Question

I am having some trouble using the android MediaPlayer in a non activity class, always a context error. Here is the bugged line:

MediaPlayer Shoot = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.shot);

Now I know I cant use this in a service, but all the other stuff I tried kept giving bugs.

any suggestions?

Answer 1

Try:

try {
    MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer();

    AssetFileDescriptor afd = getResources().openRawResourceFd(1);
    if (afd != null) {
        mp.setDataSource(afd.getFileDescriptor(), afd.getStartOffset(), afd.getLength());
        afd.close();
        mp.prepare();
        mp.start();
    }
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
} catch (IOException e) {
}