ADB command to click on Play/Pause button when multiple music applications are installed in Android Phone

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When multiple music applications installed in android phone, When I click on Play/Pause button in one music application using adb command. It is clicking on some other music application in background and playing the music. How to resolve this?

I used below adb commands to click on Play/Pause button.

adb shell input keyevent 85

looks like `keyevent 85` is broadcasted through whole system, not in a single application. — Vladyslav Matviienko, Jul 17 '19 at 06:52
How to make it work for foreground application using adb command? — Jagan777, Jul 17 '19 at 06:57
you can try using `adb shell input touchscreen tap ` where `X` and `Y` are the coordinates fof pause button on the screen — Vladyslav Matviienko, Jul 17 '19 at 07:10
Thank you so much. But, I am using different mobiles. So, X and Y coordinates will changes for each mobile. In this case can we use any other command using resource ID to perform Play/Pause Action? — Jagan777, Jul 17 '19 at 08:54
you can calculate it based on screen size, etc. But in general - it is not a good way to go if you have multiple devices. — Vladyslav Matviienko, Jul 17 '19 at 09:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '19 at 02:08

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Hi probably you miss this How can I play a mp3 file via adb command with google play music on android kitkat 4.4.4?

To play

adb shell input keyevent 126

To stop

adb shell input keyevent 127

answered Jul 19 '19 at 02:08

KNewman Liuu

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(adb shell input keyevent 126) is working for android 4.0 version but not above 4.0. Not sure why it is not working. – Jagan777 Jul 23 '19 at 13:04
My phone version is 5.1, but it works.Have you seen this? https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent – KNewman Liuu Jul 24 '19 at 01:54
I try this, and this work https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17829606/android-adb-stop-application-command-like-force-stop-for-non-rooted-device adb shell am force-stop – KNewman Liuu Jul 24 '19 at 05:57
Actually, I am working on 2 music applications which I have to test the scenarios: 1) to launch Google application -----> first play the song & Pause the song ---------> closing the application. 2) to launch Samsung application-----> Play song After launching the samsung application When I give keyevent 85 or 126, it is playing the first music applications song which is google music. But I want the song to play/pause in samsung which is foreground application. how to handle when two application need to launch and play song one after the other in Android 9.0? – Jagan777 Jul 24 '19 at 06:00
Even after force-stop it is not working. Force-stop is working in 4.4.4 version but not on Android 9.0. Any other command works here for Android version 9.0? – Jagan777 Jul 24 '19 at 06:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '20 at 10:43

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To pause/play for both audio and video we can use both,

adb shell input keyevent 126
adb shell input keyevent 127

These are verified for Android 9+ devices.

answered Jan 27 '20 at 10:43

visahan ashok

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ADB command to click on Play/Pause button when multiple music applications are installed in Android Phone

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