Windows® Phone 7.5 Unleashed

Chapter 29. Background Audio

In This Chapter

• Using the background audio player with an audio player agent

• Creating a UI for controlling the background audio player

• The Universal Volume Control (UVC)

• Responding to user actions in an audio player agent

• Unit testing and the background audio player

• Monitoring audio playback progress

• Creating audio streaming agents

• Using a custom audio streaming agent to play audio stored as assembly resources

Windows Phone allows you to create apps that respond to the Universal Volume Control (UVC) on the phone and, in conjunction with an onscreen menu, coordinate the playback of audio, even when your app is not running in the foreground.

This chapter begins with an overview of the background audio ...