Thanks for your response. I did look there. As a matter of fact, if you look at the first Stackoverflow link<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11040497/can-you-start-the-default-music-player-in-the-background>I posted, I tried a Service for launching the music player in the background. But it didn't work. I tried doing it two different ways... I tried the way shown in the post where it was just a basic service that usedSTART_STICKY, then set the data and type of the intent and used startService. That did nothing. I also tried using the service to launch the file as a new intent (Activity) and that did launch the player, but it launched to the user and hitting back or home shut it down again. I may have been doing something wrong but if I was, I'm not sure what it is. If you can take a look at what I did and advise what I missed, it would be appreciated. Also... since I successfully set up an AsyncTask for downloading a file, I thought maybe I can do that to launch the player as well. That, too, launched the player to the user and trying to get back to my app closed it down. All I want to do is play the file in the default music player so that if the user closes out of the app, the player still goes. I could make my own player using MediaPlayer, but I'm trying to avoid that since, as a user, I would rather it just pull up in my current music player.
As for my other issue, I'm not sure how a Service could help my PendingIntent from the notification communicate with an AsyncTask that is running in the background. I still need to know how to reference it. The other Stackoverflow link<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11001723/android-how-do-i-access-an-asynctask-from-a-pendingintent-created-by-a-status-b>I posted as more detail as to what I tried there, but I tried using the PendingIntent to launch the AsyncTask so I could access it after the user interacted with the dialog and that was a disaster. On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:22:40 PM UTC-4, MagouyaWare wrote: > > The answer to both problems is most likely going to be using background > services... So, I would start by looking here: > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Shino wrote: > >> Hello. I'm new here and new to Android Development. >> I'm working on my first app and it was coming along really well until I >> ran into a couple of road blocks that I'm not sure what to do with. >> I've done a lot of searching without any luck and I've posted questions >> on StackOverflow but they have not been answered. I will reference them in >> the post. >> >> First, I'm developing for 2.2. I am not against developing for 2.3 if >> that may solve my issues. >> >> The first one is that I have 2 spots in the app where I would like to >> launch the device's default music player and play a file (one form storage >> and one streamed from an internet location). And that works fine, but as >> soon as I hit back or home to try and get back to my app, the music player >> closes and the playback stops. I did notice that if I brought down the >> notification pane and clicked on the notification that is created, then hit >> back, it would continue to play in the background. But having to go there >> each time just to keep it playing is a hassle for the user. Is there >> anyway to launch it in the background and have it keep playing. I tried >> starting the activity in an AsyncTask too and the same thing happens >> (Default music player shows up to the user and finishes when hitting back >> or home). >> More info: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11040497/can-you-start-the-default-music-player-in-the-background >> >> The second issue is that I have an AsyncTask that downloads the file in >> the background and creates a notification. When the user clicks on the >> notification, the Activity that goes off from the PendingIntent displays a >> dialog asking if they want to stop the download (if it's not already >> complete). Problem here is I'm not sure how to let the AsyncTask know that >> the task should be canceled. How do I access the AsyncTask from the >> Activity that creates the Dialog? >> More info: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11001723/android-how-do-i-access-an-asynctask-from-a-pendingintent-created-by-a-status-b >> >> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. >> These are the last 2 kinks I have to work out and I've been trying to get >> them figured out for over a week now. I feel like I'm missing some easy >> solution to both. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
