Android - Open Music Player

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Is there any way to programatically open the Android Music Player?

I'm sure there is some kind of Intent somewhere but I cannot find it.

James

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 11 '12 at 19:01

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android.intent.action.MUSIC_PLAYER is your friend. See MediaStore on Android Docs for further information.

edited Apr 11 '12 at 19:01

James

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answered Oct 10 '10 at 11:40

hanspeide

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 07 '13 at 12:23

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Create a new intent:

Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.MUSIC_PLAYER");
startActivity(intent);

edited Jan 07 '13 at 12:23

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answered Feb 17 '12 at 09:38

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It is not working for me. My target platform is 8. Please let me know, if you need any additional information.. Please refer this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14106494/android-launch-music-player-via-service that I am looking for some help, please help me... – Ramesh Sangili Jan 04 '13 at 22:31

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 13 '12 at 17:43

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Since API level 15: action="android.intent.action.MAIN" category="android.intent.category.APP_MUSIC"

answered Dec 13 '12 at 17:43

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score -1 · Answer 4 · edited May 22 '14 at 13:16

since api 15 android.intent.action.MUSIC_PLAYER is deprecated try this code

try {
                String pkgname = "com.sec.android.app.music";
                PackageManager pkgmanager = getPackageManager();
                Intent intent = pkgmanager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(pkgname);
                startActivity(intent);
            } catch(Exception e) {
                // music player not found
            }

add this code on your on click listener and this will open the default music player

Android - Open Music Player

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