Ability to use the ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON intent to play/pause/next music

[velazcod]

Example:

long eventtime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();

Intent downIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON, null);
KeyEvent downEvent = new KeyEvent(eventtime, eventtime,
KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE, 0);
downIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_KEY_EVENT, downEvent);
sendOrderedBroadcast(downIntent, null);

Intent upIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON, null);
KeyEvent upEvent = new KeyEvent(eventtime, eventtime,
KeyEvent.ACTION_UP, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE, 0);
upIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_KEY_EVENT, upEvent);
sendOrderedBroadcast(upIntent, null);


This will allow us to pause music players that support the
ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON intent (default players, pandora, etc). This
intent basically "simulates" the buttons on some headsets.

This would be a great feature.

[Pent]

Does that work ? Have you tested it ?

I had assumed it was a protected broadcast.

Pent

[Pent]

Nevermind, seems to work for the pause example at least. Will try the
others.

Thanks for the tip!

Pent

[Pent]

This one is in next version, I added it as a flag to the Android Media
Control option.

It's just called Media Control now.

I couldn't test it on a 3rd party player (I havn't got one).

Pent

[Daniel Velazco]

[Stefan Sarzio]

Works fine with BeyondPod, as far as I've tested.

[Pent]

Thanks Stefan.

Pent