Question

My android app creates a MediaPlayer() and plays a looping song. I need to have it stop playing when the user leaves the app. I also need to get at the volume buttons somehow, to let users adjust the songs volume… Any Ideas?

MediaPlayer mp;

public void setupMediaPlayer()
{
    mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.song);
    mp.setLooping(true);
    mp.start(); 
}

public void stopMediaPlayer()
{
    mp.stop();
}

Answer 1

Per the first half of your question: you should get what you want if you call stopMediaPlayer() inside onPause() and onDestroy(). Example:

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    stopMediaPlayer();
}

Per the second half: Try taking a look at the AudioManager class (particularly AUDIO_FOCUS_GAIN), and see if that can handle what you’re looking for.

Make sure the looping audio makes sense in the context of the app, though…if there’s one thing I don’t miss from the amateur websites of the mid-90’s it’s that awful MIDI background music that everyone seemed to put in them…