You can just postpone calling reset() until playback is actually done (using
an OnCompletionListener), or until your application exits.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Donn Felker <donnfel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Donn
> http://blog.donnfelker.com/
>
>
> >
>
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