title: Disable Android's VideoView requestAudioFocus when playing a video?
body: <p>I'm building an app that records and plays back video. I would like to do so without affecting background music playback, i.e. if I begin playing a video, I do not want to pause other apps' audio. However, on Lollipop, Android's VideoView class automatically requests audio focus when the private method <code>VideoView.openVideo()</code> is called:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AudioManager am = (AudioManager) super.getSystemService(name);
  am.requestAudioFocus(null, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any suggestions on how to get around this? </p>