Global Audio Player (not tied to a page like MediaElement)

[ToolmakerSteve]

MediaElement makes sense for VIDEO; that is inherently part of a page.

AUDIO is different.

• It might not have a UI. It might play in background, as user navigates.
• There might be multiple, overlapping, sounds.
• Or one sound might interrupt another sound. Programmatic control, not page-based control nor user control.
• For many apps, the user is only given a global volume control; they are not interacting with playback of individual sounds. The device's hardware volume buttons are generally sufficient for this.

---

While I have not used it, Android JetPack Media3 seems to have an appropriate architecture:

JetPack's ExoPlayer is an abstraction independent from playback UI.

I assume this means an app can easily manipulate playback, separately from what is happening on the screen; e.g. not tied to the UI of a single page. Thus, it should be straightforward to code the various scenarios described in bullet points above.

---

Perhaps jfversluis / Plugin.Maui.Audio could be the basis for the "player" part of this.

A complete solution would also offer default UI for audio playback. Similar to JetPack ExoPlayer.
NOT wedded to one visual page, as MediaElement is.

I mean, while the UI itself obviously would be a visual element on a page, it must be possible to "connect" that element to an independent "player", to handle the various scenarios.