Question

i am creating an app i store a file in raw folder with name
alarm_tone.mp3

i am saving it in one

 SharedPreferences shared=getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME,0);
     SharedPreferences.Editor editor=shared.edit();
     editor.putString("music_uri", "android.resource://" + "org.riteshmapsapplicationdemo/" + R.raw.alarm_tone);
    editor.commit();

in other activity i am playing this tone using code segment

player=new MediaPlayer();
try {
    player.setDataSource(pref.getString("music_uri", null));
    player.prepare();
    player.start();
} 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();
}

it is showing
Media.prepare() failed
java.io.IOException

Answer 1

You should parse Uri:

player.setDataSource(Uri.parse(pref.getString("music_uri", null)));