How Traditional media app works - devrath/MediaAlchemySuite GitHub Wiki

Consists of 2 main components

• Player --> which is used to render audio and video content.
• User Interface --> which is used to display the metadata of the content that is playing.

How communication happens

• The User Interface send the commands to the player.
• It sends the command to change the state of the eplayer.
• The commands can be pause,play,seek.
• it then receives the callback from the player once the state of the player changes

What is the problem

• The Android system does not have any idea what is happening with the player and what is currently playing.
• The other apps in the device also are not aware that currently a media is playing.
• So they cannot provide a convenient way for users to control the playback.