Android - Continue Music Playing onPause

Question

I have a few audio files that play for a minute or two in an application, similar to a soundboard. When someone clicks a button, it plays the sound. Simple enough. I have a setting in a SharedPreference that asks a user if when they exit or pause the application, if they'd like to keep the sound playing. That's where I'm stuck.

As of right now, when a user has it set to "keep playing," the application freezes and you have to force quit it manually. Here's what I have:

@Override
protected void onPause() {

    SharedPreferences getPrefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
    boolean settingContinueMusic = getPrefs.getBoolean("continueMusic", false);
    if(settingContinueMusic == false){
        super.onPause();
        if(audio1.isPlaying()) { audio1.pause(); }
        if(audio2.isPlaying()) { audio2.pause(); }
        if(audio3.isPlaying()) { audio3.pause(); }
    }

}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '12 at 04:00

I think the problem is happening because you have put super.onPause(); inside the if condition. It gets executed only if the user has decided o pause the audio. Move it out of if and see if it works.

@Override
protected void onPause() {
 super.onPause();
    SharedPreferences getPrefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
    boolean settingContinueMusic = getPrefs.getBoolean("continueMusic", false);
    if(settingContinueMusic == false){

        if(audio1.isPlaying()) { audio1.pause(); }
        if(audio2.isPlaying()) { audio2.pause(); }
        if(audio3.isPlaying()) { audio3.pause(); }
    }

}

I can't believe it was that simple. Thank you! – Austin Anderson Apr 15 '12 at 04:30 — Austin Anderson, Apr 15 '12 at 04:30

Android - Continue Music Playing onPause

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