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Unexpected behaviour of MediaPlayer Android

I am trying to stream mp3 file from the internet. App successfully started but showing unexpected behavior. The playback doesn't play sound, the play button doesn't changes its icon. The playback stops after showing "please wait message" when it is expected to play the file on clicking the play icon.
Here's my code:
MainActivity.java
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import dyanamitechetan.vusikview.VusikView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener, MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener {
ImageButton imageButton;
SeekBar seekBar;
TextView textView;
VusikView musicView;
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
int mediaFileLength;
int realTimeLength;
final Handler handler = new Handler();
#SuppressLint("ClickableViewAccessibility")
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
musicView = findViewById(R.id.musicView);
seekBar = findViewById(R.id.seekbar);
seekBar.setMax(99);
seekBar.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
if(mediaPlayer.isPlaying()){
SeekBar seekBar = (SeekBar) view;
int playPosition = (mediaFileLength/100)*seekBar.getProgress();
mediaPlayer.seekTo(playPosition);
}
return false;
}
});
imageButton = findViewById(R.id.btn_play_pause);
imageButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
final ProgressDialog mDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
AsyncTask<String,String,String>mp3Play = new AsyncTask<String, String, String>() {
#Override
protected void onPreExecute(){
mDialog.setMessage("Please wait");
mDialog.show();
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... strings) {
try {
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(strings[0]);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
}
catch (Exception ex){
}
return "";
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
mediaFileLength = mediaPlayer.getDuration();
realTimeLength = mediaFileLength;
if(!mediaPlayer.isPlaying()){
mediaPlayer.start();
imageButton.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_pause);
} else {
mediaPlayer.pause();
imageButton.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_play);
}
updateSeekBar();
mDialog.dismiss();
}
};
mp3Play.execute("https://soundcloud.com/theastonshuffle/nasa-feat-kanye-west-santogold-lykke-li-gifted-aston-shuffle-long-mix");
musicView.start();
}
});
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(this);
mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(this);
}
private void updateSeekBar() {
seekBar.setProgress((int)((float)mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition() / mediaFileLength*100));
if(mediaPlayer.isPlaying()){
Runnable updater = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
updateSeekBar();
realTimeLength-=1000;
textView.setText(String.format("%d:%d", TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(realTimeLength),
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(realTimeLength) -
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(realTimeLength))));
}
};
handler.postDelayed(updater,1000);
}
}
#Override
public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer, int i) {
seekBar.setSecondaryProgress(i);
}
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
imageButton.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_play);
musicView.stopNotesFall();
}
}
activity_main.xml
<dyanamitechetan.vusikview.VusikView
android:id="#+id/musicView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textTimer"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="00:00"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageButton
android:layout_below="#id/textTimer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/btn_play_pause"
android:src="#drawable/ic_play"/>
<SeekBar
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/btn_play_pause"
android:id="#+id/seekbar"/>
</RelativeLayout>

you APP connect Internet ？
please check manifest is add internet permission
You can use the mediaplay.setdataSource (url);method directly to load
And setmediaplay.prepareAsync (); use asynchronous method to load music
No need to use AsyncTask

MediaController doesn't seem to show up

I have an android app with a detail activity, that detail activity has few tabs with underlying fragments. One of these fragments is plain list with a name of audio files when I click each line I'm playing the clicked audio files.
Everything works OK, but I would like to have some means of seeing a progress of the playback and ability to stop a playback, I was trying to add MediaController but even though I'm creating it without errors no media control is visible on a screen.
I'm not sure if I'm doing it in a correct way any help you would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Radek
#Override
public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
try {
if(convertView == null){
convertView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.audio_row,parent,false);
}
TextView textView = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.rowText);
textView.setText("" + jsonAudio.getJSONObject(position).getString("description"));
textView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
try {
String audioFileName = jsonAudio.getJSONObject(position).getString("file");
Toast.makeText(context, "audio item clicked: " + audioFileName, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
AssetFileDescriptor descriptor = context.getAssets().openFd(audioFileName);
long start = descriptor.getStartOffset();
long end = descriptor.getLength();
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer=new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(descriptor.getFileDescriptor(), start, end);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
// not doing really anything
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(context);
mediaController.setAnchorView(v);
mediaPlayer.start();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});

