Android background music service

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I am developing an entertainment app in android  I want to play background music  and I want to use service for that  App have 3 activities and music must be played across all activities  Also  when activity is paused  music must PAUSE and stopped when destroyed  Can anyone tell me how to do this   any links or examples    Thank you

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Create a foreground service with the START STICKY flag    Override public int onStartCommand Intent startIntent  int flags  int startId       if  startIntent    null           String action   startIntent getAction           String command   startIntent getStringExtra CMD NAME          if  ACTION CMD equals action                if  CMD PAUSE equals command                    if  mPlayback    null  amp  amp  mPlayback isPlaying                         handlePauseRequest                                  else if  CMD PLAY equals command                    ArrayList lt Track gt  queue   new ArrayList lt  gt                    for  Parcelable input   startIntent getParcelableArrayListExtra ARG QUEUE                        queue add  Track  Parcels unwrap input                                    int index   startIntent getIntExtra ARG INDEX  0                  playWithQueue queue  index                                  return START STICKY      This can then be called from any activity to play some music  Intent intent   new Intent MusicService ACTION CMD  fileUrlToPlay  activity  MusicService  class java  intent putParcelableArrayListExtra MusicService ARG QUEUE  tracks  intent putExtra MusicService ARG INDEX  position  intent putExtra MusicService CMD NAME  MusicService CMD PLAY  activity startService intent    You can bind to the service using bindService and to make the Service pause stop from the corresponding activity lifecycle methods   Here s a good tutorial about Playing music in the background on Android

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Synxmax s answer is correct when using a Service and the MediaPlayer class  however you also need to declare the Service in the Manifest for this to work  like so    lt service     android enabled  true      android name  com package name BackgroundSoundService    gt

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i had problem to run it and i make some changes to run it with mp3 source  here is BackfrounSoundService java file  consider that my mp3 file is in my sdcard in my phone    public class BackgroundSoundService extends Service       private static final String TAG   null      MediaPlayer player       public IBinder onBind Intent arg0             return null              Override     public void onCreate             super onCreate            Log d  service    onCreate            player   new MediaPlayer            try               player setDataSource Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   getAbsolutePath       your file mp3              catch  IOException e                e printStackTrace                      player setLooping true      Set looping         player setVolume 100  100               public int onStartCommand Intent intent  int flags  int startId            Log d  service    onStartCommand            try               player prepare                player start              catch  IOException e                e printStackTrace                      return 1             public void onStart Intent intent  int startId               TO DO            public IBinder onUnBind Intent arg0               TO DO Auto-generated method         return null             public void onStop                 public void onPause                  Override     public void onDestroy             player stop            player release                Override     public void onLowMemory

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Do it without service   https   web archive org web 20181116173307 http   www rbgrn net content 307-light-racer-20-days-61-64-completion  If you are so serious about doing it with services using mediaplayer  Intent svc new Intent this  BackgroundSoundService class   startService svc       public class BackgroundSoundService extends Service       private static final String TAG   null      MediaPlayer player      public IBinder onBind Intent arg0             return null             Override     public void onCreate             super onCreate            player   MediaPlayer create this  R raw idil           player setLooping true      Set looping         player setVolume 100 100              public int onStartCommand Intent intent  int flags  int startId            player start            return 1             public void onStart Intent intent  int startId               TO DO           public IBinder onUnBind Intent arg0               TO DO Auto-generated method         return null             public void onStop                public void onPause                 Override     public void onDestroy             player stop            player release                Override     public void onLowMemory                Please call this service in Manifest  Make sure there is no space at the end of the  BackgroundSoundService string   lt service android enabled  true  android name   BackgroundSoundService    gt

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Theres an excellent tutorial on this subject at HelloAndroid regarding this very subject  Infact it was the first hit i got on google  You should try googling before asking here  as it is good practice

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I have found two great resources to share  if anyone else come across this thread via Google  this may help them   2018    One is this video tutorial in which you ll see practically how service works  this is good for starters    Link  -  https   www youtube com watch v p2ffzsCqrs8  Other is this website which will really help you with background audio player   Link  -  https   www dev2qa com android-play-audio-file-in-background-service-example   Good Luck

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way too late for the party here but i will still add my  0 02  Google has released a free sample called universal music player with which you can learn to stream music across all android platforms auto  watch mobile tv    it uses service to play music in the background  do check it out very helpful  here s the link to the project https   github com googlesamples android-UniversalMusicPlayer

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