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Android MediaPlayer Stop and Play

I'm creating Android application contains 2 buttons, on click on each button play a mp3 file. The problem is when I play
sound1 , when I click button2 it plays sound2 .

button1

it plays

I check on each button the other player if it's working and I stop it and play the clicked one
But If I click on same button twice it's keep first audio playing in the background and play another one again
I tried to check

isPlaying()

I want If I click on

button1

and to stop it, but it doesn't work!

it play

sound1

and if clicked on it again it stop it and play it again from beginning.

My code:
package com.hamoosh.playaudio;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class PlayaudioActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button b= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
Button b2= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
final TextView t= (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
final MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(PlayaudioActivity.this, R.raw.far);
final MediaPlayer mp1 = MediaPlayer.create(PlayaudioActivity.this, R.raw.beet);
b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (mp1.isPlaying()) {
mp1.stop();
}
mp.start();
}
});
b2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (mp.isPlaying()) {
mp.stop();
}
mp1.start();
}
});
}
}

Hope if there any better code that can use multiple buttons as an array or something to not check each button and player every time.
android

media-player

edited Oct 3 '12 at 23:51

Flvio Toribio
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asked Sep 4 '12 at 15:15

Mohammad Hammad

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2 Answers

27/03/2015 17:13

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You should use only one mediaplayer object

public class PlayaudioActivity extends Activity {
private MediaPlayer mp;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
Button b2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
final TextView t = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
stopPlaying();
mp = MediaPlayer.create(PlayaudioActivity.this, R.raw.far);
mp.start();
}
});
b2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
stopPlaying();
mp = MediaPlayer.create(PlayaudioActivity.this, R.raw.beet);
mp.start();
}
});
}
private void stopPlaying() {
if (mp != null) {
mp.stop();
mp.release();
mp = null;
}
}
}

edited Jan 7 at 15:21

answered Sep 4 '12 at 15:25

mario
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Thanks , it work fine Mohammad Hammad Sep 4 '12 at 15:34

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No problem man :) mario Sep 4 '12 at 15:37

@mario I went crazy looking for a way to implement media player in my app and although a lot of people
were helping or at least trying to help me but no success. Your did the trick. The only issue I have now is
where to put the code, where/how to check if sound stopped playing. Once the sound stops playing I want
to display a button. I Upvoted your answer. SiKni8 Aug 23 '13 at 20:37

@SiKni8 You have to ask a new question, can't answer it here mario Aug 26 '13 at 13:34

@mario I figured it out. Thanks for the response. SiKni8 Aug 26 '13 at 13:35

According to the Media Player lifecycle, which you can view in the Android API guide,I think that
you have to call reset() instead of stop(), and after that prepare again the media player (use
only one)to play the sound from the beggining. Take also into account that the sound may have
finished, so I would also recommend to implement setOnCompletionListener() to make sure
that if you try to play again the sound it doesn't fail.
answered Sep 4 '12 at 15:26
Javier
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27/03/2015 17:13