[android-components](../../index.md) / [mozilla.components.feature.media.state](../index.md) / [MediaStateMachine](index.md) / [start](./start.md)

# start

`@Synchronized fun start(sessionManager: `[`SessionManager`](../../mozilla.components.browser.session/-session-manager/index.md)`): `[`Unit`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) [(source)](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/feature/media/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/media/state/MediaStateMachine.kt#L49)

Start observing [Session](../../mozilla.components.browser.session/-session/index.md) and their [Media](../../mozilla.components.concept.engine.media/-media/index.md) and create an aggregated [MediaState](../-media-state/index.md) that can be observed.

