Stop Android Media Player loop that is started from a BroadcastReceiver

Question

I have a BroadcastReceiver that initiate a MediaPlayer and play a sound in loop. My Problem is, when the app is in the background and the receiver is triggered, the player plays the sound. Now I want to stop the player, when I open my app again. I tried to send a message to the receiver in onResume of an Activity but the instance of the player is null. How can I stop the player when I start / reopen my application?

Answer 1

Try to control MediaPlayer from Service and use Context.startService() and Context.stopService() and handle MediaPlayer in his lifecycle

Use this Intent:

final Intent mpServiceIntent = new Intent(context, MPService.class);

When your BroadcastReceiver gets triggered use:

startService(mpServiceIntent);

When the Activity.onCreate() called use:

stopService(mpServiceIntent);