The playbackState
property of the MediaSession
interface indicates whether the current media session is playing or paused.
The playbackState
property of the MediaSession
interface indicates whether the current media session is playing or paused.
A string indicating the current playback state of the media session. The value may be one of the following:
The following example sets up two functions for playing and pausing, then uses them as callbacks with the relevant action handlers. Each function harnesses the playbackState
property to indicate whether the audio is playing or paused.
js
const actionHandlers = [ // play [ "play", async () => { // play our audio await audioEl.play(); // set playback state navigator.mediaSession.playbackState = "playing"; // update our status element updateStatus(allMeta[index], "Action: play | Track is playing…"); }, ], [ "pause", () => { // pause out audio audioEl.pause(); // set playback state navigator.mediaSession.playbackState = "paused"; // update our status element updateStatus(allMeta[index], "Action: pause | Track has been paused…"); }, ], ]; for (const [action, handler] of actionHandlers) { try { navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler(action, handler); } catch (error) { console.log(`The media session action "${action}" is not supported yet.`); } }
Specification |
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Media Session # dom-mediasession-playbackstate |
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
playbackState |
73 | 79 | 82 | No | 60 | 15 | No | 57 | 82Firefox exposes the API, but does not provide a corresponding user-facing media control interface. |
43 | 15 | 7.0 |
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