Currently there is no MedaiStatus.PLAYER_STATE_LOADING
state to tell if the video is being loaded to the chromecast device.
Is there a way i can ask the GoogleCast device if I am loading data, as apposed to Buffering, Idle, Playing, or Paused?
We don't have such event exposed through the SDK. There is a couple of nice diagrams here that show the flow and events that are captured (see section Media Events). If there is a any reason that you need a certain event (exposed by MediaElement) that are not exposed through the SDK, you should consider doing the following: