Question

This is probably a newbie question, but how can I pause and resume my media player in a service from my activity. Here is what I have set up so far, but it is not working.

pause.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            MyService.pauseSong();
        }
    });

In my service is this:

public void pauseSong(){       
    if (mediaPlayer.isPlaying() == true){
        mediaPlayer.pause();
        notificationManagerPlay.cancel(5);
        pauseplay = 0;
    }
}

Your help is appreciated so much!

Answer 1

Make a wrapper static singelton class for MediaPlayer and you can access it from anywhere.

For an example you can look here: Creating sound effects in android

As for singleton – Singleton wiki