Android Code Snippet targetSdkVersion 34 foreground service for mediaPlayback

by following @Erel Update on this Post https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/background-location-tracking.99873/#post-993226

targeting Sdkversion = 34, if you have a foregroundservice that do media play back in the background you will need to add this to your manifest in order to migrate to targetsdk 34

' sdk 34
SetServiceAttribute(Your_Service_Name, android:foregroundServiceType, "mediaPlayback")
AddPermission(android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK)

Starting service Code

Private Sub StartForegroundService(Service As Object)
    Dim p As Phone
    If p.SdkVersion <= 26 Then
        StartService(Service)
        Return
    End If
    Dim ctxt As JavaObject
    ctxt.InitializeContext
    Dim intent As JavaObject
    intent.InitializeNewInstance("android.content.Intent", Array(ctxt, Service))
    ctxt.RunMethod("startForegroundService", Array(intent))
End Sub

here is a list of foreground service types.

Foreground service types | Background work | Android Developers

developer.android.com

in short

[camera=64, connectedDevice=16, dataSync=1, location=8, mediaPlayback=2, mediaProjection=32, microphone=128, phoneCall=4]

this code may not be useful on the next B4a Release, have a great day.

 

[Erel]

Note that the StartForegroundService code is not required unless you are trying to start the service from the background (from a Receiver most probably). In other cases you can simply call the StartService keyword.