How to pause audio player when video player starts playing?

Question

I am developing an audio player, it can play the audio files in background. My problem is that I need to pause the audio player when video recorder or video player is starts.

Are there any methods to handle this task? For example I have PhoneStateListener to handle the calls. When I received a call or wnat to make a call we can pause the player by using call state. I want the same scenario for the video recorder or video player aswell. When video/recording starts I need to pause my audio player.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '13 at 06:14

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You need to detect if there are other apps request audio focus and pause your audio player. AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener should help. Here is some sample code

am = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
afChangeListener = new OnAudioFocusChangeListener() {
        public void onAudioFocusChange(int focusChange) {
            if (focusChange == AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT){
                // Pause playback
            } else if (focusChange == AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN) {
                // Resume playback 
            } else if (focusChange == AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS) {
                abandonAudioFocus();
            }
        }
    };

I did not try this code myself, let me know if it helps.

answered May 30 '13 at 06:14

Ethan

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what is the type of afChangeListener? – user2020417 May 30 '13 at 06:23
what is this abandonAudioFocus(); method? what I ahve to handle in this method? – user2020417 May 30 '13 at 06:32
am.abandonAudioFocus(afChangeListener); will abandon the audio focus. – Ethan May 30 '13 at 06:43
This article provide clearer explanation for the audio focus concept, got sample code as well. http://developer.samsung.com/android/technical-docs/Handling-Audio-Sound-from-Overlapping-with-VOIP-call – Ethan May 30 '13 at 06:44

How to pause audio player when video player starts playing?

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