Android Google Music app stops when my intro video plays

Question

I\'m using a VideoView in my Android app to display the intro animation.

If the Google Music App is playing music in the background, calling videoview.start() stops

Answer 1

Turns out Google Music App and a few other apps will stop their music when any video starts playing.

In order to make sure I'm not interrupting the listening experience for my users I now skip the intro video if I determine that there is music playing in the background.

To do this:

AudioManager am = (AudioManager) getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);

if (am.isMusicActive()) {
    loadApp();   // skip video and go straight to the app
}
else {
    videoView.start();  // play video
}