Android: Volume media/ringer mode reseting on minimise

Question

This is an existing bug that was recently noticed by a user. On android devices normally the volume buttons change the ringer volume. When a sound is played in air, it switches to a separate media volume setting as expected, and appears to stay this way for a few seconds afterward before switching back to ringer. The problem is when a user presses the home key to minimise the app before the cooldown period elapses to do something else, the volume gets stuck on media and stays that way, unless the user goes back to the app and the time elapses.
This is an issue for me since my app plays background music all the time, so the cooldown time never elapses and thus this bug always occurs on minimise. My guess is it has something to do with background music being enabled. Is there a way to disable background music?

Answer 1

Hi AdaptedArts,
You can use Event.DEACTIVATE event to stop the background music. Event.DEACTIVATE is called when the application loses focus e.g. phone call, press home button.
for example, if you have music playing in a sound channel then you can use the below code to stop music:
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.addEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, deactivateMusic);
function deactivateMusic(event:Event):void {
      // application is now losing focus
      musicChannel.stop();    // stops the music, "musicChannel is a SoundChannel"
Also, if you want to start the music again, then use Event.ACTIVATE event.
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.addEventListener(Event.ACTIVATE, activateMusic);
function activateMusic(event:Event):void {
      musicChannel = mySong.play();   
Hope this will helps.
Regards,
Nimit