How can I make the media player play the music with the URL link?

Question

I made for some time an app with a media player. But after a number of updates, I realized that the space required for downloading the app got very big. I decided to change the method and make the players play the music with the internet from a URL link, but I have no idea how to manage that. I believe that I have to set mediaplayer.setDataSource and then put the link. But after that it doesn't work with my code. Does anyone know how to convert my code to work in this method?

A part of my current code:

  mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this,R.raw.storm);

    runnable = new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            seekBar.setProgress(mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition());

            handler.postDelayed(this,500);
        }
    };

    int duration = mediaPlayer.getDuration();

    String sDuration = convertFormat(duration);

    playerDuration.setText(sDuration);

    btPlay.setOnClickListener(v -> {

        mediaPlayer.start();

        seekBar.setMax(mediaPlayer.getDuration());

        handler.postDelayed(runnable, 0);

        btPlay.setVisibility(View.GONE);

        btPause.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    });

    btPause.setOnClickListener(v -> {

        mediaPlayer.pause();

        btPlay.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        btPause.setVisibility(View.GONE);

        handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
    });


    seekBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress, boolean b) {
            if (b) {

                mediaPlayer.seekTo((int) progress);

            }
            playerPosition.setText(convertFormat(mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition()));
        }

        @Override
        public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {

        }
    });

    mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(mp -> {
        btPause.setVisibility((View.GONE));

        btPlay.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

        mediaPlayer.seekTo(0);
    });


}

Sniffer · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-01T09:37:54.343

Please try the below code to play music via URL

Kotlin:

 val mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer()
        mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC)
        try {
            mediaPlayer.setDataSource(yourSongUrl)
            mediaPlayer.prepare()
            mediaPlayer.start()
        } catch (e: IOException) {
            e.printStackTrace()
        }
        Log.v(TAG,"Music is streaming")

Java:

 MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();

        mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);

        try {
            mediaPlayer.setDataSource(yourSongUrl);
            mediaPlayer.prepare();
            mediaPlayer.start();

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
       Log.v(TAG,"Music is streaming")

If you target the API level 26 or above theb setAudioStreamType() is deprecated. So try the below code:

 //java
 mediaPlayer.setAudioAttributes(
                new AudioAttributes
                        .Builder()
                        .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_MUSIC)
                        .build());
//Kotlin
mediaPlayer.setAudioAttributes(
            AudioAttributes.Builder()
                .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_MUSIC)
                .build()
        )

Note: Add Internet permission in manifest.xml file

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

last but not least, you have to wait for the music to play because it's playing the audio from the URL so it takes time and also depends on the user internet speed

How can I make the media player play the music with the URL link?

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