MediaPlayer Service Android

Question

I am new to Android. I am creating service for Media Player so that it can continue to play song even if i close the application. I have created activity for Media Player an

Answer 1

You are on the right track. I have adapted from the SDK Samples; this is how I do it and it works great. From your ArrayList (in your activity NOT from the Service) call

onListItemClick

and start an intent that starts the music service:

startService(new Intent(MusicService.ACTION_PLAY));

In your manifest you will need to add:

And of course in your Music Service you need to receive the Intent:

public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    String action = intent.getAction();
    if (action.equals(ACTION_PLAY))
        processPlayRequest();
  }

Be sure to add Intents for skip, rewind, stop etc. Let me know if this helps.