Alternative to the deprecated AudioManager.isWiredHeadsetOn?

Question

The method AudioManager.isWiredHeadsetOn() is deprecated from api level 14, how do we now detect if a wired headset is connected?

Answer 1

This is my solution:

private boolean isHeadsetOn(Context context) {
    AudioManager am = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);

    if (am == null)
        return false;

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        return am.isWiredHeadsetOn() || am.isBluetoothScoOn() || am.isBluetoothA2dpOn();
    } else {
        AudioDeviceInfo[] devices = am.getDevices(AudioManager.GET_DEVICES_OUTPUTS);

        for (AudioDeviceInfo device : devices) {
            if (device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_WIRED_HEADSET
                    || device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_WIRED_HEADPHONES
                    || device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_BLUETOOTH_A2DP
                    || device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_BLUETOOTH_SCO) {
                return true;
            }
        }
    }
    return false;
}

Answer 2

The documentation's deprecation message states:

Use only to check is a headset is connected or not.

So I guess it is okay to keep using it to check whether or not a wired headset is connected, but not to check whether or not audio is being routed to it or played over it.

Answer 3

Try this solution. It's working in my case. May be this helps you!

IntentFilter iFilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG);
Intent iStatus = context.registerReceiver(null, iFilter);
boolean isConnected = iStatus.getIntExtra("state", 0) == 1;