Stopping an Android service (when back to the foreground) not working

Question

Here is an issue I am facing when using a service in an Android app to play audio in the background.

The audio plays as expected in the background, and the app has a stop button that should be used to stop the audio play when the app comes back to the foreground. And this button is not working.

I use a class instance variable serviceIntent like this:

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    .....
    private var serviceIntent:Intent? = null
    .....
}

Here is how the service is started from the onStop() method of the main activity.

override fun onStop() {
    super.onStop()
    .....

    serviceIntent = Intent(this, AudioService::class.java)
    serviceIntent?.let {
        it.putExtra("audioPath", audioPath)
        it.putExtra("timePosit", playTimeStamp.toString())
        it.putExtra("playMode", playMode)
        .....
        startForegroundService(it)
    }
}

And here is how I try to stop the service when the stop button is tapped (but this is not working): (The two first lines are obviously only for debugging)

stopBtn.setOnClickListener {
    if (serviceIntent == null) println("There is no +++serviceIntent+++")
    else println("Trying to stop +++serviceIntent+++")

    serviceIntent?.let {stopService(it)}
}

I can see the message: "Trying to stop +++serviceIntent+++" indicating that serviceIntent is not null, but the audio playing does not stop.

Any relevant feedback by some more experienced user will be much appreciated.

Does this answer your question? https://stackoverflow.com/a/43212570/6819340 — Darshan, Sep 20 '22 at 06:00
Yes, looking at the post of your link led me to a solution. Thank you. — Michel, Sep 20 '22 at 06:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '22 at 06:02

You need to stop the audio service as well before you stop your service.if you are using audio manager try stopping like this and pass listener _audioFocusChangeListener of OnAudioFocusChangeListener interface.

AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
        audioManager.abandonAudioFocus(_audioFocusChangeListener);

Stopping an Android service (when back to the foreground) not working

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