[Feature Request] Support Media Session to allow externalized control on Android and Chrome

[zerodivide1]

Would it be possible to add support for Global Media Controls by using the Media Session API so that users can play/pause from any Chrome window or from the notification shade on Android?

More info: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/media-session

[darkj2k]

I second this. It will be a great feature.

[arapl3y]

I would also like this feature.

@remvze, I started looking into an implementation for this, it's quite simple using the Media Session API, however from what I can see, it requires us to configure Howlerjs to use HTML Audio (html5: true) rather than Web Audio... Is there any specific reason we need Web Audio in this case or could HTML audio suffice? Let me know what you think.

[remvze]

@arapl3y Hey there. The reason Moodist is using Web Audio instead of HTML Audio is that HTML Audio introduces a small pause between loops, which isn't ideal. The only solution was to use the Web Audio API instead. This brought several challenges, one of which is the difficulty of integrating it with Media Session. I actually tried implementing this feature multiple times, but with no success, so I’ve set it aside for now. However, I'm definitely open to any suggestions or contributions.