Alternative to the deprecated AudioManager.isWiredHeadsetOn?

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The method AudioManager.isWiredHeadsetOn() is deprecated from api level 14, how do we now detect if a wired headset is connected?

score 27 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 08 '20 at 04:03

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This is my solution:

private boolean isHeadsetOn(Context context) {
    AudioManager am = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);

    if (am == null)
        return false;

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        return am.isWiredHeadsetOn() || am.isBluetoothScoOn() || am.isBluetoothA2dpOn();
    } else {
        AudioDeviceInfo[] devices = am.getDevices(AudioManager.GET_DEVICES_OUTPUTS);

        for (AudioDeviceInfo device : devices) {
            if (device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_WIRED_HEADSET
                    || device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_WIRED_HEADPHONES
                    || device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_BLUETOOTH_A2DP
                    || device.getType() == AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_BLUETOOTH_SCO) {
                return true;
            }
        }
    }
    return false;
}

edited Jul 08 '20 at 04:03

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answered Aug 17 '17 at 03:57

Bingerz

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The deprecation of `isWiredHeadsetOn` and `isBluetoothA2dpOn` is from API 14. What should have been done between 14 and before M (23) ? I think even the docs are weird here, so I wrote this: issuetracker.google.com/issues/111788828 . Anyway, is it expected to work fine with this workaround for accepting calls : https://stackoverflow.com/a/29651130/878126 (replacement for `isWiredHeadsetOn`) ? – android developer Jul 25 '18 at 11:46
Maybe you have to expand your solution, The document said that TYPE_WIRED_HEADSET: A device type describing a headset, which is the combination of a headphones and microphone. https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioDeviceInfo.html#TYPE_WIRED_HEADSET – Leon Chang Nov 30 '18 at 08:59

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '13 at 15:03

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The documentation's deprecation message states:

Use only to check is a headset is connected or not.

So I guess it is okay to keep using it to check whether or not a wired headset is connected, but not to check whether or not audio is being routed to it or played over it.

answered Jan 18 '13 at 15:03

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I guess the answer is as simple as that. I find it confusing to deprecate a method, if its not really deprecated, it just changed purpose a bit. Anyway, thanks. :) – Bjarke Freund-Hansen Jan 23 '13 at 07:20

score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 20 '14 at 07:17

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Try this solution. It's working in my case. May be this helps you!

IntentFilter iFilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG);
Intent iStatus = context.registerReceiver(null, iFilter);
boolean isConnected = iStatus.getIntExtra("state", 0) == 1;

edited Nov 20 '14 at 07:17

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answered Nov 20 '14 at 06:24

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But this won't tell you about the headset state when you plug in the headset BEFORE launching your app. – goodfellow Feb 26 '19 at 08:11

Mehdi Raeisi · Answer 4 · 2019-10-04T22:28:14.280

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It works for me correctly:

if(context.registerReceiver(null, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG)).getIntExtra("state", 0)==1){
//if(audioManager.isWiredHeadsetOn()){
    System.out.println("Headset is wiredOn");
}
else{
    System.out.println("Headset is not wiredOn");
}

edited Oct 04 '19 at 22:28

answered Oct 04 '19 at 22:20

Mehdi Raeisi

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 15 '20 at 01:12

IntentFilter iFilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG);
Intent iStatus = context.registerReceiver(null, iFilter);
boolean isConnected = iStatus.getIntExtra("state", 0) == 1;

I do know this code can be used on which andorid platform version. It does not work for me on Android 8. Result iStatus is null.

score -2 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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we have to be using broadcast Receivers for finding the status of bluetooth connection.

Here is a good example

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Mar 25 '14 at 08:11

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