Enable Media Volume Slider in Android application.

Question

Some Android programs trigger the "media volume" slider when the hardware volume up/down buttons are pressed. My application seems to set the ringer volume when the hardware buttons are pressed.

How would I enable the media volume slider?

I would hate for users to have to go into their settings to change the media volume when they use my application.

Answer 1

Just call Activity.setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC) in your Activity's onCreate method.