Ahh... I think you nailed it.
Right before I checked back for a response, I put on some headphones and
heard the _start_ of the sound and then it got cut off.
Would you advise firing this playback off in a service? Is there a
recommended way of doing this?
Thanks,
Donn
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Marco Nelissen <marc...@android.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Donn Felker<donnfel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm developing an application that responds to certain accelerometer
> > events such as movements to the left or right when a certain delta is
> > reached. When these deltas are fired I want to play a sound with the
> > MediaPlayer.
> >
> > I'm using the Sensor Simulator by Open Intents to simulate sensor
> > events. I have the code set up, and I also have some basic
> > android.util.Log.e(...) statements telling me when these events are
> > fired. When I simulate the sensor, my deltas are met and my log
> > statements are output to LogCat. Therefore I know this is working.
> >
> > However, I now want to play an audio resource file (mp3).
> >
> > I added a method inside of the SensorListener definition called
> > PlayMedia(). This simply does the following:
> >
> >
> > private void PlayMedia()
> > {
> > if(mp != null)
> > {
> > android.util.Log.e("test","mp is not null,
> cleaning up!");
> > if(mp.isPlaying())
> > {
> >
> android.util.Log.e("test","Stopping the mp!");
> > mp.stop();
> > }
> > }
> > // is not playing.
> > android.util.Log.e("test","creating a new mp");
> > mp = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext
> > (),com.MyCompany.Apps.MyApp.R.raw.mySound);
> >
> > android.util.Log.e("test","Start the sound");
> > mp.start();
> > mp.reset();
>
> MediaPlayer.start() only starts playback, it does not wait for
> playback to complete, and so that call to reset() will cause playback
> to stop, probably before any sound is played.
>
> >
>
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http://blog.donnfelker.com/
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