Android application to Pause/Resume the music of another music player app

Question

In my Android application, I am playing different mp3 files using the MediaPlayer class.

The user is playing his/her own music with the default music application.

I want to:

1. Pause the music of the default music application.
2. Start playing music from my application.
3. When my music is done playing, my app will resume the user's default music.

I want to pause and resume the music of the default music player from my application.

Is it possible to do this?

Answer 1

The following code will pause a default MediaPlayer by sending a broadcast:

AudioManager mAudioManager = (AudioManager) this.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);    

if (mAudioManager.isMusicActive()) {

    Intent i = new Intent("com.android.music.musicservicecommand");

    i.putExtra("command", "pause");
    YourApplicationClass.this.sendBroadcast(i);
}