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how to pause background music during call

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
Button start,stop;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
start=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
stop=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
start.setOnClickListener(this);
stop.setOnClickListener(this);
TelecomManager tm=(TelecomManager) getSystemService(TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Intent i=new Intent(this,MyService.class);
if(v.getId()==R.id.button1) {
startService(i);
} else if(v.getId()==R.id.button2) {
stopService(i);
}
}
}
MyService.java
public class MyService extends Service {
MediaPlayer player;
#Override
public void onCreate() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate();
player=MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.song1);
}
#Override
#Deprecated
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
player.start();
super.onStart(intent, startId);
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
if (!(player == null)) {
if (player.isPlaying()) {
player.stop();
player.release();
player = null;
}
}

In your Service you could register a PhoneStateListener via TelephonyManager.listen(PhoneStateListener, int)
But as the interface is quite big you could also just register a BroadcastReceiver in your Service
IntentFilter phoneStateFilter = new IntentFilter(TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED);
registerReceiver(phoneStateReceiver, phoneStateFilter);
In your BroadcastReceiver you check the phone state by
String phoneState = intent.getStringExtra(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_STATE);

Show progressbar while preparing music and increase music volume

I'm developing a radio app in which I have written MediaPlayer class inside Service,on button click starting and closing service to start and stop MediaPlayer.But in the project I'm facing two problems
1.I want to show progress while preparing music.although I have written code inside service so not able to show ProgressBar.
2.when we volume up then instead of music volume ringing volume is increasing.
I spent my lot time and didn't get success can any please tell me how to resolve this.Your valuable suggestion would be great appreciated.
PlayerService.java
public class PlayerService extends Service implements OnPreparedListener {
private MediaPlayer mPlayer;
public PlayerService() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
super();
}
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
return null;
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
try {
mPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mPlayer.setDataSource(Live.mUrl);
mPlayer.prepare();
mPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this);
// mVisualizerView = (VisualizerView)
// findViewById(R.id.visualizerView);
// mVisualizerView.link(mPlayer);
// Start with just line renderer
// addLineRenderer();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO: handle exception
}
}
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
mPlayer.start();
return 0;
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
mPlayer.release();
super.onDestroy();
}
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}

Check out registerMediaButtonEventReceiver(ComponentName broadcastReceiver);
Define a BroadcastReceiver that handles ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON. The recieved intent includes a single extra field, EXTRA_KEY_EVENT, containing the key event that caused the broadcast. You can use this key event to get which key was pressed.
This is just a sample code. syntax errors may be there.
// in onCreate of activity
registerMediaButtonEventReceiver(mediaReceiver );
// later somewhere in activity.
MediaButton_Receiver mediaReceiver = new MediaButton_Receiver();
class MediaButton_Receiver implements BroadcastReceiver {
void onReceive(Intent intent) {
KeyEvent ke = (KeyEvent)intent.getExtra(Intent.EXTRA_KEY_EVENT);
if (ke .getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN) {
//Decrease your volume
}
// Similarly other key codes .......
}
}
Unregister the receiver in onPause() or onStop()

How to get seekbar in activity from mediaplayer service?

I'm creating a mediaplayer service to play a media file from internet, like this:
public class MyService extends Service{
private static final String TAG = "MyService";
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Created", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Stopped", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy");
mediaPlayer.stop();
}
#Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {
Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.d(TAG, "onStart");
String rtsp;
Bundle re= intent.getExtras();
rtsp=re.getString("rtsp");
try {
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(rtsp);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
mediaPlayer.start();
}
}
Now I want to get the seekbar from the activity like this:
SeekBar seekbar= (SeekBar)findviewbyid(R.id.seekbar);
But I can't :( Please help me how to do that!
EDIT
I found another way to solve my problem without using Bind service :)
Here it is:
In your service class, create a static method like this:
public static void setMainActivity(Player_Activity mainActivity)
{
MAIN_ACTIVITY=mainActivity;
}
Ofcourse, you must declare a static varible:
private static Player_Activity MAIN_ACTIVITY;
Next, in your activity, before you call the startService(), you must call this method to set the main activity to your service like this:
MyService.setMainActivity(Player_Activity.this);
Intent myservice= new Intent(this,MyService.class);
startService(myservice);
And finally you can do anything with your activity in your service like this:
final TextView tv_test=(TextView)MAIN_ACTIVITY.findViewById(R.id.textview);
That's all! Hope this help :)
Forgive me if I get some mistake about English ;), my English skill is not good :)

