How to play audio in the background

[Daniel Trebbien]

What is a good way to play streaming audio in the background so that audio continues to play while the user switches between activities of the app, but stops whenever, for example, the user has an incoming phone call?

[Michael Rivera]

use a Service to play audio cause it will call the AUdio Service in Android

[Daniel Trebbien]

Michael Rivera wrote:use a Service to play audio cause it will call the AUdio Service in Android

Do you know of a good tutorial for this?

[Pratik Goswami]

Hi Daniel,

You can use AsyncTask to continue playing audio even if user switches or move to another screen.

Thanks & Regards
Pratik Goswami

[Ulf Dittmer]

You can use AsyncTask to continue playing audio even if user switches or move to another screen.

That's not a good idea, as AsyncTask's are part of the Activity, and thus eligible for termination whenever Android feels like it. Services are better suited for longer-running tasks.