How to show playback notification for basic player implementation

[Debayudh]

Is there a way to show the playback notification for basic player implementation without having to implement MediaSessionService and all? I think this was possible in exoplayer with PlayerNotificationManager, but it seems that does not work in media3.

[marcbaechinger]

Sorry for my late response.

There is still a PlayerNotificationManager available in the UI module. Have you tried using this? The notification may look a bit different than what is provided by the DefaultMediaNotificationProvider. However, starting with API 32 the UMO will be displayed instead of the notification.

You need to set the platform session token with setSessionToken(MediaSession.Token)? You can get the platform token by calling session.getPlatformToken() to get that token.

Let me know whether this works for you if you try.