks

The button is response....that's not the problem. The problem is that there are two buttons next to each other, and like you said, you touch in the middle of both buttons...where there's actually no button, but just empty space. The image is the button.