Media‐3 Playback Components - devrath/MediaAlchemySuite GitHub Wiki
- It is a class that is used to send commands from outside the app.
- Example is
other app or the system itself.
- The commands are sent to the
underlying player of the associated media session.
-
MediaController class implements the player interface.
- When we call a method, The command gets sent to the associated
media-session.
- Client apps like
google assistant, use the media-controller to control the playback in the media session.
- It allows the user to navigate through the media in the app and select which item to play.
-
MediaBrowser implements both Player and the MediaController interfaces.
- Client app such as
AndroidAuto implements MediaBrowser.
- Media session allows your
app to interact with the player whether it's an audio or a video player.
- They advertise the media playback externally and receive commands from external sources.
- In the
media3 we need a player to execute commands and retrieve the current state.
- It holds the
Player and the PlayerSession in a separate service to facilitate background playback.
- It is similar to
media session service but instead it will hold the additional API's to serve your content library to media apps.
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