Finding the currently playing song in Android

MediaPlayerServiceConnection.java

/**
 * The service connection class that allows you to talk to the MediaPlayer Service
 * 
 * @author "Sudar Muthu (http://sudarmuthu.com)"
 *
 */
private class MediaPlayerServiceConnection implements ServiceConnection {
  	public com.htc.music.IMediaPlaybackService mServiceHtc;
  	public com.android.music.IMediaPlaybackService mServiceAndroid;

	@Override
	public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service) {
		Log.i("MediaPlayerServiceConnection", "Connected! Name: " + name.getClassName());

		// This is the important line where we bind the service
  		if (isHtc)
  			mServiceHtc = com.htc.music.IMediaPlaybackService.Stub.asInterface(service);
		else
			mServiceAndroid = com.android.music.IMediaPlaybackService.Stub.asInterface(service);
	}

	/**
	 * Selects the next song
	 * 
	 * @throws RemoteException 
	 * 
	 */
	public void nextSong() throws RemoteException {
		if (isHtc) {
			mServiceHtc.next();
		} else {
			mServiceAndroid.next();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Selects the Previous song
	 * 
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public void prevSong() throws RemoteException {
		if (isHtc) {
			mServiceHtc.prev();
		} else {
			mServiceAndroid.prev();
		}
	}

	@Override		
	public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
		Log.i("MediaPlayerServiceConnection", "Disconnected!");
	}
}