Android APIs
public final class

PlaybackState

extends Object
implements Parcelable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.media.session.PlaybackState

Class Overview

Playback state for a MediaSession. This includes a state like STATE_PLAYING, the current playback position, and the current control capabilities.

Summary

Nested Classes
class PlaybackState.Builder Builder for PlaybackState objects. 
class PlaybackState.CustomAction CustomActions can be used to extend the capabilities of the standard transport controls by exposing app specific actions to MediaControllers. 
Constants
long ACTION_FAST_FORWARD Indicates this session supports the fast forward command.
long ACTION_PAUSE Indicates this session supports the pause command.
long ACTION_PLAY Indicates this session supports the play command.
long ACTION_PLAY_FROM_MEDIA_ID Indicates this session supports the play from media id command.
long ACTION_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH Indicates this session supports the play from search command.
long ACTION_PLAY_FROM_URI Indicates this session supports the play from URI command.
long ACTION_PLAY_PAUSE Indicates this session supports the play/pause toggle command.
long ACTION_REWIND Indicates this session supports the rewind command.
long ACTION_SEEK_TO Indicates this session supports the seek to command.
long ACTION_SET_RATING Indicates this session supports the set rating command.
long ACTION_SKIP_TO_NEXT Indicates this session supports the next command.
long ACTION_SKIP_TO_PREVIOUS Indicates this session supports the previous command.
long ACTION_SKIP_TO_QUEUE_ITEM Indicates this session supports the skip to queue item command.
long ACTION_STOP Indicates this session supports the stop command.
long PLAYBACK_POSITION_UNKNOWN Use this value for the position to indicate the position is not known.
int STATE_BUFFERING State indicating this item is currently buffering and will begin playing when enough data has buffered.
int STATE_CONNECTING State indicating the class doing playback is currently connecting to a new destination.
int STATE_ERROR State indicating this item is currently in an error state.
int STATE_FAST_FORWARDING State indicating this item is currently fast forwarding.
int STATE_NONE This is the default playback state and indicates that no media has been added yet, or the performer has been reset and has no content to play.
int STATE_PAUSED State indicating this item is currently paused.
int STATE_PLAYING State indicating this item is currently playing.
int STATE_REWINDING State indicating this item is currently rewinding.
int STATE_SKIPPING_TO_NEXT State indicating the player is currently skipping to the next item.
int STATE_SKIPPING_TO_PREVIOUS State indicating the player is currently skipping to the previous item.
int STATE_SKIPPING_TO_QUEUE_ITEM State indicating the player is currently skipping to a specific item in the queue.
int STATE_STOPPED State indicating this item is currently stopped.
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Inherited Constants
From interface android.os.Parcelable
Fields
public static final Creator<PlaybackState> CREATOR
Public Methods
int describeContents()
Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.
long getActions()
Get the current actions available on this session.
long getActiveQueueItemId()
Get the id of the currently active item in the queue.
long getBufferedPosition()
Get the current buffered position in ms.
List<PlaybackState.CustomAction> getCustomActions()
Get the list of custom actions.
CharSequence getErrorMessage()
Get a user readable error message.
Bundle getExtras()
Get any custom extras that were set on this playback state.
long getLastPositionUpdateTime()
Get the elapsed real time at which position was last updated.
float getPlaybackSpeed()
Get the current playback speed as a multiple of normal playback.
long getPosition()
Get the current playback position in ms.
int getState()
Get the current state of playback.
String toString()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)
Flatten this object in to a Parcel.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.os.Parcelable

Constants

public static final long ACTION_FAST_FORWARD

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the fast forward command.

See Also
Constant Value: 64 (0x0000000000000040)

public static final long ACTION_PAUSE

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the pause command.

See Also
Constant Value: 2 (0x0000000000000002)

public static final long ACTION_PLAY

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the play command.

See Also
Constant Value: 4 (0x0000000000000004)

public static final long ACTION_PLAY_FROM_MEDIA_ID

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the play from media id command.

See Also
Constant Value: 1024 (0x0000000000000400)

public static final long ACTION_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the play from search command.

See Also
Constant Value: 2048 (0x0000000000000800)

public static final long ACTION_PLAY_FROM_URI

Added in API level 23

Indicates this session supports the play from URI command.

See Also
Constant Value: 8192 (0x0000000000002000)

public static final long ACTION_PLAY_PAUSE

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the play/pause toggle command.

See Also
Constant Value: 512 (0x0000000000000200)

public static final long ACTION_REWIND

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the rewind command.

See Also
Constant Value: 8 (0x0000000000000008)

public static final long ACTION_SEEK_TO

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the seek to command.

See Also
Constant Value: 256 (0x0000000000000100)

public static final long ACTION_SET_RATING

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the set rating command.

