Windows Phone 8 API for Headset control events [closed]

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Is there an API for Windows Phone 8 which allows to receive headset events, such as when a user presses the play/stop button? I would be interested in these events to react in my application accordingly.

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If you are in control of the audio/video on the device at this point (via MediaElement or BackgroundAudioPlayer), then play/pause events will be raised in your code via MediaElement or BackgroundAudioPlayer.

If you are not in control of the audio/video, then it is not possible to capture these events.