In Android, control (play/pause) media player from external code

Question

I\'m very new to Android programming. As a first hobby project, I\'d like to write a program to control the media player app, in particular play/pause (or toggle) or even be

Answer 1

The Following code is paused default Media Player via sendBroadcast:

   AudioManager mAudioManager = (AudioManager) this.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);    

    if (mAudioManager.isMusicActive()) {

    Intent i = new Intent("com.android.music.musicservicecommand");

    i.putExtra("command", "pause");
    YourApplicationClass.this.sendBroadcast(i);
    }