I know that it has been already answered. But I tried the below code which worked for me.May be useful for someone.
public class MediaPlayerService extends Service implements MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener,MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener{
String ExactPath;
int total,CurrentPosition;
MediaPlayer mp;
private final IBinder mBinder=new LocalBinder();
public class LocalBinder extends Binder {
MediaPlayerService getService(){
return MediaPlayerService.this;
}
}
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return mBinder;
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
mp=new MediaPlayer();
mp.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
mp.setOnPreparedListener(this);
}
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
ExactPath=intent.getStringExtra("pos");
PrepareMediaPlayer();
if(!mp.isPlaying()){
mp.start();
}else{
mp.pause();
}
return START_STICKY;
}
public void PrepareMediaPlayer(){
try {
mp.setDataSource(ExactPath);
mp.prepareAsync();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (IllegalStateException e){ }
catch(IllegalFormatException e){ }
}
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
mp.start();
}
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
stopSelf();
}
public int seekBarGetCurrentPosition(){ //This method is created to get SongCurrentPosition from mediaplayer for seekbar
if(mp!=null&&mp.isPlaying()){
CurrentPosition=mp.getCurrentPosition();
}
return CurrentPosition;
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
if(mp.isPlaying()){
mp.stop();
}
mp.release();
}
}
Note:In service class I had issue in getting MediaPlayer duration. I am not getting correct result when my activity requests duration from service. So I have implemented a method which gets the duration right from the activity. Hope you can fix duration in service itself. But this code worked for me.
Then in your Activity, after onCreate() method.
/**The below method songDuration() is created as substitution for getMediaPlayerDuration() method
* if getMediaPlayerDuration() failed to get the duration from mediaPlayer via service this method
* helps to avoid returning zero or null value . Because it has been observed that service takes
* quite a long time to return a value, if it is called frequently with in a span of seconds say, pressing
* Next button continuously.
*/
public int songDuration(){
MediaMetadataRetriever mmr=new MediaMetadataRetriever();
mmr.setDataSource(path);
String Dur=mmr.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_DURATION);
Integer Duration=Integer.parseInt(Dur);
return Duration;
}
#Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
Intent intent=new Intent(Player.this,MediaPlayerService.class);
bindService(intent,mServiceConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
getSeekBarStatus();//This method is called onBinding process so that it gets updated with player.
}
#Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
if(ServiceBinding){
unbindService(mServiceConnection);
ServiceBinding=false;
}
}
//This method gets the MediaPlayer Duration from service.
public int getMediaPlayerDuration(){
if(ServiceBinding){
if(mediaPlayerServiceObject.mp!=null){
Duration=mediaPlayerServiceObject.seekBarDuration();
}
}
return Duration;
}
//This method get MediaPlayerCurrent Position from service
public int getMediaPlayerCurrentPosition(){
if(ServiceBinding){
if(mediaPlayerServiceObject.mp!=null){
currentPosition=mediaPlayerServiceObject.seekBarGetCurrentPosition();
}
}
return currentPosition;
}
//This method is used to update seekBar status by getting Player Current Position from service.
public void getSeekBarStatus(){
new Thread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int total=songDuration();
int CurrentPosition=0;
seekBar.setMax(total);
while(CurrentPosition<total){
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
CurrentPosition=getMediaPlayerCurrentPosition();
Log.d(TAG,String.valueOf(CurrentPosition));
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
return;
}seekBar.setProgress(CurrentPosition);
}
}
}).start();
seekBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onProgressChanged(final SeekBar seekBar, int ProgressValue, boolean fromUser) {
// if(fromUser){
// mp.seekTo(ProgressValue);
//}
final long Minutes=((ProgressValue/1000)/60);
final int Seconds=((ProgressValue/1000)%60);
SongProgress.setText(Minutes+":"+Seconds);
}
#Override
public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
}
#Override
public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
}
});
}
private ServiceConnection mServiceConnection=new ServiceConnection() {
#Override
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName componentName, IBinder iBinder) {
MediaPlayerService.LocalBinder binder=(MediaPlayerService.LocalBinder)iBinder;
mediaPlayerServiceObject=binder.getService();
ServiceBinding=true;
getSeekBarStatus();
}
#Override
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName componentName) {
stopService(PlayerServiceIntent);
onStop();
ServiceBinding=false;
}
};

You are playing media in service so to communicate with service you have to bind activity with service.
For more information about Bind see below document
Click here
EDIT
Also see below tutorial
Click Here

