Do not enable the rew/pause/ffwd buttons when the media being played does not
support these functions.
This extends the MediaPlayerControl interface with some new methods, and uses
reflection to detect whether the old or new interface is used by an application.
diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index e9082bc..ec76edb 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -175196,6 +175196,39 @@
  deprecated="not deprecated"
  visibility="public"
 >
+<method name="canPause"
+ return="boolean"
+ abstract="true"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="false"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</method>
+<method name="canSeekBackward"
+ return="boolean"
+ abstract="true"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="false"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</method>
+<method name="canSeekForward"
+ return="boolean"
+ abstract="true"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="false"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</method>
 <method name="getBufferPercentage"
  return="int"
  abstract="true"
@@ -183524,6 +183557,39 @@
 <parameter name="defStyle" type="int">
 </parameter>
 </constructor>
+<method name="canPause"
+ return="boolean"
+ abstract="false"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="false"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</method>
+<method name="canSeekBackward"
+ return="boolean"
+ abstract="false"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="false"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</method>
+<method name="canSeekForward"
+ return="boolean"
+ abstract="false"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="false"
+ final="false"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</method>
 <method name="getBufferPercentage"
  return="int"
  abstract="false"
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/MediaController.java b/core/java/android/widget/MediaController.java
index 0c9d980..9910c37 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/MediaController.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/MediaController.java
@@ -250,6 +250,29 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Disable pause or seek buttons if the stream cannot be paused or seeked.
+     * This requires the control interface to be a MediaPlayerControlExt
+     */
+    private void disableUnsupportedButtons() {
+        try {
+            if (mPauseButton != null && !mPlayer.canPause()) {
+                mPauseButton.setEnabled(false);
+            }
+            if (mRewButton != null && !mPlayer.canSeekBackward()) {
+                mRewButton.setEnabled(false);
+            }
+            if (mFfwdButton != null && !mPlayer.canSeekForward()) {
+                mFfwdButton.setEnabled(false);
+            }
+        } catch (IncompatibleClassChangeError ex) {
+            // We were given an old version of the interface, that doesn't have
+            // the canPause/canSeekXYZ methods. This is OK, it just means we
+            // assume the media can be paused and seeked, and so we don't disable
+            // the buttons.
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
      * Show the controller on screen. It will go away
      * automatically after 'timeout' milliseconds of inactivity.
      * @param timeout The timeout in milliseconds. Use 0 to show
@@ -259,6 +282,7 @@
 
         if (!mShowing && mAnchor != null) {
             setProgress();
+            disableUnsupportedButtons();
 
             int [] anchorpos = new int[2];
             mAnchor.getLocationOnScreen(anchorpos);
@@ -421,17 +445,13 @@
     };
 
     private void updatePausePlay() {
-        if (mRoot == null)
-            return;
-
-        ImageButton button = (ImageButton) mRoot.findViewById(com.android.internal.R.id.pause);
-        if (button == null)
+        if (mRoot == null || mPauseButton == null)
             return;
 
         if (mPlayer.isPlaying()) {
-            button.setImageResource(com.android.internal.R.drawable.ic_media_pause);
+            mPauseButton.setImageResource(com.android.internal.R.drawable.ic_media_pause);
         } else {
-            button.setImageResource(com.android.internal.R.drawable.ic_media_play);
+            mPauseButton.setImageResource(com.android.internal.R.drawable.ic_media_play);
         }
     }
 
@@ -516,7 +536,7 @@
         if (mProgress != null) {
             mProgress.setEnabled(enabled);
         }
-
+        disableUnsupportedButtons();
         super.setEnabled(enabled);
     }
 
@@ -579,5 +599,8 @@
         void    seekTo(int pos);
         boolean isPlaying();
         int     getBufferPercentage();
-    };
+        boolean canPause();
+        boolean canSeekBackward();
+        boolean canSeekForward();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/VideoView.java b/core/java/android/widget/VideoView.java
index 5bc2507..e60ff25 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/VideoView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/VideoView.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.media.AudioManager;
 import android.media.MediaPlayer;
+import android.media.Metadata;
 import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener;
 import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener;
 import android.net.Uri;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
 import android.view.SurfaceView;
 import android.view.View;
-import android.widget.MediaController.MediaPlayerControl;
+import android.widget.MediaController.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@
     private int         mCurrentBufferPercentage;
     private OnErrorListener mOnErrorListener;
     private int         mSeekWhenPrepared;  // recording the seek position while preparing
+    private boolean     mCanPause;
+    private boolean     mCanSeekBack;
+    private boolean     mCanSeekForward;
 
     public VideoView(Context context) {
         super(context);
@@ -259,6 +263,17 @@
     MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener mPreparedListener = new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
         public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
             mCurrentState = STATE_PREPARED;
+
+            // Get the capabilities of the player for this stream
+            Metadata data = mp.getMetadata(MediaPlayer.METADATA_ALL,
+                                      MediaPlayer.BYPASS_METADATA_FILTER);
+            mCanPause = !data.has(Metadata.PAUSE_AVAILABLE)
+                    || data.getBoolean(Metadata.PAUSE_AVAILABLE);
+            mCanSeekBack = !data.has(Metadata.SEEK_BACKWARD_AVAILABLE)
+                    || data.getBoolean(Metadata.SEEK_BACKWARD_AVAILABLE);
+            mCanSeekForward = !data.has(Metadata.SEEK_FORWARD_AVAILABLE)
+                    || data.getBoolean(Metadata.SEEK_FORWARD_AVAILABLE);
+
             if (mOnPreparedListener != null) {
                 mOnPreparedListener.onPrepared(mMediaPlayer);
             }
@@ -267,6 +282,7 @@
             }
             mVideoWidth = mp.getVideoWidth();
             mVideoHeight = mp.getVideoHeight();
+
             int seekToPosition = mSeekWhenPrepared;  // mSeekWhenPrepared may be changed after seekTo() call
             if (seekToPosition != 0) {
                 seekTo(seekToPosition);
@@ -580,4 +596,16 @@
                 mCurrentState != STATE_IDLE &&
                 mCurrentState != STATE_PREPARING);
     }
+
+    public boolean canPause() {
+        return mCanPause;
+    }
+
+    public boolean canSeekBackward() {
+        return mCanSeekBack;
+    }
+
+    public boolean canSeekForward() {
+        return mCanSeekForward;
+    }
 }