How to detect unplugged headphone jack in WinRT?

Question

Is there a way to get notified whenever a headphone jack is unplugged in a WinRT app? I want to be able to pause MediaElement playback when it happens to prevent the sound from leaking out through loudspeakers.

Answer 1

Try the following:

Windows::Devices::Enumeration::DeviceInformation::CreateWatcher(Windows::Devices::Enumeration::DeviceClass::AudioRender);

This works on WinRT.

See MSDN for more detail on the method: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/windows.devices.enumeration.deviceinformation.createwatcher