Please check the below code for your refrence
In your code you have passed the TextView in the mediaController need to pass the SurfaceView instead of TextView and you need to set the MediaPlayer in the MediaController
JAVA file.
import android.app.Activity; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.Handler; import android.util.Log;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener; import android.view.MotionEvent; import android.widget.MediaController; import android.widget.TextView;
import java.io.IOException;
public class AudioPlayer extends Activity implements OnPreparedListener, MediaController.MediaPlayerControl{ private static final String TAG = "AudioPlayer";
public static final String AUDIO_FILE_NAME = "audioFileName";
private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer; private MediaController mediaController; private String audioFile;
private Handler handler = new Handler();
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.audio_player);
audioFile = this.getIntent().getStringExtra(AUDIO_FILE_NAME);
((TextView)findViewById(R.id.now_playing_text)).setText(audioFile);
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this);
mediaController = new MediaController(this);
try {
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(audioFile);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
mediaPlayer.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Could not open file " + audioFile + " for playback.", e);
}
}
#Override protected void onStop() { super.onStop(); mediaController.hide(); mediaPlayer.stop(); mediaPlayer.release(); }
#Override public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { //the MediaController will hide after 3 seconds - tap the screen to make it appear again mediaController.show(); return false; }
//--MediaPlayerControl methods---------------------------------------------------- public void start() { mediaPlayer.start(); }
public void pause() { mediaPlayer.pause(); }
public int getDuration() { return mediaPlayer.getDuration(); }
public int getCurrentPosition() { return mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition(); }
public void seekTo(int i) { mediaPlayer.seekTo(i); }
public boolean isPlaying() { return mediaPlayer.isPlaying(); }
public int getBufferPercentage() { return 0; }
public boolean canPause() { return true; }
public boolean canSeekBackward() { return true; }
public boolean canSeekForward() { return true; } //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) { Log.d(TAG, "onPrepared"); mediaController.setMediaPlayer(this); mediaController.setAnchorView(findViewById(R.id.main_audio_view));
handler.post(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
mediaController.setEnabled(true);
mediaController.show();
}
});
} }
XML file-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/main_audio_view" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"> <TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center" android:text="Now playing:"
android:textSize="25sp" android:textStyle="bold" /> <TextView
android:id="#+id/now_playing_text" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dip" android:layout_marginRight="10dip"
android:layout_gravity="center" android:text="Now playing.."
android:textSize="16sp" android:textStyle="italic" /> </LinearLayout>

I had to tweak Patrick's solution a bit to play the file from assets folder but it worked great, here is reformatted java file for easy cut and paste if anyone needs it.
import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.io.IOException;
public class MediaPlayer extends AppCompatActivity implements OnPreparedListener, MediaController.MediaPlayerControl {
private static final String TAG = "AudioPlayer";
private android.media.MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
private MediaController mediaController;
private String audioFileName = "item1_audio1.mp3";;
private Handler handler = new Handler();
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_audio_view);
((TextView) findViewById(R.id.now_playing_text)).setText(audioFileName);
mediaPlayer = new android.media.MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this);
mediaController = new MediaController(this);
try {
AssetFileDescriptor descriptor = MediaPlayer.this.getAssets().openFd(audioFileName);
long start = descriptor.getStartOffset();
long end = descriptor.getLength();
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(descriptor.getFileDescriptor(), start, end);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
mediaPlayer.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Could not open file " + audioFileName + " for playback.", e);
}
}
#Override
public void onPrepared(android.media.MediaPlayer mp) {
Log.d(TAG, "onPrepared");
mediaController.setMediaPlayer(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(findViewById(R.id.main_audio_view));
handler.post(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
mediaController.setEnabled(true);
mediaController.show();
}
});
}
#Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
mediaController.hide();
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { //the MediaController will hide after 3 seconds - tap the screen to make it appear again
mediaController.show();
return false;
}
public void start() {
mediaPlayer.start();
}
public void pause() {
mediaPlayer.pause();
}
public int getDuration() {
return mediaPlayer.getDuration();
}
public int getCurrentPosition() {
return mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition();
}
public void seekTo(int i) {
mediaPlayer.seekTo(i);
}
public boolean isPlaying() {
return mediaPlayer.isPlaying();
}
public int getBufferPercentage() {
return 0;
}
public boolean canPause() {
return true;
}
public boolean canSeekBackward() {
return true;
}
public boolean canSeekForward() {
return true;
}
#Override
public int getAudioSessionId() {
return 0;
}
#Override
public void onStart() {
super.onStart();
}
}

