Question

I have Implemented this code to play the Sound file available in res/drawable/testing123.mp3 file.
The code is :

 public void playSound()
    {
        boolean mStartPlaying = true;
        if (mStartPlaying==true) 
        {
//          String word = wordValue.getText().toString();
            String file = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
            String sound = file+"/testing123.mp3";
            //System.out.println("Before Allocation file is: "+file);
            //rePlay.setText("Stop");
            mPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
            try 
            {
                mPlayer.setDataSource(sound);
                mPlayer.prepare();
                mPlayer.start();
            } 
            catch (IOException e) 
            {
                Log.e(LOG_TAG, "prepare() failed");
            }
        } 
        else 
        {
           //   stopPlaying();
            //rePlay.setText("Replay");
            mPlayer.release();
            mPlayer = null;
        }
        mStartPlaying = !mStartPlaying;
    }

But i am not able to play it.
The Sound file is in the res/drawable/testing123.mp3

So Please help me, why i am not able to play that file ?
Thanks.

Answer 1

In my applications I put audio files in the /res/raw folder. For example I have an mp3 file used for notifications called “notify.mp3” in my raw folder and I can access it by

Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.darrenmowat.boothr/" + R.raw.notify);

You could then use

mPlayer.setDataSource(context, uri);

to set the data source.