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If you want to add controls (play, pause, etc.) to your PiP window, create a RemoteAction for each control you want to add.

Note: If you are using a MediaSession, there will be default actions added to the window that you don't need to implement yourself.

Add constants for your broadcast controls:

// Constant for broadcast receiver
const val ACTION_BROADCAST_CONTROL = "broadcast_control"

// Intent extras for broadcast controls from Picture-in-Picture mode.
const val EXTRA_CONTROL_TYPE = "control_type"
const val EXTRA_CONTROL_PLAY = 1
const val EXTRA_CONTROL_PAUSE = 2PictureInPictureSnippets.kt

Create a list of RemoteActions for the controls in your PiP window.

Next, add a BroadcastReceiver and override onReceive() to set the actions of each button. Use a DisposableEffect to register the receiver and the remote actions. When the player is disposed, unregister the receiver.

@RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
@Composable
fun PlayerBroadcastReceiver(player: Player?) {
    val isInPipMode = rememberIsInPipMode()
    if (!isInPipMode || player == null) {
        // Broadcast receiver is only used if app is in PiP mode and player is non null
        return
    }
    val context = LocalContext.current

    DisposableEffect(player) {
        val broadcastReceiver: BroadcastReceiver = object : BroadcastReceiver() {
            override fun onReceive(context: Context?, intent: Intent?) {
                if ((intent == null) || (intent.action != ACTION_BROADCAST_CONTROL)) {
                    return
                }

                when (intent.getIntExtra(EXTRA_CONTROL_TYPE, 0)) {
                    EXTRA_CONTROL_PAUSE -> player.pause()
                    EXTRA_CONTROL_PLAY -> player.play()
                }
            }
        }
        ContextCompat.registerReceiver(
            context,
            broadcastReceiver,
            IntentFilter(ACTION_BROADCAST_CONTROL),
            ContextCompat.RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED
        )
        onDispose {
            context.unregisterReceiver(broadcastReceiver)
        }
    }
}PictureInPictureSnippets.kt

Pass in a list of your remote actions to the PictureInPictureParams.Builder:

val context = LocalContext.current

val pipModifier = modifier.onGloballyPositioned { layoutCoordinates ->
    val builder = PictureInPictureParams.Builder()
    builder.setActions(
        listOfRemoteActions()
    )

    if (shouldEnterPipMode && player != null && player.videoSize != VideoSize.UNKNOWN) {
        val sourceRect = layoutCoordinates.boundsInWindow().toAndroidRectF().toRect()
        builder.setSourceRectHint(sourceRect)
        builder.setAspectRatio(
            Rational(player.videoSize.width, player.videoSize.height)
        )
    }

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.S) {
        builder.setAutoEnterEnabled(shouldEnterPipMode)
    }
    context.findActivity().setPictureInPictureParams(builder.build())
}
VideoPlayer(modifier = pipModifier)PictureInPictureSnippets.kt

Next steps

See the Socialite app to see the best practices of Compose PiP in action.
See the PiP design guidance for more information.

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Last updated 2026-08-06 UTC.

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