Question

Should I just mute the volume onResume and set the volume level back onPause with AudioManager?

Or is there another proper way to do this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I think your answer lies in the documentation for setStreamMute().

The mute command is protected against
client process death: if a process
with an active mute request on a
stream dies, this stream will be
unmuted automatically.

The mute
requests for a given stream are
cumulative: the AudioManager can
receive several mute requests from one
or more clients and the stream will be
unmuted only when the same number of
unmute requests are received.

For a
better user experience, applications
MUST unmute a muted stream in
onPause() and mute is again in
onResume() if appropriate.