How to pause ExoPlayer 2 playback and resume (PlayerControl was removed)

Question

In ExoPlayer < 2.x there was a class PlayerControl with pause() and resume() functions but it was removed. I can't find a way to do this on ExoPlayer 2.

How can I pause and resume a playback?

Answer 1

You can use void setPlayWhenReady(boolean playWhenReady).
If Exo is ready, passing false will pause the player. Passing true will resume it. You can check the player's state using getPlaybackState().

Answer 2

This is my way. Create two methods and call them when needed.

private void pausePlayer(){     player.setPlayWhenReady(false);     player.getPlaybackState(); } private void startPlayer(){     player.setPlayWhenReady(true);     player.getPlaybackState(); } 

call them here

 @Override protected void onPause() {     super.onPause();    pausePlayer();  }  @Override protected void onResume() {     super.onResume();     startPlayer(); }