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Android media sound Recorder Start failed

My application got crashed whenever i press start button. Logcat says its because of start method failed. I google the error but i didn't find anything. It is giving exception at the native method Start(v);
Here is my logcat :
08-22 18:44:23.420: E/MediaRecorder(3607): start failed: -2147483648
08-22 18:44:23.420: V/MediaRecorderJNI(3607): process_media_recorder_call
08-22 18:44:23.420: W/dalvikvm(3607): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x41234438)
08-22 18:44:23.420: E/AndroidRuntime(3607): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
08-22 18:44:23.420: E/AndroidRuntime(3607): java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
Here is my Code :
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.media.AudioFormat;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.AudioTrack;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaRecorder;
import android.media.SoundPool;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private MediaRecorder myRecorder;
private MediaPlayer myPlayer;
private File outputFile = null;
private AudioTrack mAudioTrack;
private Button startBtn;
private Button stopBtn;
private Button playBtn;
private Button stopPlayBtn;
private Spinner sp;
private TextView text;
public SoundPool spl;
public int explosion = 0;
private Button playMod;
private int sampleRate = 8000;
private Uri newUri;
AudioManager audioManager;
int counter;
float actVolume, maxVolume, volume;
boolean loaded = false;
private static final String TAG = "SoundRecordingActivity";
String [] singers = {"Atif Aslam" , "Arijit Singh" , "Shreya Goshal"};
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text1);
sp = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
ArrayAdapter<String> adp=new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,singers);
adp.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line);
sp.setAdapter(adp);
// store it to sd card
//outFile = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().
// getAbsolutePath() + "/AudioRecord.3gpp";
File sampleDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
try {
outputFile = File.createTempFile("sound", ".m4a", sampleDir);
} catch (IOException e) {
Toast.makeText(this, "No Memory Card Inserted", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.e(TAG, "sdcard access error");
return;
}
myRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
myRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
myRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
myRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.AMR_NB);
myRecorder.setOutputFile(outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
startBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.start);
startBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
start(v);
}
});
stopBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stop);
stopBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
stop(v);
}
});
playBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.play);
playBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
play(v);
}
});
stopPlayBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stopPlay);
stopPlayBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
stopPlay(v);
}
});
playMod = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
playMod.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
playModified(v);
}
});
}
public void start(View view){
try {
myRecorder.prepare();
myRecorder.start();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// start:it is called before prepare()
// prepare: it is called after start() or before setOutputFormat()
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// prepare() fails
e.printStackTrace();
}
text.setText("Recording Point: Recording");
startBtn.setEnabled(false);
stopBtn.setEnabled(true);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Start recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
public void stop(View view){
try {
myRecorder.stop();
myRecorder.release();
myRecorder = null;
stopBtn.setEnabled(false);
playBtn.setEnabled(true);
text.setText("Recording Point: Stop recording");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Stop recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
/////////////////////////////////////
// addRecordingToMediaLibrary();
//////////////////////////////////////
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// it is called before start()
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
// no valid audio/video data has been received
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void play(View view) {
try{
myPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
myPlayer.setDataSource(outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
myPlayer.prepare();
myPlayer.start();
playBtn.setEnabled(false);
stopPlayBtn.setEnabled(true);
text.setText("Recording Point: Playing");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Start play the recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void stopPlay(View view) {
try {
if (myPlayer != null) {
myPlayer.stop();
myPlayer.release();
myPlayer = null;
playBtn.setEnabled(true);
stopPlayBtn.setEnabled(false);
text.setText("Recording Point: Stop playing");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Stop playing the recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

You save the temporary file as type, m4a:
outputFile = File.createTempFile("sound", ".m4a", sampleDir);
but you have the wrong output format (3gp):
myRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
Solution:
If you'd like to save the recorded file as a 3gp format, you'd have to save the file as:
outputFile = File.createTempFile("sound", ".3gp", sampleDir);
else, If you'd like to save as an m4a format, you'd have to change the output format as follows:
myRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.MPEG_4);
Here's a list of the available formats

I had the same problem. Because I also have MediaPlayer, I solve this problem by the code:
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.ADJUST_LOWER);
this solve my problem.

