I am a completely begginer guy in Android Studio and mobile apps in general. I used to create websites on Wordpress and i don't have so much experience on coding. Recently i started experimenting with mobile apps and mostly Android Studio. I bought a template for a Logo Quiz game and i managed to make it run without errors and publish it in Play Store as my first game. The player can see a part of the logo and guess the brand name using the given letters
But i would like to use the same template with new graphics and create a music quiz.
Instead of the logo guess game, the player will be able to listen a part of a song and guess the song's title.
The current project is getting the file names from a database stored in assets/databases folder.
So i managed to add start, pause and stop buttons in my activity_play.xml and succesfully created a mediaplayer in activityPlay.java file like:
public void music(View view) {
switch (view.getId()){
case R.id.button:
// Check if mediaPlayer is null. If true, we'll instantiate the MediaPlayer object
if(mediaPlayer == null){
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.music);
}
// Then, register OnCompletionListener that calls a user supplied callback method onCompletion() when
// looping mode was set to false to indicate playback is completed.
mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
// Here, call a method to release the MediaPlayer object and to set it to null.
stopMusic();
}
});
// Next, call start() method on mediaPlayer to start playing the music.
mediaPlayer.start();
break;
case R.id.button2:
if(mediaPlayer != null) {
// Here, call pause() method on mediaPlayer to pause the music.
mediaPlayer.pause();
}
break;
case R.id.button3:
if(mediaPlayer != null){
// Here, call stop() method on mediaPlayer to stop the music.
mediaPlayer.stop();
// Call stopMusic() method
stopMusic();
}
break;
}
}
private void stopMusic() {
mediaPlayer.release();
mediaPlayer = null;
}
// Call stopMusic() in onStop() overridden method as well.
#Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
stopMusic();
}
The above code can succesfully play the music.mp3 file located in raw folder. The app i bought is using the following code to load the images and display them for each level:
String image_a = listDataBase.get(1);
String image_q = listDataBase.get(2);
if (isTrue == 1) {
String imgPath;
if (numImage == 0) {
imgPath = "file:///android_asset/logos/" + image_a;
} else {
imgPath = "file:///android_asset/logos/" + image_q;
}
Picasso.get().load(imgPath).into(imageView);
linearLayoutNullClick.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
recyclerViewKeys.setVisibility(View.GONE);
trueLogo = 2;
} else {
String imgPath = "file:///android_asset/logos/" + image_q;
Picasso.get().load(imgPath).into(imageView);
recyclerViewKeys.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
recyclerViewLogoKeys.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
So is it possible to use the same code and load the imgPath into mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.music);
I tried loading imgPath directly to mediaplayer like this but didn't work:
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, imgPath);
Then i tried:
private String audioPath;
audioPath = imgPath;
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, audioPath);
but also didn't work.
Tried many more methods i found on the web, but always i am missing something
As i said before i am a newbie in coding and programming so the solution probably will be very easy .
Anyone can help please?
Are you sure you are getting a audio path in your imgPath object?
Then you can try getting actual storage path from device using code mentioned
here
If you change the value in the database of pic_1.png with audio_1.mp3
then path will start like:
"file:///android_asset/logos/" + YOUR_AUDIO;
So are you sure audio exists in this path?
Related
I have a project where I added a MediaPlayer in a custom Array Adapter and I make it take the Resource ID of the audio file from the Array List the problem is that I want to release the media player after the audio completes but every time I try to add release in OnCompletion and try to press a view while the media player plays a sound the app crashes .. I searched online and found a code but it gives me an error and I can't find the actual reason for such a crash.
that's the code for the on Click Listener and the Media player:
final MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(getContext(), currentWord.getVoiceResourceID());
// Wait for user's input by his click on the list's item to play the sound.
View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// Storing the return value of getVoiceResourceID() into mVoice.
// I think this line can be ignored so we call the method inside the creation of the Media Player.
// Creating our media player and put our track on it.
mediaPlayer.selectTrack(currentWord.getVoiceResourceID());
mediaPlayer.start();
mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
mediaPlayer.release();
}
});
}
};
I hope I could fix that problem.
I'm making an application with sounds that I want to loop.
The problem is that audios have a kind of fade in and fade out that every time it is played with mediaPlayer.setLooping(true); they make the loop sound very bad, because you hear it perfectly when it ends and when it starts again.
I would like to be able to play those audios from one particular second to another, for example to be able to loop from the second 00:00:04 to the second 00:00:14 and thus not hear the fade in and fade out.
