Intent Radio is a streaming internet radio app without a graphical user interface. It is controlled exclusively through the delivery of broadcast intents. Automation apps, such as Tasker, should be used to control playback by issuing suitable broadcast intents.
This app must be run once before Android will deliver intents to its background service. This is an Android security feature.
Thereafter, including after reboots, it should not be necessary the run this app at all. Its service runs in the background.
All aspects of media playback are handled by the built-in Android media player. Additionally, playlist URLs (whose URL/name must end with ".pls" or ".m3u") are also supported.
During playback, Intent Radio adds a notification to the notification area. Clicking on this notification stops or restarts playback, as approrpiate.
org.smblott.intentradio.PLAY
Extras:
url: the URL to play
name: the display nameIf no name extra is provided, then the URL is used as the display name. If no url is provided, then a built-in URL for BBC Radio 4 is used.
org.smblott.intentradio.STOP
Stop playback.
No extras.
org.smblott.intentradio.PAUSE
Pause playback, but only if playing.
No extras.
org.smblott.intentradio.RESTART
Restart playback, but only if paused.
No extras.
org.smblott.intentradio.STATE_REQUEST
Request that Intent Radio broadcast its state (see below).
No extras.This intent is not required to receive state updates. Intent Radio broadcasts its state automatically whenever its state changes.
org.smblott.intentradio.STATE
Informs listeners (possibly Tasker) of changes in state. Extras:
state: the current state (see below)
url: the current url
name: the current nameThe state is one stop, play, play/buffering, play/pause, play/dim or error.
There is considerably more information, including instructions for configuring Tasker, on the project home page.
See also the source code on GitHub, and the release notes/change log.
Please report issues on GitHub.
See also: Tasker.