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

This document outlines the specific foreground service types required for apps targeting Android 14 (API level 34) and higher, detailing their manifest declarations, associated permissions, runtime prerequisites, and intended use cases.

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.