At the moment I'm using this code to play the audios. Then in the button, I make the call that you see next
public void playAudio(int audioId)
{
// stop the previous playing audio
if(mMediaPlayer != null && mMediaPlayer.isPlaying())
{
mMediaPlayer.stop();
mMediaPlayer.release();
mMediaPlayer = null;
}
mMediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, audioId);
mMediaPlayer.start();
mMediaPlayer.setLooping(true);
}
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
playAudio(R.raw.sound1);
}
});
Create a method called startPosition(int initialTime) which will seek mediaPlayer position before start() method
private void startPosition(int initialTime){
mMediaPlayer.seekTo(initialTime); //time in millisecond, e.g 4sec = 4000
}
call this method before mMediaPlayer.start() method.
Now create a thread which will run endlessly and seek your mediaplayer position back to initial on upper limit reached.
Edit
Replace your playAudio() method with the below and change upperTimerLimit with specific value e.g 14000 (14 second).
public void playAudio(int audioId)
{
// stop the previous playing audio
if(mMediaPlayer != null && mMediaPlayer.isPlaying())
{
mMediaPlayer.stop();
mMediaPlayer.release();
mMediaPlayer = null;
}
mMediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, audioId);
mMediaPlayer.start();
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run(){
while(true){
if(mMediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition()-UpperTimeLimit >=0){ //UpperTimeLimit should be in milliseconds. UpperTimerLimit is the specific second after which player should start again the sound.
startPosition(initialTime); //Call the startPosition(int initialTime)
}
}
}).start();
}
Create the thread right after mMediaPlayer.start()
There is no need of mMediaPlayer.setLooping(true); in your playAudio() method.
Hope this will work.
I have a program that plays a short, 1 sec. .mp3 sound on every buttonclick (every time a different sound). After clicking the buttons a few times, the sound suddenly stops at all for the whole program, I have another background sound on another activity, If I start this activity after no sound is coming anymore, no sound is coming on this activity either.
code example of the buttonclickers:
mp1 = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.s1);
mp2 = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.s2);
i++;
if (i == 1) {
mp1.start();
}
if (i == 2) {
mp2.start();
}
Make sure you reset and release your media player when it is done playing!
mp.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
mediaPlayer.reset();
mediaPlayer.release();
}
});
Also reset the integer variable.
if(i == 2){
i = 0;
}
I'm trying to create my own version of iTunes. I am trying to create a music player and this is my method:
public void audioPlayerButtons(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
if (actionEvent.getSource() == playbtn) {
String bip = "/Users/april121/Work/MyMusic!/src/sample/Songs/01 Clarity.m4a";
Media hit = new Media(bip);
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(hit);
MediaPlayer.play();
}
else (actionEvent.getSource()== pausebtn){
MediaPlayer.pause();
}
else (actionEvent.getSource()==forwardbtn){
MediaPlayer.seek(MediaPlayer.getStartTime());
MediaPlayer.stop();
}
else (actionEvent.getSource()==backwardbtn){
//to be finished
}
But I have tried for hours now - be it through importing libraries from Maven or hard coding and it's not working.
I'd like it show what's playing and have basic functions ie. play, pause, rewind and forward and have a progress bar.
this is the error it is showing:
non-static method can't be accessed in static context. And the part that is causing the error is the ".stop()" or ".play()" bits
but I don't understand why - because my method is non-static anyways
Look at these lines:
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(hit);
MediaPlayer.play();
That second line is calling a static play() function, which doesn't work. The play() function is non-static. That's why you're getting the error you're getting.
You probably mean this instead:
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(hit);
mediaPlayer.play();
If you have other questions, post them as separate questions and try to be as specific as possible.
Try naming it something else ie.
MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer (hit);
mp.play();
That way you won't have a confusion!
What i am trying to acomplish is for me to click on a button and then play a sound based on a substring.
This is my current code for pressing the button :
display.setText("start");
thefull = thef.getText().toString();
for(int a=0;a<thefull.length();a++)
{
letter=thefull.substring(a,a+1);
if(letter=="m")
{
oursong = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this, R.raw.m);
oursong.start();
while(oursong.isPlaying())
{
display.setText("start");
}
oursong.release();
}
else if(letter=="a")
{
oursong = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this, R.raw.a);
oursong.start();
while(oursong.isPlaying())
{
display.setText("start");
}
oursong.release();
}
display.setText("done");
but for some reason when i click my button no sound is played.
I am also new to android and java programming, so am i going right about doing this?
Because what i really want is for the program to keep checking if a sound is playing(in this case "oursound) when the button is clicked and if the sound is playing i want the program to wait for it to finish to start another sound right after it.
But for now my code doesn´t play any sounds
First of all you need to stop the media player before releasing it(its safer.)
Second, instead of using while(oursong.isPlaying())
{
display.setText("start");
} ; you have to register OnCompletionListener using setOnCompletionListener method. When the song is played endCompletion will be called. Like so;
MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer();
mp.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener(){
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer player) {
player.release();
}});
and inside the onComplete should reset the text "done"