Set lock screen background in Android (like Spotify do)

Question

I know that this topic has been already discussed here, here and here, and the answer seems to be that it is not possible.

But I recently installed Spotify in my Ne

Answer 1

Well, after trying some ways, I have a simple code here; Try using this method;

private void updateMetaData() {
    mediaSession =new MediaSessionCompat(context,"BXPlayer");

    Bitmap cover = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
            R.drawable.cover2); 

   mediaSession.setMetadata(new MediaMetadataCompat.Builder()
            .putBitmap(MediaMetadataCompat.METADATA_KEY_ALBUM_ART, cover)
            .putString(MediaMetadataCompat.METADATA_KEY_ARTIST, mSelectedSong.getArtist())
            .putString(MediaMetadataCompat.METADATA_KEY_ALBUM, mSelectedSong.getAlbum())
            .putString(MediaMetadataCompat.METADATA_KEY_TITLE, mSelectedSong.getTitle())
            .build());
}

then in your notification you need to set style to android.support.v4.media.app.NotificationCompat.MediaStyle() and set the media session token to use the current metadata. Check this snippet below;

builder.setStyle(new android.support.v4.media.app.NotificationCompat.MediaStyle()
            .setShowActionsInCompactView(0, 1, 2)
    .setMediaSession(mediaSession.getSessionToken()));
    return builder.build();

To work, you must include implementation "com.android.support:support-v4:$latest_version" in your app build.gradle And boom! you are good to go.