Background Playing

ByteArk Player SDK for Android supports continuing audio playback when the user switches apps or locks the screen, via withBackgroundPlaying() on ByteArkPlayerBuilder.

Usage

val playerBuilder = ByteArkPlayerBuilder.Builder()
  .withContext(this)
  .withControl()
  .withBackgroundPlaying()
  .build()

You also need to declare the FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission and ByteArkPlayerService in AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>
<application>
  <service
    android:name="com.byteark.bytearkplayercore.handler.exoplayer.service.ByteArkPlayerService"
    android:enabled="true"
    android:exported="true"/>
</application>

Note

When playing in the background the player shows a Media notification so the viewer can control playback from the notification panel.