Android application to Pause/Resume the music of another music player app

Question

In my Android application, I am playing different mp3 files using the MediaPlayer class.

The user is playing his/her own music with the default music application.

I want to:

1. Pause the music of the default music application.
2. Start playing music from my application.
3. When my music is done playing, my app will resume the user's default music.

I want to pause and resume the music of the default music player from my application.

Is it possible to do this?

Answer 1

To control currently playing music use this code.

    AudioManager mAudioManager = (AudioManager) c.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);

if(mode == Config.MUSIC_NEXT) {
                KeyEvent event = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_NEXT);
                mAudioManager.dispatchMediaKeyEvent(event);
            }else if(mode == Config.MUSIC_PLAY){
                KeyEvent event = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY);
                mAudioManager.dispatchMediaKeyEvent(event);
            }
            else if(mode == Config.MUSIC_PREV){
                KeyEvent event = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PREVIOUS);
                mAudioManager.dispatchMediaKeyEvent(event);
            }

infact this is the only code that is working for all music apps i used. checked with

• Google play music.
• Apple Music
• OnePlus music app

Answer 2

guys,try follow code,it worked for me:

// stop music player
AudioManager am = (AudioManager)context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
am.requestAudioFocus(null,AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC,AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT);

//resume music player

am.abandonAudioFocus(null);

Answer 3

The following code will pause a default MediaPlayer by sending a broadcast:

AudioManager mAudioManager = (AudioManager) this.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);    

if (mAudioManager.isMusicActive()) {

    Intent i = new Intent("com.android.music.musicservicecommand");

    i.putExtra("command", "pause");
    YourApplicationClass.this.sendBroadcast(i);
} 

Answer 4

// pause
Intent i = new Intent("com.android.music.musicservicecommand");
i.putExtra("command", "pause");
sendBroadcast(i);

// play
Intent i = new Intent("com.android.music.musicservicecommand");
i.putExtra("command", "play");
sendBroadcast(i);

// next
Intent i = new Intent("com.android.music.musicservicecommand");
i.putExtra("command", "next");
sendBroadcast(i);

// previous
Intent i = new Intent("com.android.music.musicservicecommand");
i.putExtra("command", "previous");
sendBroadcast(i);

Some more info about available commands:

public static final String SERVICECMD = "com.android.music.musicservicecommand";
public static final String CMDNAME = "command";
public static final String CMDTOGGLEPAUSE = "togglepause";
public static final String CMDSTOP = "stop";
public static final String CMDPAUSE = "pause";
public static final String CMDPLAY = "play";
public static final String CMDPREVIOUS = "previous";
public static final String CMDNEXT = "next";