Android Question Background Music Not Stopping

[Mohamed Akbarally]

Hi, I'm running some background music through a service, but the only problem is that when the app is exited(running in completely in the background) the music continues to play. Is there a way to kill the music when there are no activities visible?

 

[NJDude]

Stop the service in Activity_Pause.

 

[Mohamed Akbarally]

Stop the service in Activity_Pause.

i have more than one activity and i dont want the music to stop when the second activity is open?

 

[NJDude]

Then on the Main activity capture the BACK key and ask if the user wants to exit the app, if yes, then kill the service as it exits.

 

[Mohamed Akbarally]

Then on the Main activity capture the BACK key and ask if the user wants to exit the app, if yes, then kill the service as it exits.

ya but if they click the "home" button instead of the back key doesn't the music continue to play?

 

[NJDude]

Ok here's the deal, services run in the background, so, you will have to find a way to stop them, in this case, by exiting the app (like I explained previously), the HOME key cannot be captured but it will pause the app, so in conclusion, you can only stop the music playing IF the user EXITS the app.

 

[Mohamed Akbarally]

Ok here's the deal, services run in the background, so, you will have to find a way to stop them, in this case, by exiting the app (like I explained previously), the HOME key cannot be captured but it will pause the app, so in conclusion, you can only stop the music playing IF the user EXITS the app.

OK then forget services, is there any possible way to implement background music into an application that runs seamlessly across multiple activities, and closes at exit? there must be some way, how do other apps do it?

 

[NJDude]

You have to use a service.