In the previous chapter, you created MusicService, MusicProvider, and MediaPlayer, and ran the Android media application on the mobile. In this chapter, you will use the experience you gained by utilizing the Microsoft Azure cloud offerings to develop the podcast backend using Node.js for MusicProvider and store streaming media sources in Microsoft Azure Storage. Then, you will learn how to configure and test MusicService on Android Auto using the desktop-header unit simulator and then run it in a real car. You will also learn some basic voice commands to interact with your Android Auto application. Finally, you will learn about the Android Auto certification process.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Creating the Node.js media's metadata provider
- Refactoring MusicProvider to retrieve the media metadata from...