Cannot play mp4 video

I am trying to make a video player in android.
It plays the 3GP format videos.
But it does not support the mp4 video.Below is my code in android for the same.Why does it not support the mp4 format on the device and emulator?
package com.example.videoplayer;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.StrictMode;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.webkit.URLUtil;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.VideoView;
public class VideoViewDemo extends Activity {
private static final String TAG = "VideoViewDemo";
private VideoView mVideoView;
private EditText mPath;
private ImageButton mPlay;
private ImageButton mPause;
private ImageButton mReset;
private ImageButton mStop;
private String current;
#SuppressLint({ "NewApi", "NewApi", "NewApi" })
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);
mPath = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.path);
mPath.setText("ooklnet.com/files/368/368007/video.mp4");
mPlay = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.play);
mPause = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.pause);
mReset = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.reset);
mStop = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.stop);
mPlay.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
playVideo();
}
});
mPause.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
if (mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.pause();
}
}
});
mReset.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
if (mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.seekTo(0);
}
}
});
mStop.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
if (mVideoView != null) {
current = null;
mVideoView.stopPlayback();
}
}
});
/*runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){
public void run() {
sleep(2000);
playVideo();
}
});*/
Thread _trd1 = new Thread() {
public void run() {
try {
sleep(2000);
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
playVideo();
}
});
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
_trd1.start();
// new DoBackgroundTask().execute();
}
public class DoBackgroundTask extends AsyncTask
<String, Void, String> {
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
protected String doInBackground(String... locationNames) {
playVideo();
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String addresses){
}
}
private void playVideo() {
try {
final String path = mPath.getText().toString();
Log.v(TAG, "path: " + path);
if (path == null || path.length() == 0) {
Toast.makeText(VideoViewDemo.this, "File URL/path is empty",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
// If the path has not changed, just start the media player
if (path.equals(current) && mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.start();
mVideoView.requestFocus();
return;
}
current = path;
mVideoView.setVideoPath(getDataSource("ooklnet.com/files/368/368007/video.mp4"));
mVideoView.start();
mVideoView.requestFocus();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TAG, "error: " + e.getMessage(), e);
if (mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.stopPlayback();
}
}
}
private String getDataSource(String path) throws IOException {
if (!URLUtil.isNetworkUrl(path)) {
return path;
} else {
URL url = new URL(path);
URLConnection cn = url.openConnection();
cn.connect();
InputStream stream = cn.getInputStream();
if (stream == null)
throw new RuntimeException("stream is null");
File temp = File.createTempFile("mediaplayertmp", "dat");
temp.deleteOnExit();
String tempPath = temp.getAbsolutePath();
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(temp);
byte buf[] = new byte[128];
do {
int numread = stream.read(buf);
if (numread <= 0)
break;
out.write(buf, 0, numread);
} while (true);
try {
stream.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Log.e(TAG, "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
}
return tempPath;
}
}
}
Please advise as soon as possible.
Thanks.

The problem might be with the video encoding. Android Froyo and Gingerbread doesn't support H264 formats other than "Baseline" H264. So if your video is Mp4 & H264 encoded make sure its "AVC baseline" encoded. Use some tools like "Media info" in windows/Linux and check your video encoding. Convert the video to Baseline if possible.
An alternative workaround is to skip the Videoview and use a video play intent and redirect the playback to an app. User will be prompted to pick a player to handle the playback. Obviously if the video view cant play the file, the default player also wont be able to handle the file. you can choose some other installed player like Mx-Player which will stream the file perfectly.
Hope that solved your issue.

Try correct video url with protocol: http://www.ooklnet.com/files/368/368007/video.mp4

send audio file to server after recording in android

Thanks in advance for spent Ur time on my app...
I have an application in which I require to create an audio file after clicking ona button named "RECORD" and send this file to server. The audio file must be send in any android supported audio format.
How can I achieve this...

Code For Recording in Android
main.java:
package com.example.audiosend;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaRecorder;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private MediaRecorder myRecorder;
private MediaPlayer myPlayer;
private String outputFile = null;
private Button startBtn;
private Button stopBtn;
private Button playBtn;
private Button stopPlayBtn;
private TextView text;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text1);
// store it to sd card
outputFile = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().
getAbsolutePath() + "/MyAppRecording.3gpp"; //this is the folder in which your Audio file willl save
myRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
myRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
myRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
myRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.AMR_NB);
myRecorder.setOutputFile(outputFile);
startBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.start);
startBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
start(v);
}
});
stopBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stop);
stopBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
stop(v);
}
});
playBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.play);
playBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
play(v);
}
});
stopPlayBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stopPlay);
stopPlayBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
stopPlay(v);
}
});
}
public void start(View view){
try {
myRecorder.prepare();
myRecorder.start();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// start:it is called before prepare()
// prepare: it is called after start() or before setOutputFormat()
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// prepare() fails
e.printStackTrace();
}
text.setText("Recording Point: Recording");
startBtn.setEnabled(false);
stopBtn.setEnabled(true);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Start recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
public void stop(View view){
try {
myRecorder.stop();
myRecorder.release();
myRecorder = null;
stopBtn.setEnabled(false);
playBtn.setEnabled(true);
text.setText("Recording Point: Stop recording");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Stop recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// it is called before start()
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
// no valid audio/video data has been received
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void play(View view) {
try{
myPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
myPlayer.setDataSource(outputFile);
myPlayer.prepare();
myPlayer.start();
playBtn.setEnabled(false);
stopPlayBtn.setEnabled(true);
text.setText("Recording Point: Playing");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Start play the recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void stopPlay(View view) {
try {
if (myPlayer != null) {
myPlayer.stop();
myPlayer.release();
myPlayer = null;
playBtn.setEnabled(true);
stopPlayBtn.setEnabled(false);
text.setText("Recording Point: Stop playing");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Stop playing the recording...",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

