Thanks for the reply. So I guess Android is missing a clean concept here...?
The problem is that if a user has installed several media (e.g. music) players, it is not clear which player will be started. Most likely, all of them are registered for the ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON intent, and hence all of them might start playing music... If the players abort the broadcast once received, I guess the other players won't receive it anymore... But still, there is no possibility for the user to choose which player should take control. I've noticed that some players just set an extremely high priority value for the intent (and thus basically try to make themselves the default player). This is definitely not the intended way of handling the issue, because in the end, only the user can decide which of two installed players should be launched (i.e. which one s/he wants to be his/her default player, and which one might be used for special cases only). Any thoughts on that? On Nov 11, 4:14 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > The media button is a broadcast Intent, not an activity Intent. Hence, > it doesn't go through the normal chooser-style stuff like you see with > activity Intents (e.g., default browser). > > You can listen for the ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON broadcast. The > documentation does not say it is an ordered broadcast, so I assume all > applications that have registered for it will receive it. > > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:06 AM, michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I wonder whether there is a concept in Android that allows a user to > > define which application should be launched if a headset media button > > is pressed..? > > > This would be something similar as the concept of a "default browser" > > or "default e-mail application" that is launched when a website should > > be opened or a mail needs to be sent. As far as I know such a concept > > at least exists for a browser on Android. > > > Is there something like a "default media player" that is started when > > the user hits the headset's play button? If so, how could my > > application inform the system that it is a potential candidate for the > > "default media player" application? > > > Thanks, > > > Michael > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
