Configure the Media Plugins

The off-the-shelf media plugin comes with default configuration. This configuration provides a default behavior, such as showing a mini player when music is playing. This configuration is based on the configuration-framework and can be changed if necessary. This guide explains this procedure.

If you want to configure the media frontend plugin for specific media sources, you can follow this guide: How to customize a media source.

Media plugin default configuration

The media plugin default configuration is defined as a resource file that contains configuration keys and their values. The following keys and values are defined in the media plugin:

examples/media/miniplayer/src/main/res/values/example-media-configuration.xml

1<resources>
2    <!-- Indicates whether the media frontend has a mini player or not; `true` by default. -->
3    <bool name="hasMiniPlayerConfigKey">true</bool>
4</resources>

Change the media plugin configuration

The media plugin default configuration can be changed by adding a custom configuration resource file in your application. The custom configuration overrides the default values with the ones provided. For an example, see the template/app/res/value/ttivi-media-configuration.xml file.

Configuring the mini player

When audio is playing, a mini player is shown on the home screen.

If you don't want to use the mini player provided with the off-the-shelf media plugin, or you want to implement your own frontend plugin for the mini player, you can configure it by setting the hasMiniPlayerConfigKey to false:

<bool name="hasMiniPlayerConfigKey">false</bool>