How can I increase the maximum ringtone value?

Question

I use the Ringtone class to play an alarm when some events occur in an application I'm writing.

Everything works perfectly but for the issue that even if I set the volume to maximum (from the phone interface) it is still a little too low. Can I programmatically set a louder volume?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9599259/android-how-to-play-music-at-maximum-possible-volume can be a dupllicate — Pankaj Kumar, Oct 29 '13 at 09:12
Possible Duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9599259/android-how-to-play-music-at-maximum-possible-volume — Anchit Mittal, Oct 29 '13 at 09:17
Actually I did a search before I posted my question but I thought that android manages ringtones and music in a different way. — mariosangiorgio, Oct 29 '13 at 21:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 09:12

You can use the following snippet, using AudioManager:

AudioManager am = 
    (AudioManager) getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);

am.setStreamVolume(
    AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC,
    am.getStreamMaxVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC),
    0);

This sets the volume to the maximum level (getStreamMaxVolume()) for the STREAM_MUSIC (which is on example a song played). For other types of sounds, use different value, like STREAM_RING etc.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '13 at 09:12

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Try to use the AudioManager Class:

AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager)getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
audioManager.setStreamVolume (AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC,audioManager.getStreamMaxVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC),0);

Hope I could help.

answered Oct 29 '13 at 09:12

HappyDump

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I see that `AudioManager` has different streams and that `STREAM_MUSIC` is among the ones with the highest maximum volume. Does it mean that if I set my `Ringtone` to play on a `STREAM_MUSIC` it is the loudest I can make it? – mariosangiorgio Oct 29 '13 at 22:33

How can I increase the maximum ringtone value?

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