Background music Android

Question

Okey, this is my problem. I have one service class where Ive managed to create media player to play music in background all time. Here is code:

package com.test.brzoracunanje;
import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.IBinder;

public class BackgroundSoundService extends Service {
private static final String TAG = null;
MediaPlayer player;
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {

    return null;
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate();
       player = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.test_cbr);
        player.setLooping(true); // Set looping
        player.setVolume(100,100);
        player.start();
}
@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
    super.onStart(intent, startId);
}
public void onDestroy() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onDestroy();
}

protected void onNewIntent() {
    player.pause();
}
}

But now I have problem when I click on HOME, or BACK button. It still plays music. Does anyone knows how to solve that problem?

And here is code how i call this service on class where I want to play music;

  Intent svc=new Intent(this, BackgroundSoundService.class);
    startService(svc);

Answer 1

AsyncTasks are good just for very short clips, but if it is a music file you will face problems like:

• You will not be able to stop/pause the music in middle. For me that is a real problem.

Here is few line from Android developers page about AsyncTasks

AsyncTasks should ideally be used for short operations (a few seconds at the most.) If you need to keep threads running for long periods of time, it is highly recommended you use the various APIs provided by the java.util.concurrent package such as Executor, ThreadPoolExecutor and FutureTask.

So currently I am looking in to other options and update the answer once I find the solution.