See Also
Constant Value: 128 (0x0000000000000080)

public static final long ACTION_SKIP_TO_NEXT

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the next command.

See Also
Constant Value: 32 (0x0000000000000020)

public static final long ACTION_SKIP_TO_PREVIOUS

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the previous command.

See Also
Constant Value: 16 (0x0000000000000010)

public static final long ACTION_SKIP_TO_QUEUE_ITEM

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the skip to queue item command.

See Also
Constant Value: 4096 (0x0000000000001000)

public static final long ACTION_STOP

Added in API level 21

Indicates this session supports the stop command.

See Also
Constant Value: 1 (0x0000000000000001)

public static final long PLAYBACK_POSITION_UNKNOWN

Added in API level 21

Use this value for the position to indicate the position is not known.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffffffffffff)

public static final int STATE_BUFFERING

Added in API level 21

State indicating this item is currently buffering and will begin playing when enough data has buffered.

See Also
Constant Value: 6 (0x00000006)

public static final int STATE_CONNECTING

Added in API level 21

State indicating the class doing playback is currently connecting to a new destination. Depending on the implementation you may return to the previous state when the connection finishes or enter STATE_NONE. If the connection failed STATE_ERROR should be used.

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Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

public static final int STATE_ERROR

Added in API level 21

State indicating this item is currently in an error state. The error message should also be set when entering this state.

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Constant Value: 7 (0x00000007)

public static final int STATE_FAST_FORWARDING

Added in API level 21

State indicating this item is currently fast forwarding.

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Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

public static final int STATE_NONE

Added in API level 21

This is the default playback state and indicates that no media has been added yet, or the performer has been reset and has no content to play.

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Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

public static final int STATE_PAUSED

Added in API level 21

State indicating this item is currently paused.

See Also
Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

public static final int STATE_PLAYING

Added in API level 21

State indicating this item is currently playing.

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Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

public static final int STATE_REWINDING

Added in API level 21

State indicating this item is currently rewinding.

See Also
Constant Value: 5 (0x00000005)

public static final int STATE_SKIPPING_TO_NEXT

Added in API level 21

State indicating the player is currently skipping to the next item.

See Also
Constant Value: 10 (0x0000000a)

public static final int STATE_SKIPPING_TO_PREVIOUS

Added in API level 21

State indicating the player is currently skipping to the previous item.

See Also
Constant Value: 9 (0x00000009)

public static final int STATE_SKIPPING_TO_QUEUE_ITEM

Added in API level 21

State indicating the player is currently skipping to a specific item in the queue.

See Also
Constant Value: 11 (0x0000000b)

public static final int STATE_STOPPED

Added in API level 21

State indicating this item is currently stopped.

See Also
Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

Fields

public static final Creator<PlaybackState> CREATOR

Added in API level 21

Public Methods

public int describeContents ()

Added in API level 21

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.

Returns
  • a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshalled by the Parcelable.

public long getActions ()

Added in API level 21

Get the current actions available on this session. This should use a bitmask of the available actions.

public long getActiveQueueItemId ()

Added in API level 21

Get the id of the currently active item in the queue. If there is no queue or a queue is not supported by the session this will be UNKNOWN_ID.

Returns
  • The id of the currently active item in the queue or UNKNOWN_ID.

public long getBufferedPosition ()

Added in API level 21

Get the current buffered position in ms. This is the farthest playback point that can be reached from the current position using only buffered content.

public List<PlaybackState.CustomAction> getCustomActions ()

Added in API level 21

Get the list of custom actions.

public CharSequence getErrorMessage ()

Added in API level 21

Get a user readable error message. This should be set when the state is STATE_ERROR.

public Bundle getExtras ()

Added in API level 22

Get any custom extras that were set on this playback state.

Returns
  • The extras for this state or null.

public long getLastPositionUpdateTime ()

Added in API level 21

Get the elapsed real time at which position was last updated. If the position has never been set this will return 0;

Returns
  • The last time the position was updated.

public float getPlaybackSpeed ()

Added in API level 21

Get the current playback speed as a multiple of normal playback. This should be negative when rewinding. A value of 1 means normal playback and 0 means paused.

Returns
  • The current speed of playback.

public long getPosition ()

Added in API level 21

Get the current playback position in ms.

public int getState ()

Added in API level 21

Get the current state of playback. One of the following:

public String toString ()

Added in API level 21

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and provide an implementation that takes into account the object's type and data. The default implementation is equivalent to the following expression: 

   getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

See Writing a useful toString method if you intend implementing your own toString method.

Returns
  • a printable representation of this object.

public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, int flags)

Added in API level 21

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
dest The Parcel in which the object should be written.
flags Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE.
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