CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidmedia-player
tobi
tobi

Reputation: 2002

TYPE_NOTIFICATION with MediaPlayer

I am trying to use simple notification sound as the sound in my app. But I just can't get it to work. There's no sound at all when I use RingManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION. I should mention that when I use TYPE_ALARM or TYPE_RINGTONE (or TYPE_ALL = it is TYPE_RINGTONE in my mobile phone) it works. I tried also with setVolume(), but no results.

When I send message to myself at this moment (from another phone) I can hear the notification sound.

Some people tried to help me but it is still not solved. Maybe somebody can give me the simplest project for eclipse that I can check if it works? Maybe it's just something wrong with my mobile phone? I have Samsung Galaxy S2.

Here's my code. What do I do wrong? Or what else should I check?

Uri _sound = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri( RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION ); 
// _sound.toString() returns "content://settings/system/notification_sound"

// this doesn't work either
// Uri _sound = RingtoneManager.getActualDefaultRingtoneUri( getApplicationContext(), RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION );
// _sound.toString() returns "content://media/internal/audio/media/10" if it can help

mp = new MediaPlayer();
try {
    // doesn't change anything while using TYPE_NOTIFICATION
    // mp.setVolume(1.0f, 1.0f); 

    // tried also mp.setDataSource(context, Settings.System.DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_URI);
    // but no effect
    mp.setDataSource( getApplicationContext(), _sound );
    mp.setLooping( false );
    mp.prepare();
} catch( IOException e ) {}
mp.start();

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 971

Answers (1)

BrainCrash
BrainCrash

Reputation: 13172

You can try to use this syntax instead:

Uri _sound = RingtoneManager.getActualDefaultRingtoneUri(Context, RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);

This works for me.

You can try this too:

mp.setDataSource(context, Settings.System.DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_URI);

Upvotes: 2

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