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Let's begin to write some code...

Here we are going to use AudioManager in android. AudioManager has OnAudioFocusChangeListener. The application listen the audio focus and when the other application started, our program will lose the AudioFocus.

First import the required library:

import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.app.Service;

Now we are going to create a class with constructor and extend it with Service. In here we will define AudioManager component variables. You can see what I mean below:

public class MusicPlayerService extends Service  {

    AudioManager mAudioManager;
    private boolean isAudioFocusGranted = false;
    final private AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener mOnAudioFocusChangeListener;

    public MusicPlayerService()
    {

    }
}

Now I can register a listener when the service started. I prefer to make it at constructor method. After registering listener we will check it with a function.

Below code block you can see how to register it in constructor:

public class MusicPlayerService extends Service  {

    AudioManager mAudioManager;
    private boolean isAudioFocusGranted = false;
    final private AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener mOnAudioFocusChangeListener;

    public MusicPlayerService()
    {
        mOnAudioFocusChangeListener = new AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener() {

            @Override
            public void onAudioFocusChange(int focusChange) {
                switch (focusChange) {
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN:
                        Log.i("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN");
                        //Start the player when audio focus gain back
                        startPlayer();
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT:
                        Log.i("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT");
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT_MAY_DUCK:
                        Log.i("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT_MAY_DUCK");
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS");
                        //Pause the player when audio focus gain back
                        pausePlayer();
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT");
                        //Pause the player when audio focus gain back
                        pausePlayer();
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT_CAN_DUCK:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT_CAN_DUCK");
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED");
                        break;
                    default:
                        //do whatever you want
                }
            }
        };
    }
}

Now we have registered our listener, we will check it when we want to check. Below code block will do it.

    private boolean requestAudioFocus() {
         //Check if audiofocus not granted
        if (!isAudioFocusGranted) {
            AudioManager am = (AudioManager) getAppContext().getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
            int result = am.requestAudioFocus(mOnAudioFocusChangeListener,
                    // Use the music stream.
                    AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC,
                    // Request permanent focus.
                    AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN);
            if (result == AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_GRANTED) {
                isAudioFocusGranted = true;
            } else {
                // Audio Focus Gain failed
            }
        }
        return isAudioFocusGranted;
    }

public class MusicPlayerService extends Service  {

    AudioManager mAudioManager;
    private boolean isAudioFocusGranted = false;
    final private AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener mOnAudioFocusChangeListener;


    private boolean requestAudioFocus() {
        //Check if audiofocus not granted
        if (!isAudioFocusGranted) {
            AudioManager am = (AudioManager) getAppContext().getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
            int result = am.requestAudioFocus(mOnAudioFocusChangeListener,
                    // Use the music stream.
                    AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC,
                    // Request permanent focus.
                    AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN);
            if (result == AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_GRANTED) {
                isAudioFocusGranted = true;
            } else {
                // Audio Focus Gain failed
            }
        }
        return isAudioFocusGranted;
    }

    public MusicPlayerService()
    {
        mOnAudioFocusChangeListener = new AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener() {

            @Override
            public void onAudioFocusChange(int focusChange) {
                switch (focusChange) {
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN:
                        Log.i("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN");
                        //Start the player when audio focus gain back
                        startPlayer();
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT:
                        Log.i("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT");
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT_MAY_DUCK:
                        Log.i("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT_MAY_DUCK");
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS");
                        //Pause the player when audio focus gain back
                        pausePlayer();
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT");
                        //Pause the player when audio focus gain back
                        pausePlayer();
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT_CAN_DUCK:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT_CAN_DUCK");
                        break;
                    case AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED:
                        Log.e("AUDIO_FOCUS", "AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED");
                        break;
                    default:
                        //do whatever you want
                }
            }
        };
    }

     private void fnc_playMusic(){

         //....... MUSIC CONFIGURATIONS
 
          if (!isAudioFocusGranted ) {
            if(requestAudioFocus()){
                // 2. Kill off any other play back sources
                fnc_stopMusic();
            }            
        }

         //....... A LITTLE MORE MUSIC CONFIGURATIONS

     }

}

We are ready for checking the AudioFocus. We can use it in our own music player applications.

That is all in this article

Have a good Requesting Audio Focus.

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