MediaSessionManager

Added in 1.1.0

Kotlin |Java

class MediaSessionManager

Provides support for interacting with media sessions that applications have published to express their ongoing media playback state.

See also
`MediaSessionCompat`
`MediaControllerCompat`

Summary

Nested types
`class MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo` This class is deprecated. androidx.media is deprecated.

class MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo

This class is deprecated.

androidx.media is deprecated.

Public functions
`java-static MediaSessionManager`	`getSessionManager(context: Context)` Gets an instance of the media session manager associated with the context.
`Boolean`	`isTrustedForMediaControl(userInfo: MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo)` Checks whether the remote user is a trusted app.

Added in 1.1.0

Deprecated in 1.8.0-alpha01

java-static fun getSessionManager(context: Context): MediaSessionManager

Gets an instance of the media session manager associated with the context.

Returns
`MediaSessionManager`	The MediaSessionManager instance for this context.

Added in 1.1.0

Deprecated in 1.8.0-alpha01

fun isTrustedForMediaControl(userInfo: MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo): Boolean

Checks whether the remote user is a trusted app.

An app is trusted if the app holds the android.Manifest.permission.MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL permission or has an enabled notification listener.

Parameters
`userInfo: MediaSessionManager.RemoteUserInfo`	The remote user info from either `getCurrentControllerInfo` and `getCurrentBrowserInfo`.

Returns
`Boolean`	`true` if the remote user is trusted and its package name matches with the UID. `false` otherwise.