MediaBrowserService

public abstract class MediaBrowserService
extends Service

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.Context
     ↳ android.content.ContextWrapper
       ↳ android.app.Service
         ↳ android.service.media.MediaBrowserService


Base class for media browser services.

Media browser services enable applications to browse media content provided by an application and ask the application to start playing it. They may also be used to control content that is already playing by way of a MediaSession.

To extend this class, you must declare the service in your manifest file with an intent filter with the SERVICE_INTERFACE action. For example:

 <service android:name=".MyMediaBrowserService"
          android:label="@string/service_name" >
     <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.media.browse.MediaBrowserService" />
     </intent-filter>
 </service>
 

Summary

Nested classes

class MediaBrowserService.BrowserRoot

Contains information that the browser service needs to send to the client when first connected. 

class MediaBrowserService.Result<T>

Completion handler for asynchronous callback methods in MediaBrowserService

Constants

String SERVICE_INTERFACE

The Intent that must be declared as handled by the service.

Inherited constants

Public constructors

MediaBrowserService()

Public methods

void dump(FileDescriptor fd, PrintWriter writer, String[] args)

Print the Service's state into the given stream.

final Bundle getBrowserRootHints()

Gets the root hints sent from the currently connected MediaBrowser.

final MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo getCurrentBrowserInfo()

Gets the browser information who sent the current request.

MediaSession.Token getSessionToken()

Gets the session token, or null if it has not yet been created or if it has been destroyed.

void notifyChildrenChanged(String parentId)

Notifies all connected media browsers that the children of the specified parent id have changed in some way.

void notifyChildrenChanged(String parentId, Bundle options)

Notifies all connected media browsers that the children of the specified parent id have changed in some way.

IBinder onBind(Intent intent)

Return the communication channel to the service.

void onCreate()

Called by the system when the service is first created.

abstract MediaBrowserService.BrowserRoot onGetRoot(String clientPackageName, int clientUid, Bundle rootHints)

Called to get the root information for browsing by a particular client.

abstract void onLoadChildren(String parentId, Result<List<MediaBrowser.MediaItem>> result)

Called to get information about the children of a media item.

void onLoadChildren(String parentId, Result<List<MediaBrowser.MediaItem>> result, Bundle options)

Called to get information about the children of a media item.

void onLoadItem(String itemId, Result<MediaBrowser.MediaItem> result)

Called to get information about a specific media item.

void setSessionToken(MediaSession.Token token)

Call to set the media session.

Inherited methods

Constants

SERVICE_INTERFACE

Added in API level 21
public static final String SERVICE_INTERFACE

The Intent that must be declared as handled by the service.

Constant Value: "android.media.browse.MediaBrowserService"

Public constructors

MediaBrowserService

public MediaBrowserService ()

Public methods

dump

Added in API level 21
public void dump (FileDescriptor fd, 
                PrintWriter writer, 
                String[] args)

Print the Service's state into the given stream. This gets invoked if you run "adb shell dumpsys activity service <yourservicename>" (note that for this command to work, the service must be running, and you must specify a fully-qualified service name). This is distinct from "dumpsys <servicename>", which only works for named system services and which invokes the IBinder#dump method on the IBinder interface registered with ServiceManager.

Parameters
fd FileDescriptor: The raw file descriptor that the dump is being sent to.

writer PrintWriter: The PrintWriter to which you should dump your state. This will be closed for you after you return.

args String: additional arguments to the dump request.

getBrowserRootHints

Added in API level 24
public final Bundle getBrowserRootHints ()

Gets the root hints sent from the currently connected MediaBrowser. The root hints are service-specific arguments included in an optional bundle sent to the media browser service when connecting and retrieving the root id for browsing, or null if none. The contents of this bundle may affect the information returned when browsing.

Returns
Bundle

Throws
IllegalStateException If this method is called outside of onGetRoot(String, int, Bundle) or onLoadChildren(String, Result) or onLoadItem(String, Result).

getCurrentBrowserInfo

Added in API level 28
public final MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo getCurrentBrowserInfo ()

Gets the browser information who sent the current request.

Returns
MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo

Throws
IllegalStateException If this method is called outside of onGetRoot(String, int, Bundle) or onLoadChildren(String, Result) or onLoadItem(String, Result).

getSessionToken

Added in API level 21
public MediaSession.Token getSessionToken ()

Gets the session token, or null if it has not yet been created or if it has been destroyed.

