Play audio resources using SoundPool

The SoundPool class manages and plays audio resources for applications.

A SoundPool is a collection of samples that can be loaded into memory from a resource inside the APK or from a file in the file system. The SoundPool library uses the MediaPlayer service to decode the audio into a raw 16-bit PCM mono or stereo stream. This allows applications to ship with compressed streams without having to suffer the CPU load and latency of decompressing during playback.



Modify the last exercise "play MIDI audio using MediaPlayer" to play a ogg file using SoundPool instead of MediaPlayer.

Copy a ogg sound file into res/raw folder.

Keep using the main.xml file in the last exercise "play MIDI audio using MediaPlayer".

Modify source code, AndroidAudioPlayer.java.

package com.exercise.AndroidAudioPlayer;

import java.util.HashMap;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.SoundPool;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidAudioPlayer extends Activity {

SoundPool soundPool;
HashMap<Integer, Integer> soundPoolMap;
int soundID = 1;

  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
      soundPool = new SoundPool(4, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 100);
      soundPoolMap = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
      //soundPoolMap.put(soundID, soundPool.load(this, R.raw.midi_sound, 1));
      soundPoolMap.put(soundID, soundPool.load(this, R.raw.fallbackring, 1));
    
      Button buttonPlay = (Button)findViewById(R.id.play);
      Button buttonPause = (Button)findViewById(R.id.pause);
      buttonPlay.setOnClickListener(buttonPlayOnClickListener);
      buttonPause.setOnClickListener(buttonPauseOnClickListener);
  }

  Button.OnClickListener buttonPlayOnClickListener
  = new Button.OnClickListener(){
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager)getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
  float curVolume = audioManager.getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  float maxVolume = audioManager.getStreamMaxVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  float leftVolume = curVolume/maxVolume;
  float rightVolume = curVolume/maxVolume;
  int priority = 1;
  int no_loop = 0;
  float normal_playback_rate = 1f;
  soundPool.play(soundID, leftVolume, rightVolume, priority, no_loop, normal_playback_rate);
 
  Toast.makeText(AndroidAudioPlayer.this,
    "soundPool.play()",
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
  };

  Button.OnClickListener buttonPauseOnClickListener
  = new Button.OnClickListener(){
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  soundPool.pause(soundID);
  Toast.makeText(AndroidAudioPlayer.this,
    "soundPool.pause()",
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
  };

}

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Related article:
- Play foreground and background music using SoundPool and MediaPlayer