modified sample code from http://docs.appcelerator.com/titanium/latest/#!/api/Titanium.Media.AudioPlayer related to this question: http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/154232/how-to-check-if-audio-is-playing Also added an intent filter to launch Activity from an url while the stream is playing in background. See this question: http://devel…

audio_stream.js

var win = Titanium.UI.createWindow({  
    title:'Audio Test',
    backgroundColor:'#fff',
    layout: 'vertical'
});

var startStopButton = Titanium.UI.createButton({
    title:'Start/Stop Streaming',
    top:'10dp',
    width:'200dp',
    height:'40dp'
});

var pauseResumeButton = Titanium.UI.createButton({
    title:'Pause/Resume Streaming',
    top:'10dp',
    width:'200dp',
    height:'40dp',
    enabled:false
});

var stateLabel = Ti.UI.createLabel({
  text: 'state',
	font: {
		fontSize: '18sp',
		fontWeight: 'bold'
	}
});

var volumeBar = Ti.UI.createSlider({
    min: 0,
    max: 1,
    value: 0.5
});
volumeBar.addEventListener('change', function(e){
	audioPlayer.setVolume(e.value);
});

win.add(startStopButton);
win.add(pauseResumeButton);
win.add(stateLabel);
win.add(volumeBar);

// allowBackground: true on Android allows the 
// player to keep playing when the app is in the 
// background.
var audioPlayer = Ti.Media.createAudioPlayer({ 
    url: 'https://www.example.com/podcast.mp3',
    allowBackground: true
});           
    
startStopButton.addEventListener('click',function() {
    // When paused, playing returns false.
    // If both are false, playback is stopped.
    if (audioPlayer.playing || audioPlayer.paused)
    {
        audioPlayer.stop();
        pauseResumeButton.enabled = false;
        if (Ti.Platform.name === 'android')
        { 
            audioPlayer.release();
        }   
    }
    else
    {
        audioPlayer.start();
        pauseResumeButton.enabled = true;
    }
});

pauseResumeButton.addEventListener('click', function() {
    if (audioPlayer.paused) {
        audioPlayer.start();
    }
    else {
        audioPlayer.pause();
    }
});

audioPlayer.addEventListener('change', function(e){
   switch (e.state){
        case audioPlayer.STATE_BUFFERING:
             stateLabel.setText('Audio data is being buffered from the network.'); break;
        case audioPlayer.STATE_STARTING:
             stateLabel.setText('Audio playback is starting.'); break;
        case audioPlayer.STATE_PLAYING:
             stateLabel.setText('Audio playback is active.'); break;
        case audioPlayer.STATE_STOPPED:
             stateLabel.setText('Audio playback is stopped.'); break;
        case audioPlayer.STATE_PAUSED:
             stateLabel.setText('Audio playback is paused.'); break;
        default: stateLabel.setText(e.state);
   }
});

win.addEventListener('close',function() {
    audioPlayer.stop();
    if (Ti.Platform.osname === 'android')
    { 
        audioPlayer.release();
    }
});

var activity = Ti.Android.currentActivity;
activity.addEventListener('newIntent', function(e){ 
	var uri = e.intent.getData();
	stateLabel.setText('launch url : '+uri);
});

win.open();

tiapp.xml

    <android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <manifest>
            <supports-screens android:anyDensity="true"/>
            <uses-sdk android:maxSdkVersion="17"
                android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="17"/>
            <application android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light" >
                <activity android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:label="Test" android:name=".TestActivity" >
  			  <intent-filter>
						<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
						<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
						<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
				  </intent-filter>
				  <intent-filter>
				   	    	<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>     
			            	<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
			            	<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
			            	<data android:scheme="http" android:host="www.appcelerator.com"/>
			            	<data android:scheme="http" android:host="appcelerator.com"/>
				  </intent-filter>
				</activity>
            </application>
        </manifest>
    </android>