Returns
MediaSession.Token

notifyChildrenChanged

Added in API level 21
public void notifyChildrenChanged (String parentId)

Notifies all connected media browsers that the children of the specified parent id have changed in some way. This will cause browsers to fetch subscribed content again.

Parameters
parentId String: The id of the parent media item whose children changed. This value cannot be null.

notifyChildrenChanged

Added in API level 24
public void notifyChildrenChanged (String parentId, 
                Bundle options)

Notifies all connected media browsers that the children of the specified parent id have changed in some way. This will cause browsers to fetch subscribed content again.

Parameters
parentId String: The id of the parent media item whose children changed. This value cannot be null.

options Bundle: The bundle of service-specific arguments to send to the media browser. The contents of this bundle may contain the information about the change. This value cannot be null.

onBind

Added in API level 21
public IBinder onBind (Intent intent)

Return the communication channel to the service. May return null if clients can not bind to the service. The returned IBinder is usually for a complex interface that has been described using aidl.

Note that unlike other application components, calls on to the IBinder interface returned here may not happen on the main thread of the process. More information about the main thread can be found in Processes and Threads.

Parameters
intent Intent: The Intent that was used to bind to this service, as given to Context.bindService. Note that any extras that were included with the Intent at that point will not be seen here.

Returns
IBinder Return an IBinder through which clients can call on to the service.

onCreate

Added in API level 21
public void onCreate ()

Called by the system when the service is first created. Do not call this method directly.

onGetRoot

Added in API level 21
public abstract MediaBrowserService.BrowserRoot onGetRoot (String clientPackageName, 
                int clientUid, 
                Bundle rootHints)

Called to get the root information for browsing by a particular client.

The implementation should verify that the client package has permission to access browse media information before returning the root id; it should return null if the client is not allowed to access this information.

Parameters
clientPackageName String: The package name of the application which is requesting access to browse media. This value cannot be null.

clientUid int: The uid of the application which is requesting access to browse media.

rootHints Bundle: An optional bundle of service-specific arguments to send to the media browser service when connecting and retrieving the root id for browsing, or null if none. The contents of this bundle may affect the information returned when browsing.

Returns
MediaBrowserService.BrowserRoot The BrowserRoot for accessing this app's content or null.

onLoadChildren

Added in API level 21
public abstract void onLoadChildren (String parentId, 
                Result<List<MediaBrowser.MediaItem>> result)

Called to get information about the children of a media item.

Implementations must call result.sendResult with the list of children. If loading the children will be an expensive operation that should be performed on another thread, result.detach may be called before returning from this function, and then result.sendResult called when the loading is complete.

In case the media item does not have any children, call Result#sendResult with an empty list. When the given parentId is invalid, implementations must call result.sendResult with null, which will invoke MediaBrowser.SubscriptionCallback#onError.

Parameters
parentId String: The id of the parent media item whose children are to be queried. This value cannot be null.

result Result: The Result to send the list of children to. This value cannot be null.

onLoadChildren

Added in API level 24
public void onLoadChildren (String parentId, 
                Result<List<MediaBrowser.MediaItem>> result, 
                Bundle options)

Called to get information about the children of a media item.

Implementations must call result.sendResult with the list of children. If loading the children will be an expensive operation that should be performed on another thread, result.detach may be called before returning from this function, and then result.sendResult called when the loading is complete.

In case the media item does not have any children, call Result#sendResult with an empty list. When the given parentId is invalid, implementations must call result.sendResult with null, which will invoke MediaBrowser.SubscriptionCallback#onError.

Parameters
parentId String: The id of the parent media item whose children are to be queried. This value cannot be null.

result Result: The Result to send the list of children to. This value cannot be null.

options Bundle: The bundle of service-specific arguments sent from the media browser. The information returned through the result should be affected by the contents of this bundle. This value cannot be null.

onLoadItem

Added in API level 23
public void onLoadItem (String itemId, 
                Result<MediaBrowser.MediaItem> result)

Called to get information about a specific media item.

Implementations must call result.sendResult. If loading the item will be an expensive operation result.detach may be called before returning from this function, and then result.sendResult called when the item has been loaded.

When the given itemId is invalid, implementations must call result.sendResult with null.

The default implementation will invoke MediaBrowser.ItemCallback#onError.

Parameters
itemId String: The id for the specific MediaBrowser.MediaItem.

result Result: The Result to send the item to.

setSessionToken

Added in API level 21
public void setSessionToken (MediaSession.Token token)

Call to set the media session.

This should be called as soon as possible during the service's startup. It may only be called once.

Parameters
token MediaSession.Token: The token for the service's MediaSession.