I'm trying to get Spotify to resume playback when launched from an intent but not having much luck. I think I'm close I can get Spotify to launch, and if I specify a search for an artist it will auto play but really I just want it to resume what I was last playing which I have not gotten to work yet. This site made it seem possible but with what I have so far Spotify just launches and goes to the search screen. http://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#PlaySearch
Here is my code so far:
final Intent intent1 = new Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH);
intent1.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.spotify.music", "com.spotify.music.MainActivity"));
intent1.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS, "vnd.android.cursor.item/*");
intent1.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, "");
intent1.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
if (intent1.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent1);
}
Took me a while to figure this out so I thought I would post the solution I used. I looped through all the packages that subscribe to Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON and that is when I found the component name I needed to get this to work:
private void playPlayMusic() {
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON);
i.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.spotify.music", "com.spotify.music.internal.receiver.MediaButtonReceiver"));
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_KEY_EVENT,new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY));
sendOrderedBroadcast(i, null);
i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON);
i.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.spotify.music", "com.spotify.music.internal.receiver.MediaButtonReceiver"));
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_KEY_EVENT,new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_UP, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY));
sendOrderedBroadcast(i, null);
}
Here is a routine for searching by Artist and playing in Spotify:
public void playSearchArtist(String artist) {
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH);
intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.spotify.music", "com.spotify.music.MainActivity"));
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS, MediaStore.Audio.Artists.ENTRY_CONTENT_TYPE);
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_ARTIST, artist);
intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, artist);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}