ionic media plugin - pass onStatusUpdate to mediaObject? - ionic2

Question

I'm trying to use ionic native's media plugin like this:
record(){
...
return this.media.create(src,onStatusUpdate).then((mediaObj) => {
mediaObj.startRecord();
return mediaObj;
});
}
And I use the mediaObj returned from it elsewhere, but I also need to know the status of the mediaObj; this apparently comes from passing a second argument, a callback function, to the media.create() function. However, I don't know how to get the mediaObj's status in there. I know the following would work for just telling me the status, but I actually need to access it.
const onStatusUpdate = (status) => console.log(status);
So, the question is, is there a way to simply access the mediaObj's status?

Answer 1

The MediaPlugin status update notification is all you get so set a class property with the value you get when the status change.
To manage the MediaObject I set a property to the value obtained when the promise is resolved.
import { ApplicationRef } from '#angular/core';
...
...
export class PlayerPage {
track:any;
file:MediaObject = undefined;
position:any = undefined;
status:any = 0;
constructor(public ref ApplicationRef, public navCtrl: NavController, private navParams: NavParams, public AppstateProvider: Appstate, private media: MediaPlugin) {
this.track = navParams.get('track');
media.create('http://.../...mp3',(status)=>{
this.status = status;
this.ref.tick();
}).then((file: MediaObject) => {
this.file = file;
});
}
play() {
this.file.play();
}
The this.ref.tick(); is necesarry because Angular does not detect this property update - I tried publishing and subscribing Angular still did not detect the property update.