Detect pause/resume in ExoPlayer

Question

I searched two days for this question in github but i can\'t find true answer . I want example for detecting pause / resume in ExoPlayer > 2.x . An

Answer 1

Please try below code snipped. The player listener(onPlayerStateChanged) isn't good to observe play / pause action its called multiple time and also invoke while player configuring.

videoView.setControlDispatcher(object : DefaultControlDispatcher() {
            override fun dispatchSetPlayWhenReady(player: Player, playWhenReady: Boolean): Boolean {
                if (playWhenReady)
                  // Tap on Play button  
                else
                 // Tap on Pause button
                return super.dispatchSetPlayWhenReady(player, playWhenReady)
            }
        })