muting one audio and playing other audio in its place (VideoView)

package z.x;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.VideoView;
public class AsdqweActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
VideoView myVideoView;
TextView translation;
String SrcPath = "/sdcard/bunny.MP4",txtdisplay="";
Thread Thread1,Thread2;
Button tag;
int count=0,tstart=-1,tend=0;
AudioManager am;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
myVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.newVideoView);
translation= (TextView) findViewById(R.id.translation);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(myVideoView);
myVideoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
myVideoView.setKeepScreenOn(true);
Runnable runnable = new VideoPlayer();
Thread2= new Thread(runnable);
Thread2.start();
runnable = new CountDownRunner();
Thread1= new Thread(runnable);
Thread1.start();
runnable = new AudioPlayer();
Thread1= new Thread(runnable);
Thread1.start();
am =
tag = (Button) findViewById(R.id.start);
tag.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
//how to change the text on the button????????
if(count%2==0)
{
tstart=myVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
System.out.println("tag starts here: "+ tstart);
myVideoView.pause();
tend=tstart+1000;
count++;
if((tstart+1000)>myVideoView.getDuration())
{
tend=myVideoView.getDuration();
count++;
}
}
else
{
tend = myVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
if(tend>=(tstart+1000)){
System.out.println("tag ends here: "+ tend);
count++;
myVideoView.pause();
}
else
{
System.out.println("invalid tagging");
}
tstart=-1;
}
}
});
myVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener()
{
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp)
{
Log.v("log_tag", "On Completion");
try {
Thread1.join();
Thread2.join();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
//r.stopThread();
finish();
}
});
}
class VideoPlayer implements Runnable{
public void run()
{
myVideoView.requestFocus();
myVideoView.setVideoPath(SrcPath);
myVideoView.start();
}
}
class AudioPlayer implements Runnable{
public AudioPlayer() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
public void run()
{
/*myVideoView.setsetvolume(0,0);
audio.requestFocus();
audio.setVideoPath(SrcPathaudio);
audio.start();*/
}
}
class CountDownRunner implements Runnable
{
File file = new File("/sdcard/harsh.srt");
long r=0;
RandomAccessFile rand;
public CountDownRunner() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
if(!file.exists())
{
System.out.println("File does not exist.");
System.exit(0);
}
try {
rand = new RandomAccessFile(file,"r");
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
translation = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.translation);
}
public void run()
{
// Get the object of DataInputStream
while(!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted())
{
try
{
doWork();
Thread.sleep(100);
}catch (InterruptedException e)
{
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
e.printStackTrace();
}catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
closeRandFile();
}
public void closeRandFile(){
try {
rand.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void doWork(){
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try{
rand.seek(r);
//If it returns milliseconds, divide by 1000
int playTime = myVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
long t1=0,t2=0;
int i=0,j=0;
/* String textValue = "i havent entered it yet";
System.out.println(playTime);
if(playTime<15000){
textValue = "its still not 15000";
System.out.println(textValue);
}else if(playTime>3000)
{textValue = "its more than 15000";}*/
////////////////////////////////////
try{
// Open the file that is the first
// command line parameter
String strLine;
//Read File Line By Line
while(((strLine = rand.readLine()) != null)&&((strLine=="")))
{
System.out.println(strLine+" line 184");
}
if(strLine != null)
{
i = Integer.parseInt(strLine);
System.out.println(strLine+" line 189");
if(i>j){
if((strLine = rand.readLine()) != null)
{
//02:03:24,100 --> 02:03:25,500
//String substring(int startIndex, int endIndex)
int h =Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(0,2));
int m =Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(3,5));
int s =Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(6,8));
int ms=Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(9,12));
t1 = (((((h*60)+m)*60)+s)*1000)+ms ;
System.out.println("start of this text time "+t1);
int l = strLine.indexOf("-->")+4;
h =Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(l+0,l+2));
m =Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(l+3,l+5));
s =Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(l+6,l+8));
ms=Integer.parseInt(strLine.substring(l+9,l+12));
t2 = (((((h*60)+m)*60)+s)*1000)+ms ;
System.out.println("end of this text time "+t2);
}
if((playTime<=t2)&&(playTime>=t1)){
while (((strLine = rand.readLine()) != null)&&(strLine!="")){
// Print the content on the console
txtdisplay=txtdisplay+strLine;
}
System.out.println(txtdisplay);
r=rand.getFilePointer();
translation.setText(txtdisplay);
}
txtdisplay="";
}
}
//Close the input stream
}catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
//////////////////////////////////////
}catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
}
}
I am new here. I was asked by my professor to play other audio while the same video is being played(for example a person doesn't understand English and wants the the app to play french ). I have used video view. One possible method was to mute the present audio and play the french audio stored in my sdcard. but video view supports no muting( i couldn't find one). I read that i have to go for media player instead of video view.
Please help...!! what should i do... Thanks in advance.

