ExoPlayer and start / pause / seekTo commands

Question

I am trying to use ExoPlayer, as opposed to MediaPlayer and I can\'t seem to figure it out...

MediaPlayer has .start()

Answer 1

Here's how the example code does it for Exoplayer 2:

player.setPlayWhenReady(true);

starts playback, (false stops)

If the player is already in the ready state then this method can be used to pause and resume playback.

To seek, they use

boolean haveStartPosition = startWindow != C.INDEX_UNSET;
if (haveStartPosition) {
  player.seekTo(startWindow, startPosition);
}
player.prepare(mediaSource, !haveStartPosition, false);

So it seems you need to prepare after the seekTo.