MediaPlayer loops when started from onPause()

Question

I want to play a sound when onPause() of my Activity is called. To do so, I use the following code:

@Override
public void onPause()
{
    super.onPause();

    MediaPlayer player = MediaPlayer.create(this, Settings.System.DEFAULT_RINGTONE_URI);
    player.setLooping(false);
    player.start();
}

This works fine, but the sound keeps on playing forever. I tried adding an OnCompletionListener, but that didn't help (the Listener is never called).

I know that I'm not calling player.stop() and player.release() anywhere, but I wouldn't even know where to do so.

My question is now: How can I make the sound play only once? Is there a way to wait for the media player to finish before the application goes to the background?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '13 at 08:58

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Ok, I found the solution.

The problem was, that I was using Settings.System.DEFAULT_RINGTONE_URI, which apparently never stops playing.

Using Settings.System.DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_URI instead fixed the issue.

answered May 08 '13 at 08:58

Baz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '13 at 08:44

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You can try this (if I've understood correctly)

public boolean test=false; // At begin

public void onPause()
{
    super.onPause();
if(!test){
    MediaPlayer player = MediaPlayer.create(this, Settings.System.DEFAULT_RINGTONE_URI);
    player.setLooping(false);
    player.start();
    test=true;
}
}

Maybe I don't understand what you want to say. If you explain us a little bit more, maybe we can help to you :)

answered May 08 '13 at 08:44

Jose Antonio Benitez Montero

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The problem is not that `onPause` is called repeatedly, the app goes to the background, but the sound keeps playing. – Baz May 08 '13 at 08:45

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 08 '13 at 08:45

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I haven't done this,, but I think you can check this one

       player.setLooping(false);
       player.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() 
        {
            @Override
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp)
            {
                player.stop();
                player.release();
            }
        });

answered May 08 '13 at 08:45

stinepike

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what wwas the exact problem with onCompletionListener?? I thought it should work – stinepike May 08 '13 at 08:47
The problem is that the listener is not called, i.e. the contained code is never executed. – Baz May 08 '13 at 08:48
have you set the listener after start()? – stinepike May 08 '13 at 08:51
Tried it before and after `start()`. – Baz May 08 '13 at 08:52

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 08 '13 at 08:43

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Not sure why it plays in loop but you can you use MediaElement to play sound? You can identify when media is ended by using method MediaEnded and then call stop method to stop playing audio

answered May 08 '13 at 08:43

Amod Gokhale

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Do not have code is C but below code works in VB.net Protected Overrides Sub OnNavigatedTo(ByVal e As System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs) bmusicplay = true – Amod Gokhale May 08 '13 at 08:48

MediaPlayer loops when started from onPause()

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