if you want to get access to the MediaPlayer of a VideoView you have to call MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener and MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener, then you can call setVolume(0f, 0f); function to set the volume to 0.
Do this:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_video);
VideoView videoView = (VideoView)this.findViewById(R.id.VVSimpleVideo);
MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);
mc.setAnchorView(videoView);
mc.setMediaPlayer(videoView);
videoView.setMediaController(mc);
String _path = "/mnt/sdcard/Movies/video5.mp4";
videoView.setVideoPath(_path);
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(PreparedListener);
videoView.requestFocus();
//Dont start your video here
//videoView.start();
}
MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener PreparedListener = new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener(){
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer m) {
try {
if (m.isPlaying()) {
m.stop();
m.release();
m = new MediaPlayer();
}
m.setVolume(0f, 0f);
m.setLooping(false);
m.start();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};

displaying a progressdialog before a video

I am trying to displaying a ProgressDialog before a video with the following code:
package com.Boodang;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.webkit.URLUtil;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.VideoView;
public class VideoLoading extends Activity implements Runnable {
private static final String TAG = "VideoViewDemo";
private VideoView mVideoView;
private EditText mPath;
private ImageView mPlay;
private ImageView mPause;
private ImageButton mReset;
private ImageView mStop;
private String current;
private ProgressDialog dialog;
private Context mContext;
String s=null;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle state){
super.onCreate(state);
dialog=ProgressDialog.show(this,"","Loding.PleaseWait",true);
Thread t=new Thread(this);
t.start();
Log.e("VideoPlay1 page","OnStart");
setContentView(R.layout.videoplay);
mPlay = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.play);
mPause = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.pause);
mStop = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.stop);
mPlay.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
}
});
mPause.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
if (mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.pause();
}
}
});
mStop.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
if (mVideoView != null) {
current = null;
mVideoView.stopPlayback();
}
}
});
runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){
public void run() {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
}
public void run(){
Message msg;
handler.sendEmptyMessage(0);
}
Handler handler=new Handler(){
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
try {
mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video);
s=getIntent().getStringExtra("id");
final String path = s;
Log.v(TAG, "path: " + path);
if (path == null || path.length() == 0) {
Toast.makeText(VideoLoading.this, "File URL/path is empty",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
// If the path has not changed, just start the media player
if (path.equals(current) && mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.start();
mVideoView.requestFocus();
return;
}
current = path;
mVideoView.setVideoPath(getDataSource(path));
mVideoView.start();
mVideoView.requestFocus();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TAG, "error123: " + e.getMessage(), e);
if (mVideoView != null) {
mVideoView.stopPlayback();
}
}
}
};
private String getDataSource(String path) throws IOException {
if (!URLUtil.isNetworkUrl(path)) {
return path;
} else {
URL url = new URL(path);
URLConnection cn = url.openConnection();
cn.connect();
InputStream stream = cn.getInputStream();
if (stream == null)
throw new RuntimeException("stream is null");
File temp = File.createTempFile("mediaplayertmp", "dat");
temp.deleteOnExit();
String tempPath = temp.getAbsolutePath();
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(temp);
byte buf[] = new byte[128];
do {
int numread = stream.read(buf);
if (numread <= 0)
break;
out.write(buf, 0, numread);
} while (true);
try {
stream.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Log.e(TAG, "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
}
return tempPath;
}
}
}
but I do not get the progress bar here. all I get is the the video directly.
All help is appreciated.

Instead of dismissing the progress dialog in runOnUiThread, dismiss it in the onPreparedListener:
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer arg0) {
dialog.dismiss();
mVideoView.start();
}
});
runOnUiThread is called right away, therefore dimissing the dialog before it can be seen. This code will keep it going until the video is ready to start.

you should use an AsyncTask to do that. have a look on this page. it gives you detailed information on how to do what you want.

You'll have to move away from the synchronous MediaPlayer calls to do this. The MediaPlayer has series of player state change callbacks such as onPreparedListener which you'll need to make use of to determine when to display your dialog.
What you are experiencing is due to the fact that, although you are putting work to the uiThread, you are basically putting all your work to the uiThread.
The call:
mVideoView.setVideoPath(getDataSource(path));
is going on the uiThread (seemingly). You need to use the async listeners to avoid having to build those facilities for yourself.