Android: ExoPlayer - Audio stream playing in one app stops when exoplayer instance is initialised in another app

There are two apps using Exoplayer. AppA and AppB

• AppA starts streaming audio.
• AppB is then launched which initialises the exoplayer instance. NOTE: No stream is yet played on AppB.
• But right away AppA stops playing the audio.

Could someone help understand this behaviour with the new initialisation of the exoplayer?

Thanks.

The issue was that we were requesting for audio focus after initialisation instead of when the user requested a play event. Basic mistake I suppose.

No issue in terms of the ExoPlayer.