Pausing a service in background in android

Question

I am working on an app in which I am playing media player using service. The app is working fine but when i receive a call or a message, the music keeps on playing. My requirement is when I get a call, the music should be paused and on call disconnection, it should resume from where it has stopped. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

I am not sure how you coded your app but this should help you. Check out this How to know the moment when the called person picks up his phone You would just need to pause the music in the switch statement for the specified event

TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
tm.listen(mPhoneListener, PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_CALL_STATE);

private PhoneStateListener mPhoneListener = new PhoneStateListener() {
    public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String incomingNumber) {
        try {
            switch (state) {
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING:
                // do something...
                break;

            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK:
                // this state is the one you're looking for
                break;

            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_IDLE:
                // do something...
                break;
            default:
                Log.d(TAG, "Unknown phone state=" + state);
            }
        } catch (RemoteException e) {}
    } 
};

EDIT: here is another link Detect if an outgoing call has been answered