audio - Android Google Music app stops when my intro video plays

Question

I'm using a VideoView in my Android app to display the intro animation.

If the Google Music App is playing music in the background, calling videoview.start() stops music playing in Google Music App in the background.

Is there a way to make sure any music in the background will keep playing at the same time with my intro video? (it has no audio)

Thank you!

Answer 1

Turns out Google Music App and a few other apps will stop their music when any video starts playing.

In order to make sure I'm not interrupting the listening experience for my users I now skip the intro video if I determine that there is music playing in the background.

To do this:

AudioManager am = (AudioManager) getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);

if (am.isMusicActive()) {
    loadApp();   // skip video and go straight to the app
}
else {
    videoView.start();  // play video
}