android - How to pause ExoPlayer 2 playback and resume (PlayerControl was removed)

Question

In ExoPlayer < 2.x there was a class PlayerControl with pause() and resume() functions but it was removed. I can't find a way to do this on ExoPlayer 2.

How can I pause and resume a playback?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40555405/how-to-pause-exoplayer-2-playback-and-resume-playercontrol-was-removed

Answer 1

You can use void setPlayWhenReady(boolean playWhenReady).
If Exo is ready, passing false will pause the player. Passing true will resume it. You can check the player's state using getPlaybackState().