Android Stop Background Music

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Answer 1

In each activity, bind to the service in onStart() and unbind from the service in onStop(). When start the service, only bind to it and do not call startService(...).

By calling startService() the service will continue to run until stopService() is called, regardless of the number of activities bound to it. If you don't call start service, then the service will automatically stop once all activities have unbound from it.

So by binding and unbinding on each activity's onStart() and onStop() methods, you will find that the service (music) will continue until you leave your application with the home button, back key, screen timeout, etc.