How do I determine if MediaElement is playing?

Question

Seems simple enough, but I cannot figure out any way to determine what the state of a MediaElement is. There are various properties for some states (such as IsBuffering) but

Answer 1

For the WPF MediaElement, here is the solution/workaround I use:

bool IsPlaying()
{
    var pos1 = wpfMediaElement.Position;
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1);
    var pos2 = wpfMediaElement.Position;

    return pos2 != pos1;
}

Answer 2

For Universal Windows 10 Platform (UWP) :

if ( yourMediaElement.CurrentState.ToString() == "Playing" ) 
{
    //nou yourMediaElement is playng
}

or below if you wana use an enum instead:

if (yourMediaElement.CurrentState == MediaElementState.Playing)
{
    //nou yourMediaElement is playng
}