seekbar not working when runnable and handler.postdelayed() are added in android apps

I'm not sure why I get error on the handler. The codes work until when I add in the handler to control the seekbar, it will prompt error.
package com.voice.recording.v3;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener;
public class VoiceRecordingPlaybackv3Activity extends Activity implements OnCompletionListener,
OnTouchListener, OnClickListener, OnSeekBarChangeListener {
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
View theView;
Button stopButton, startButton, quitButton;
SeekBar seekBar;
Handler handler;
int position = 0;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
stopButton = (Button)this.findViewById(R.id.StopButton);
startButton = (Button)this.findViewById(R.id.StartButton);
quitButton = (Button)this.findViewById(R.id.quitButton);
startButton.setOnClickListener(this);
stopButton.setOnClickListener(this);
quitButton.setOnClickListener(this);
theView = this.findViewById(R.id.theview);
theView.setOnTouchListener(this);
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.goodmorningandroid);
mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(this);
seekBar = (SeekBar) findViewById(R.id.seekBar1);
seekBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(this);
seekBar.setMax(mediaPlayer.getDuration());
}
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp){
mediaPlayer.start();
mediaPlayer.seekTo(position);
}
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent me){
if(me.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE){
if(mediaPlayer.isPlaying()){
position = (int)(me.getX()*
mediaPlayer.getDuration()/theView.getWidth());
Log.v("SEEK",""+position);
mediaPlayer.seekTo(position);
}
}
return true;
}
public void onClick(View v){
if(v == stopButton){
mediaPlayer.pause();
}else if(v == startButton){
try{
mediaPlayer.start();
startPlayProgressUpdater();
}catch(IllegalStateException e){
mediaPlayer.pause();
}
}else if(v == quitButton ){
mediaPlayer.stop();
mediaPlayer.release();
}
}
public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress, boolean fromUser) {
}
public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
}
public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
seekBar.setSecondaryProgress(seekBar.getProgress());
}
public void startPlayProgressUpdater() {
seekBar.setProgress(mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition());
if (mediaPlayer.isPlaying()) {
Runnable notification = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
startPlayProgressUpdater();
}
};
handler.postDelayed(notification,100);
}else{
mediaPlayer.pause();
seekBar.setProgress(0);
}
}
}
The error I get is NullPointerException, can anyone please point out my mistaken

Your code shows handler is defined by not initialized. Please post stacktrace if that's not the problem.

