Auralis – Adaptive Android Media Playback Engine

A native Android media playback application built using ExoPlayer and MediaSession APIs to study audio playback behavior, buffering and lifecycle management.

Features

• Background audio playback
• Notification & headset controls
• Persistent playback state
• Adaptive buffering handling
• Playback analytics logging

Tech Stack

• Kotlin
• Android Media3 / ExoPlayer
• Foreground Services
• Audio Focus Management

Purpose

This project was extended and modified to understand Android media pipeline and performance characteristics.