Audio-Video

MediaPlayer This class is the primary API for playing sound and video.

AudioManagerThis class manages audio sources and audio output on a device.

Manifest declarations

Before starting development on your application using MediaPlayer, make sure your manifest has the appropriate declarations to allow use of related features.

• Internet Permission: If you are using MediaPlayer to stream network-based content, your application must request network access.

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

Wake Lock Permission - If your player application needs to keep the screen from dimming or the processor from sleeping, or uses the MediaPlayer.setScreenOnWhilePlaying() or MediaPlayer.setWakeMode() methods, you must request this permission.

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

Here is an example of how to play audio that's available as a local raw resource (saved in your application's res/raw/ directory)

MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.sound_file_1);
mediaPlayer.start(); // no need to call prepare(); create() does that for you

• Playing from a remote URL via HTTP streaming looks like this:

  String url = "http://........"; // your URL here
  MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
  mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  mediaPlayer.setDataSource(url);
  mediaPlayer.prepare(); // might take long! (for buffering, etc)
  mediaPlayer.start();