I have Spotify and want to use the title and Song name in my Application. (Final Goal would be to export it to my Liveview watch, so that I can contron Spotify with it)
As there is a Spotify-Widget, I simply would like to add a Broadcast Recevier to get the Data sent to the widget.
So I add a Broadcast receiver, and as far as I understand the concept, this should suffice and I then should be able to get the data Spotify sends to the widget.
According to the Documentation, you can do everything with a Broadcast Receiver you could do with a Widget Manager, so I think a Broadcast Receiver is fine.
I made a Debug log Entry, and a Toast, as soon as the on_receive is called, so there should be at least something.
From the error messages I know that if you don't have the widget, Spotify always trys to send the data to it, so I am quite sure, that the mistake is on my side.
My Code as Follows:
(shortened for brevity, later to be as a service or something, for now) The textview shall later show the Title
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// für den Song
IntentFilter iF = new IntentFilter();
iF.addCategory("ComponentInfo");
iF.addCategory("com.spotify.mobile.android.service.SpotifyIntentService");
iF.addCategory("com.spotify.mobile.android.service.SpotifyService");
iF.addAction("com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.SpotifyWidget");
iF.addAction("ComponentInfo");
iF.addAction("com.spotify");
iF.addAction("com.spotify.mobile.android.service.SpotifyIntentService");
iF.addAction("com.spotify.mobile.android.service.SpotifyService");
iF.addAction("com.android.music.metachanged");
iF.addAction("com.android.music.playstatechanged");
iF.addAction("com.android.music.playbackcomplete");
iF.addAction("com.android.music.queuechanged");
iF.addAction("com.spotify.mobile.android.ui");
registerReceiver(mReceiver, iF);
// albumtext = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.albumText);
}
private BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
Log.d("onReceive launched", "kekse");
String action = intent.getAction();
String cmd = intent.getStringExtra("command");
String com = intent.getStringExtra("ComponentInfo");
Log.d("mIntentReceiver.onReceive ", action + " / " + cmd+ " / "+ com);
String artist = intent.getStringExtra("artist");
String album = intent.getStringExtra("album");
String track = intent.getStringExtra("track");
Log.d("Music",artist+":"+album+":"+track);
Toast.makeText(context, "Command : "+cmd+"\n Artist : "+artist+" Album :"+album+"Track : "+track+" " , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
};
For Completeness, here my my Manifest-File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="de.KarlheinzMeier.SpotifyController"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name="de.KarlheinzMeier.SpotifyControllerActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.ComponentInfo" />
</intent-filter>
<receiver android:name="com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.SpotifyWidget" android:label="Kekse">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.spotify.mobile.android.service.SpotifyService" />
<action android:name="com.spotify.mobile.android.service.SpotifyIntentService" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
PS: I know that as soon as the internal Data Format changes, my App will break, as it is for private use only, I don't mind, so please no discussions about that. If there WAS an API, I'd take it, as there is none ...