Best practices for performance and reliability

Media apps can demand a lot of resources including memory, CPU, network connections and hardware codecs, many of which are in short supply. In addition, apps have to reliably manage interacting with other apps, such as controller apps sending playback command requests or media playback starting elsewhere in the system. This section discusses best practices for making sure that users can rely on your app to perform well and as expected.

• Use testing tools like the Media Controller Test app to validate your playback use-cases
• Use a device's performance class level to accurately gauge device capabilities
• Cooperate with other apps to manage audio focus
• Measure your app's performance and make decisions accordingly
• Maintain high quality when preparing to share videos