Cleaning up the version dependencies, and improvements to the _getAndPlayMedia snippet.

Author: asolovay

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ wearComposeMaterial3 = "1.5.0-beta04"
 wearOngoing = "1.0.0"
 wearToolingPreview = "1.0.0"
 webkit = "1.14.0"
-media3CommonKtx = "1.8.0"
-media3Exoplayer = "1.8.0"
 
 [libraries]
 accompanist-adaptive = "com.google.accompanist:accompanist-adaptive:0.37.3"
@@ -189,8 +187,6 @@ play-services-wearable = { module = "com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearab
 validator-push = { module = "com.google.android.wearable.watchface.validator:validator-push", version.ref = "validatorPush" }
 wear-compose-material = { module = "androidx.wear.compose:compose-material", version.ref = "wearComposeMaterial" }
 wear-compose-material3 = { module = "androidx.wear.compose:compose-material3", version.ref = "wearComposeMaterial3" }
-androidx-media3-common-ktx = { group = "androidx.media3", name = "media3-common-ktx", version.ref = "media3CommonKtx" }
-media3-exoplayer = { group = "androidx.media3", name = "media3-exoplayer", version.ref = "media3Exoplayer" }
 
 [plugins]
 android-application = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "androidGradlePlugin" }

misc/build.gradle.kts

@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ android {
 
 }
 dependencies {
-    implementation(libs.androidx.media3.common.ktx)
-    implementation(libs.media3.exoplayer)
     val composeBom = platform(libs.androidx.compose.bom)
     implementation(composeBom)
     androidTestImplementation(composeBom)
@@ -59,6 +57,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.androidx.compose.ui.util)
     implementation(libs.androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview)
     implementation(libs.androidx.compose.material3)
+    implementation(libs.androidx.media3.common)
+    implementation(libs.androidx.media3.exoplayer)
     implementation(libs.androidx.tracing)
 
     implementation(libs.hilt.android)

misc/src/main/java/com/example/snippets/PreloadManagerKotlinSnippets.kt

@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ class PreloadManagerSnippetsKotlin {
             val mediaSource = preloadManager.getMediaSource(mediaItem)
             if (mediaSource != null) {
                 player.setMediaSource(mediaSource)
+            } else {
+                // If mediaSource is null, that mediaItem hasn't been added to the preload manager
+                // yet. So, send it directly to the player when it's about to play
+                player.setMediaItem(mediaItem)
             }
             player.prepare()