I didn't realize it wouldn't return the media player until it was ready to play.
Now the methods in media player make much more sense. I was wondering why there wasn't a way to create a new media player object with the new keyword, then set the resource id. Thanks! On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Marco Nelissen <marc...@android.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Paper Coder <paperga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So if I load a large sound from a resource, is there any way to tell if > it's > > ready to play? I wish there was an isPrepared method for media player. > As > > it stands now there seems like there's no way to know for sure. > > Of course there is: prepare() and MediaPlayer.create() are > synchronous, so when those return your MediaPlayer is ready to play. > If you're using prepareAsync(), then you should set an > onPreparedListener before calling prepareAsync, and that listener will > be called when the MediaPlayer is ready for playback. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---