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tylercomp
tylercomp

Reputation: 901

How to get Android MediaPlayer() to stop when app is closed?

My android app creates a MediaPlayer() and plays a looping song. I need to have it stop playing when the user leaves the app. I also need to get at the volume buttons somehow, to let users adjust the songs volume... Any Ideas? 

MediaPlayer mp;

public void setupMediaPlayer()
{
    mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.song);
    mp.setLooping(true);
    mp.start(); 
}

public void stopMediaPlayer()
{
    mp.stop();
}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6787

Answers (3)

mmmartinnn
mmmartinnn

Reputation: 407

stopMediaPlayer didn't work for me as per eldarerathis' answer but this did:

 @Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    releaseMediaPlayer();
}

Dunno why though...

Edited:

According to the course I'm doing though this is the correct way to do it.

Maybe one day I'll figure out the difference. :)

Upvotes: 1

Michael Biermann
Michael Biermann

Reputation: 3133

Also think about onResume(), to continue your looping song when the user comes back to your app.

Upvotes: 1

eldarerathis
eldarerathis

Reputation: 36213

Per the first half of your question: you should get what you want if you call stopMediaPlayer() inside onPause() and onDestroy(). Example:

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    stopMediaPlayer();
}

Per the second half: Try taking a look at the AudioManager class (particularly AUDIO_FOCUS_GAIN), and see if that can handle what you're looking for.

Make sure the looping audio makes sense in the context of the app, though...if there's one thing I don't miss from the amateur websites of the mid-90's it's that awful MIDI background music that everyone seemed to put in them...

Upvotes: 2

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