Stopping & starting music on incoming calls

I have implemented an activity that plays media from a URL in Android.

In order to add pause functionality when a call is incoming I created a receiver that sets a variable when the call is coming. The activity reads this variable in onPause(), pauses the music and resets it. When the call is done and the activity is resumed, the music is resumed in onResume().

This works fine as long the activity has the focus. If I go back to home screen while the music is playing, and then the call comes, onPause() is not called. Hence, I can't stop and start the music.

Has anybody implemented a media player that intercepts incoming/outgoing calls and stops/starts music correctly?

Edit Report

You can try a broadcast receiver.

Create a class CallReceiver which extends BroadcastReceiver.

package com.example.callreceiver;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.telephony.PhoneStateListener;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;

public class CallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{
    TelephonyManager telManager;
    Context context;

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {


    this.context=context;

    telManager = (TelephonyManager)context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    telManager.listen(phoneListener, PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_CALL_STATE);

}

private final PhoneStateListener phoneListener = new PhoneStateListener() {
    @Override
    public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String incomingNumber) {
        try {
            switch (state) {
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING: {
                //PAUSE
            break;
            }
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK: {

            break;
            }
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_IDLE: {
                //PLAY
            break;
            }
            default: { }
            }
            } catch (Exception ex) {

            }
        }
    };
 }

Then Add this line in manifest.xml file to register it on the App

<receiver android:name="CallReceiver" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE" >
            </action>
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

answered 2012-11-05T14:00:13.263

Stopping & starting music on incoming calls

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