Android MediaPlayer.create failing

Question

So I've been trying some stuff with the MediaPlayer, and it works if I do this:

mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.over);

However, obviously this only allows me to launch that one file. So, if I try something like this:

Uri myUri = Uri.parse("R.raw.over");
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, myUri);

then the mediaPlayer doesn't get created. Any method call

mediaPlayer.start()

throws a NullPointerException.

My idea is that, if I get this to work, then eventually I can playback a file from an ArayList containing URIs.

I checked that link, got it to work! Thanks! – Yoey Sep 10 '18 at 16:59 — Yoey, Sep 10 '18 at 16:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 10 '18 at 16:52

Please, try to apply this code:

Uri myUri = ....; // initialize Uri here
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(getApplicationContext(), myUri);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
mediaPlayer.start();

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '18 at 16:56

If all the files that you want to play is in raw folder then you don't need to parse a Uri you can just store them in an array and play through that array:

int[] files = {R.raw.over, R.raw.over1, R.raw.over2}
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, files[0]);

Android MediaPlayer.create failing

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