The behaviour of bind Service, MP still playing multiple files

I have a service bound to an activity. The activity is a ListView of playable files. The service plays a certain audio file, passed from the Activty. In the previous version I hadn't had the Service bind, so when clicking multiple times on a play element, multiple instances of sounds would occur. I thought I could solve this by binding the service, so I would communicate every time with the same instance, however it still plays multiple files if they are clicked. Maybe i understood the concept of binding wrong, I'm not sure, the android documentation is sometimes a bit vague and misleading. Here is my code, thanks for any input.
Activity:
public class ViewSounds extends ListActivity {
private PlayService myService;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
// Bind Service
Intent intent = new Intent(ViewSounds.this, PlayService.class);
getApplicationContext().bindService(intent, serviceConncetion, BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
// Get list vars
String[] lex_names = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.lex_names);
//final String[] lex_files = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.lex_files);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_sounds, lex_names));
final ListView lv = getListView();
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
//int playFile = getResources().getIdentifier(lex_files[position], "raw", getPackageName());
myService.playAudio();
}
});
}
private ServiceConnection serviceConncetion = new ServiceConnection() {
#Override
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
myService = ((PlayService.MyBinder)service).getService();
}
#Override
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
myService = null;
}
};
#Override
public void onDestroy(){
super.onDestroy();
unbindService(serviceConncetion);
}
}
Service:
public class PlayService extends Service {
MediaPlayer player;
private final IBinder binder = new MyBinder();
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return binder;
}
public class MyBinder extends Binder {
PlayService getService() {
return PlayService.this;
}
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
}
public void playAudio(){
// I hardcoded the file name for this preview
player = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.no_harm);
player.setLooping(false); // Set looping
if (!player.isPlaying()) {
player.start();
}
}
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId){
super.onStart(intent, startId);
Toast.makeText(this,"Service created ...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
// Get veriable from Activity
// int extras;
// extras = intent.getExtras().getInt("playFile");
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
}
}

You should stop playback of previous file before playing another file. In your code you actually creating new MediaPlayer for each new media file.
Here is how your playAudio should look like:
public void playAudio(){
// I hardcoded the file name for this preview
if(player != null){
player.release();
}
player = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.no_harm);
player.setLooping(false); // Set looping
if (!player.isPlaying()) {
player.start();
}
}
But you should avoid creation of new media players for each new playback. You could do this next way:
public void playAudio(){
// I hardcoded the file name for this preview
if(player == null){
player = new MediaPlayer();
}
if(player.isPlaying()){
player.stop();
}
player.reset();
player.setLooping(false);
player.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener(){
#Override
void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp){
mp.play();
}
});
player.prepareAsync();
}
You should also use onSetErrorListener(...) and onSetComlpletionListener(...) for more control over the player. So that your activity can react on state changes in MediaPlayer.

Android: How to stop media (mp3) in playing when specific milliseconds come?

I have an mp3 file and I want to play a specific word in it. I have a start time (6889 ms) and end time (7254 ms).
I have these codes:
package com.example.playword;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class PlayWord extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
final TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText("Playing...");
setContentView(tv);
final MediaPlayer mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.nicholas);
try {
mPlayer.prepare();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
mPlayer.seekTo(6889); //this is the start time
mPlayer.start();
//how can I end it at 7254 ms?
}
}

The best approach is to use a Handler to time the stopping of the playback. Start the player and then use the Handler's postDelayed to schedule the execution of a Runnable that will stop the player. You should also start the player only after the initial seek completes. Something like this:
public class PlayWord extends Activity implements MediaPlayer.OnSeekCompleteListener {
Handler mHandler;
MediaPlayer mPlayer;
int mStartTime = 6889;
int mEndTime = 7254;
final Runnable mStopAction = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
mPlayer.stop();
}
};
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
final TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText("Playing...");
setContentView(tv);
mHandler = new Handler();
mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.nicholas);
mPlayer.setOnSeekCompleteListener(this);
mPlayer.seekTo(mStartTime);
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
mPlayer.release();
}
#Override
public void onSeekComplete (MediaPlayer mp) {
mPlayer.start();
mHandler.postDelayed(mStopAction, mEndTime - mStartTime);
}
}
Note also that the MediaPlayer.create method you are using returns a MediaPlayer that has already been prepared and prepare should not be called again like you are doing in your code.on the screen. I also added a call to release() when the activity exits.
Also, if you want to update the UI when the seek completes, be aware that this method is usually called from a non-UI thread. You will have to use the handler to post any UI-related actions.

In Oncreate Method ,use the below 4 lines code:
MediaPlayer mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.nicholas);
mPlayer.start();
mPlayer.seekTo(startTime);
updatePlayerPostion();
private Handler handler=new Handler(){
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.handleMessage(msg);
updatePlayerPostion();
}
};
updatePlayerPostion()
{
handler.removeCallbacks(r);
if(player.getCurrentPosition==7254)
player.stop();
else
handler.postDelayed(r, 1); //1 millisecond
}
Runnable r=new Runnable(){
#Override
public void run() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
updatePlayerPostion()
}
};