Android knowing if music is playing in specific instance of MediaPlayer

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I'd like to know if my Specific MediaPlayer instance is playing sound/music. MediaPlayer has the isPlaying method but it returns true even if the player is buffering and not playing.

Any idea how to know if MediaPlayer really plays sound?

Thanks.

can you use a MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener to tell you anything? — dldnh, Mar 11 '12 at 16:28
maybe this would help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7499037/android-mediaplayer-chopping-in-background — dldnh, Mar 11 '12 at 16:30
I know AudioManager can be used, but it's general and not for a specific MediaPlayer. — AlikElzin-kilaka, Mar 11 '12 at 16:32
@didnh, OnBufferingUpdateListener can return always buffering, even while playing and while not playing. — AlikElzin-kilaka, Mar 11 '12 at 16:34
Well, I maintain an `isPaused` flag, and set it to true/false when I pause/start the MediaPlayer for my applications. But I am not sure if there is an actual method which answers your question. — Rikonator, Mar 11 '12 at 17:29
Sometimes I don't have control over the state of the player, like pausing/playing using a headpiece button or when buffering. — AlikElzin-kilaka, Mar 12 '12 at 09:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 12 '12 at 06:27

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You can check the state of AudioPlayer by isMusicActive() method by respective method. The code snippet is as below :

AudioManager ar = (AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
if(ar.isMusicActive()) {
    //used
}

edited Mar 12 '12 at 06:27

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Tried it and, as with MediaPlayer.isPlaying(), even if the music isn't playing (like buffering), the value is still true. – AlikElzin-kilaka Mar 12 '12 at 09:28
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Also, it is a too generic method and does not query the specific MediaPlayer instance. – AlikElzin-kilaka Mar 12 '12 at 09:31
i have one problem when i stop the mediaplayer it is not stopping while opening app again – Jan 11 '13 at 05:33

Android knowing if music is playing in specific instance of MediaPlayer

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