HTC music app hijacking A2DP controls

[wormdood]

I run Listen and Doubletwist regularly over Bluetooth and if those apps aren't in the foreground, the HTC music app will hijack a play button press from headset even if it isn't running and Music and Listen/Doubletwist will start playing. Is there a setting to prevent this? I've looked and haven't found one. It is quite frustrating.

 

[walterwood44]

I have had the same problem but with both Listen and the music player playing at the same time.

 

[DirkBelig]

I had MixZing and Doubletwist players go off at the same time, playing different songs/artists though I was only using MixZing and had never used DT yet after downloading. Went into DT's settings and found it has set itself as the default app for Bluetooth headset controls. I have Sync in my Ford car, so that was pretty cheap and reminiscent of how RealPlayer used to take over your computer a decade ago.

 

[posguy99]

I understand from an android dev that there's some sort of priority system for the buttons... it's not just one of those "ok, mine now!" things.

For me, the HTC Music app has always won. It didn't matter whether it was Meridian, or ACast, or whatever it was fighting with.

I even get the alternate state behavior... where Meridian is playing something, you click the button to stop it, and the HTC Music player starts... you click it again, and the HTC app stops and Meridian starts up again.

This was the first reason I rooted my original Hero... so I could delete the HTC Music app.

With the Evo, I just deal with it.

 

[fr4nk1yn]

This was the first reason I rooted my original Hero... so I could delete the HTC Music app.

With the Evo, I just deal with it.

Your giving me a reason to root. This has been bugging me too. I was trying to control Pandora by AD2P, BTW Pandora for Android sucks, and it kept controlling the HTC player. Now I know.

 

[wormdood]

I guess I need to read up on rooting. Another plus will be getting rid of Sprint Nav and Nascar.

 

[DirkBelig]

What's wrong with Sprint Nav? I can understand dumping NASCAR and NFL, but why dump the perfectly good, free, navigation app?

 

[wormdood]

No need for it with Google Nav. I have it on my Pre and like it, but I don't use it on the EVO.