Pause song when phone rings

Question

I am pretty new to android development.

I wish to pause the multimedia whenever the phone rings and then start again when the call ends.

how can that be done?

Answer 1

What you want is a BroadcastReceiver, which is notified, when the phone receives a call. Here you can find a Tutorial on this.

Answer 2

As per this answer: Pause music player on a phone call and again resume it after phone call in android

It would be easier to use a

PhoneStateListener

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/PhoneStateListener.html

Answer 3

Here there is my implementation example:

public class MyActivity extends Activity implements OnAudioFocusChangeListener {

    private AudioManager mAudioManager;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        ...
        mAudioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
        mAudioManager.requestAudioFocus(this, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN);
        ...
    }

    @Override
     public void onDestroy(){
         super.onDestroy();
         ...
         mAudioManager.abandonAudioFocus(this);
         ...
     }


    @Override
    public void onAudioFocusChange(int focusChange) {
        if(focusChange<=0) {
            //LOSS -> PAUSE
        } else {
            //GAIN -> PLAY
        }
    }   
}

I hope it's helpful for you :-)