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Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 1151

Android - How to tell when MediaPlayer is buffering

I've got to be missing something obvious here, but I can't seem to find anything to allow me to determine when MediaPlayer is buffering audio. I'm streaming internet audio and I want to display a buffering indicator, but nothing I've tried allows me to know when MediaPlayer interrupts the audio to buffer, so I can't properly display a buffering indicator. Any clues?

Upvotes: 38

Views: 31182

Answers (6)

ADEBAYO OSIPITAN
ADEBAYO OSIPITAN

Reputation: 68

Just like @JRL said, register a OnBufferUpdateListener but register it on the MediaPlayer object in OnPreparedListener, that way anytime the music is buffering it'll always indicate. as this listener is always called when mediaplayer is buffering. like so:

player.setOnPreparedListener(mediaPlayer -> {
               mediaPlayer.setOnBufferingUpdateListener((mediaPlayer1, percent) -> {
                    if (percent<=99)view.showMusicBuffer();

                    else view.hideMusicBuffer();
                });
                view.setTrackDuration(mediaPlayer.getDuration());
                mediaPlayer.start();

                changeTrackBarProgress();
            });

Upvotes: 0

ljian
ljian

Reputation: 976

Like below (API level ≥ 9):

mp.setOnInfoListener(new OnInfoListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onInfo(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
        switch (what) {
            case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_START:
                loadingDialog.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                break;
            case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_END:
                loadingDialog.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                break;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

NOTE : There is a known bug in Android. When playing HLS stream it's just never calls OnInfoListener or OnBuffering. check this link OnInfoListener bug

Upvotes: 59

Matt Brian&#231;on
Matt Brian&#231;on

Reputation: 1083

@Daniel, per your comment on @JRL's answer, you could probably get this working by spinning up a thread and waiting for a timeout.

Something like DetectBufferTimeout.java (untested) would do nicely.

I do, however, agree that spinning up this separate thread is a bit of a hack. Perhaps OnBufferingUpdateListener could make a guarantee as to how often it calls onBufferingUpdate() regardless of whether a change in the buffering progress has occurred so we can detect if we're getting the same value over and over.

Upvotes: 7

Murat
Murat

Reputation: 3294

You can use a thread that checks the current position of the MediaPlayer. If the position doesnt change, you can conclude that the media is in buffering state. Here is the complete tutorial that i wrote: http://www.ottodroid.net/?p=260

Upvotes: 1

Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 1151

Ok, I feel a little vindicated now. I checked out the Pandora app and it doesn't display a buffering indicator. When music is interrupted for buffering, it just sits there as if nothing happened and the UI looks like it's still playing. So I've come to the conclusion that if you're using MediaPlayer, it's just not possible to determine if the track is temporarily paused for buffering.

However, I did notice that there are a couple MediaPlayer constants that could be of use: MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_START and MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_END. But they're only available in API level 9+, and the docs don't say anything about them. I'm assuming they can be used with an OnInfoListener.

I'm disappointed, but at least I can stop spinning my wheels now and move on to something else.

Upvotes: 10

JRL
JRL

Reputation: 78003

Register an OnBufferingUpdate listener.

Upvotes: 1

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