Add media playback controls to your app
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If your app plays back audio and video, you must add UI components for
displaying media and controlling playback.
AndroidX Media3 offers a
PlayerView that displays playback
controls, video, subtitles, and album art during playback. To make it work
properly, connect PlayerView to a
Player instance such as
ExoPlayer.
To learn more about media playback controls, see the following documentation:
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Last updated 2025-09-02 UTC.
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