I want to get MediaMetadata (song title / artist) from the current playing android audio source for any app (spotify, google play, soundcloud, YouTube, blackplayer, etc) and am trying to use MediaMetadataRetriever.setDatSource
Currently I have a function 'getActiveNotifications' in 'MainActivity.java' that gets called whenever a button is pressed, my code looks like this:
public void getActiveNotifications(View view) {
String temp ="temp";
Log.i("myTag", "Logging active notifications:");
//get data from MediaMetaData somehow? Always displays correct string in Logcat
MediaMetadataRetriever mmr = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
//mmr.setDataSource("CURRENT APP PLAYING MUSIC (googlePlay / Spotify / Soundcloud etc)");
mmr.setDataSource("https://somewebsite.com/somefile.mp3", new HashMap<String,String>());
//extract metadata and save to string
String albumName = mmr.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_TITLE);
Log.i("myTag", "done with function. ");
}
Can I use .setDatSource generally for any music app or does it work for files only?
I can see updateMediaMetaData in Logcat printing media metadata of the currently playing song working for both music streaming and file playing apps (see pic)
Am I on the correct track here? Is there a way I can use .getDataSource on streaming / fileplayer apps for whatever the currently playing audio source is?
any help much appreciated, thanks