diff -rupN original/mediaplayer-app/src/CMakeLists.txt new/mediaplayer-app/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- original/mediaplayer-app/src/CMakeLists.txt	2016-05-17 10:21:58.662123000 +0200
+++ new/mediaplayer-app/src/CMakeLists.txt	2016-05-17 10:50:31.679672308 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pkg_check_modules(GSETTINGS_QT REQUIRED gsettings-qt)
 project(mediaplayer_src)
 
 set(MEDIAPLAYER mediaplayer-app)
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ set(MEDIAPLAYER mediaplayer-app)
 include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     ${sdkhelper_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${GSETTINGS_QT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     #${GSTLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ qt5_use_modules(${MEDIAPLAYER} Gui Widge
 
 target_link_libraries(${MEDIAPLAYER}
     #${GSTLIB_LDFLAGS}
+    ${GSETTINGS_QT_LDFLAGS}
     )
 
 install(TARGETS ${MEDIAPLAYER}
diff -rupN original/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.cpp new/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.cpp
--- original/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.cpp	2016-05-17 10:21:58.662123000 +0200
+++ new/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.cpp	2016-05-17 11:08:30.517935117 +0200
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <QtDBus/QDBusConnectionInterface>
 #include <QtGui/QGuiApplication>
 #include <QScreen>
+#include <QGSettings>
 #include "config.h"
 
 static void printUsage(const QStringList& arguments)
@@ -180,6 +181,14 @@ MediaPlayer::onHeightChanged(int height)
     m_view->rootContext()->setContextProperty("screenHeight", height);
 }
 
+bool MediaPlayer::isWindowedMode() const
+{
+    QGSettings *m_gSettings = new QGSettings("com.canonical.Unity8", "/com/canonical/unity8/");
+    QString usage_mode = QString(m_gSettings->get("usage-mode").toString()); //default on phone is "Staged", desktop mode is "Windowed"
+    int x = QString::compare(usage_mode, "Windowed", Qt::CaseInsensitive);  // if strings are equal x should return 0
+    if(x==0){return 1;} //if running in windowed mode, return true
+}
+
 bool MediaPlayer::isDesktopMode() const
 {
   // Assume that platformName (QtUbuntu) with ubuntu
diff -rupN original/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.h new/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.h
--- original/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.h	2016-05-17 10:21:58.662123000 +0200
+++ new/mediaplayer-app/src/mediaplayer.h	2016-05-17 10:49:42.411937566 +0200
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 class MediaPlayer : public QApplication
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool windowedMode READ isWindowedMode CONSTANT)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool desktopMode READ isDesktopMode CONSTANT)
 
 public:
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     void leaveFullScreen();
     void onWidthChanged(int);
     void onHeightChanged(int);
+    bool isWindowedMode() const;
     bool isDesktopMode() const;
     QUrl chooseFile();
     QList<QUrl> copyFiles(const QList<QUrl> &urls);
diff -rupN original/mediaplayer-app/src/qml/player.qml new/mediaplayer-app/src/qml/player.qml
--- original/mediaplayer-app/src/qml/player.qml	2016-05-17 10:21:58.662123000 +0200
+++ new/mediaplayer-app/src/qml/player.qml	2016-05-17 10:46:31.985081198 +0200
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Item {
     onAppActiveChanged: {
         if (!appActive &&
             !mpApplication.desktopMode &&
+            !mpApplication.windowedMode &&
             playerLoader.item &&
             playerLoader.item.playing) {
             playerLoader.item.pause()