Android launching music player using intent

Question

Is it possible to open the music app from my app in android, or is it best to write a whole new music app inside of mine. I would rather use theirs since the user will already be comfortable with it.

Bistro

Answer 1

I found one way to do this.

Intent intent = new Intent();  
intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);  
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(YOUR_SONG_PATH), "audio/*");  
startActivity(intent);

Bistro

How to check the media player is app is availbe or not on the device – Antaeus

This doesn't work on the Nexus 6 (opens in photos app) – Targett

@Targett try audio/mp3 instean of audio/* – Sherikasherill

When I try this Android Studio says startActivity() wants a context instead of an intent. My compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion are 28. – Wastrel

For me I needed to use startActivity(getContext(), intent, null). Now it's working like a charm! Thanks!! I'm doing this from inside an adapter if that makes any difference. – Wastrel

@Wastrel i dont see such method startActivity(getContext(), intent, null) exists – Dade

You need to add intent.resolveActivity(CONTEX.getPackageManager()) in if statement to make sure the app won't crash if no app can't handle the request. – Fuel

Answer 2

To simply launch the music player do:

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER);
startActivity(intent);

Stepup

plz will you tell me what all things should be done after writing the above code of yours.your help will really be beneficial for me and others – Rooke

Note that this action was deprecated in favor of CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC – Polarity

MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER is deprecated!! – Walkabout

This answer is now obsolete as this action was deprecated. Follow this link to learn how to use Intent.CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC. – Broida

Answer 3

This works for older versions and you May get FileUriExposed Exception due to the security Update in the latest Versions. To avoid that use the following code

 try{
        File file = new File(filepath);
        String mimeType = "audio/*";
        Uri fileURI = FileProvider.getUriForFile(
                getApplicationContext(),
                getApplicationContext()
                        .getPackageName() + ".provider", file);
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setDataAndType(fileURI, mimeType);
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
        startActivity(intent);
    }catch (Exception e){
        Log.e(TAG,"-------------------------------------------------------FAILED TO PLAY SONG "+e);
    }

Add the Following in AndroidManifest.xml

<provider
        android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
        android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
        android:exported="false"
        android:grantUriPermissions="true">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
            android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" />
</provider>

Create a file provider_paths.xml under res/xml/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<external-path
    name="external_files"
    path="."/>
</paths>

Casmey

Answer 4

There are number of way by which you can achieve default audio player but those are device and OS specific.

With this code snippet you can get default audio player.

try
    {
    Intent myIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    File file = new File("audiofilepath"); 
    String extension = android.webkit.MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(Uri.fromFile(file).toString());
    String mimetype = android.webkit.MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
    myIntent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file),mimetype);
    startActivity(myIntent);
    }
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
         e.printStackTrace();
    }

Averi

Answer 5

You can also try this one.

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

Rebut

This API is now obsolete. – Dendy