setVolumeControlStream not working when a popup window is displayed

Question

I have this.setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); at the start of all activities in my application so when the user presses the volume up or down buttons, he controls the media volume.

I have a popup window in my program and when that appears the user can no longer control the volume.

Looking at similar questions it seems that setting up onKeyup/down listeners can interfere with the process - but I have not set any up - the only listeners I have for the popup window are setOnClickListeners for the buttons and a setOnDismissListener for the window.

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Looks like you have to call setOwnerActivity on the Dialog object.

Documentation from the method:

Sets the Activity that owns this dialog. An example use: This Dialog will use the suggested volume control stream of the Activity.

While not tested, this should do the trick. There is also the possibility to use setVolumeControlStream.