Cannot play a mp3 file from a url with htts protocol in android

I am play a mp3 file from url containing a https protocol extention , I get a mediaplayer failed to prepare exception but when i use a http protocol the code runs fine
/**
import com.erkutaras.media.audio.url.R;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
public class StreamAudioFromUrlSampleActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener, OnTouchListener, OnCompletionListener, OnBufferingUpdateListener{
private Button btn_play,
btn_pause,
btn_stop;
private SeekBar seekBar;
private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
private int lengthOfAudio;
// private final String URL = "http://android.erkutaras.com/media/audio.mp3";
private final String URL = "https://icanbeanything.com/en/Fearless/afraid-of-change.mp3";
private final Handler handler = new Handler();
private final Runnable r = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
updateSeekProgress();
}
};
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
init();
}
private void init() {
btn_play = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_play);
btn_play.setOnClickListener(this);
btn_pause = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_pause);
btn_pause.setOnClickListener(this);
btn_pause.setEnabled(false);
btn_stop = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_stop);
btn_stop.setOnClickListener(this);
btn_stop.setEnabled(false);
seekBar = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.seekBar);
seekBar.setOnTouchListener(this);
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(this);
mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer, int percent) {
seekBar.setSecondaryProgress(percent);
}
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
btn_play.setEnabled(true);
btn_pause.setEnabled(false);
btn_stop.setEnabled(false);
}
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
if (mediaPlayer.isPlaying()) {
SeekBar tmpSeekBar = (SeekBar)v;
mediaPlayer.seekTo((lengthOfAudio / 100) * tmpSeekBar.getProgress() );
}
return false;
}
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
try {
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(URL);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
lengthOfAudio = mediaPlayer.getDuration();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Error", e.getMessage());
}
switch (view.getId()) {
case R.id.btn_play:
playAudio();
break;
case R.id.btn_pause:
pauseAudio();
break;
case R.id.btn_stop:
stopAudio();
break;
default:
break;
}
updateSeekProgress();
}
private void updateSeekProgress() {
if (mediaPlayer.isPlaying()) {
seekBar.setProgress((int)(((float)mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition() / lengthOfAudio) * 100));
handler.postDelayed(r, 1000);
}
}
private void stopAudio() {
mediaPlayer.stop();
btn_play.setEnabled(true);
btn_pause.setEnabled(false);
btn_stop.setEnabled(false);
seekBar.setProgress(0);
}
private void pauseAudio() {
mediaPlayer.pause();
btn_play.setEnabled(true);
btn_pause.setEnabled(false);
}
private void playAudio() {
mediaPlayer.start();
btn_play.setEnabled(false);
btn_pause.setEnabled(true);
btn_stop.setEnabled(true);
}
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
*/

If you developing on before Android 3.1
HTTPS is not supported before Android 3.1.
See this link
Android Supported Media Formats

Mp3 has paused when screen locked

mp3 pauses when on screen lock..here is my main java code...I've searched some information but nothing helped me.And by the way After clicking Play, then stop, then back to play, the application force crashes, sometimes it requires more clicks, sometimes fewer..Can someone help me please..Thank you !
import android.app.Activity;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
public class Main extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private ProgressBar playSeekBar;
private Button buttonPlay;
private Button buttonStopPlay;
private MediaPlayer player;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
initializeUIElements();
initializeMediaPlayer();
}
private void initializeUIElements() {
playSeekBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
playSeekBar.setMax(100);
playSeekBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
buttonPlay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonPlay);
buttonPlay.setOnClickListener(this);
buttonStopPlay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonStopPlay);
buttonStopPlay.setEnabled(false);
buttonStopPlay.setOnClickListener(this);
}
public void onClick(View v) {
if (v == buttonPlay) {
startPlaying();
} else if (v == buttonStopPlay) {
stopPlaying();
}
}
private void startPlaying() {
buttonStopPlay.setEnabled(true);
buttonPlay.setEnabled(false);
playSeekBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
player.prepareAsync();
player.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
player.start();
}
});
}
private void stopPlaying() {
if (player.isPlaying()) {
player.stop();
player.release();
initializeMediaPlayer();
}
buttonPlay.setEnabled(true);
buttonStopPlay.setEnabled(false);
playSeekBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
private void initializeMediaPlayer() {
player = new MediaPlayer();
try {
player.setDataSource("http://users1.jabry.com/mine/inna.mp3");
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
player.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(new OnBufferingUpdateListener() {
public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mp, int percent) {
playSeekBar.setSecondaryProgress(percent);
Log.i("Buffering", "" + percent);
}
});
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
if (player.isPlaying()) {
player.stop();
}
}
}

When the screen is locked your onPause is being called, and you are explicitly stopping the player there.