Diane, I am glad to hear that you are having a fine day. I understand that the Android lock screen does not currently support pausing and resuming audio playback.
I hope that this is something you will add to the list of things to include in a future Android OS update. Adding a broadcast event when a button on the lock screen is pressed is an easy to add this feature that will add a lot to the Android functionality. Audio applications already have to monitor the ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON broadcast events to catch events like KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_STOP, and KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK, so using one of these existing key events or adding another key event type to the ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON broadcasts would be a nice way to add this functionality. With the iPhone coming from an iPod background Apple didn't forget to include easy audio pause and play functionality. The Android has a different background and so it did somehow miss this important functionality. The Andorid OS has the ability to move quickly, and the new OS releases have come frequently and provided significant improvements. I think this is an area which would be easy to change and would provide important functionality that was overlooked. -- 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
