Custom UI for UWP Background Media Playback

Question

My test app tries to play audio when minimising app, so I selected "Background Media Playback". But when I move my mouse over the App Icon on the Windows Taskbar, Next/Prev/Pause buttons are displayed (see below image). How can I remove them?

Answer 1

You can disable them from the Background task using the IsEnabled property of the SystemMediaTransportControls class.

var controls = BackgroundMediaPlayer.Current.SystemMediaTransportControls;
controls.IsEnabled = false;

Similarly, you can disable them when the app is in the foreground using:

var controls = SystemMediaTransportControls.GetForCurrentView();
controls.IsEnabled = false;