Android MediaPlayer Basic creation and playing

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Example

MediaPlayer class can be used to control playback of audio/video files and streams.

Creation of MediaPlayer object can be of three types:

  1. Media from local resource

    MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.resource);
    mediaPlayer.start(); // no need to call prepare(); create() does that for you
    
  2. From local URI (obtained from ContentResolver)

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

    String url = "http://........"; // your URL here
    MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
    mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
    mediaPlayer.setDataSource(url);
    mediaPlayer.prepare(); // might take long! (for buffering, etc)
    mediaPlayer.start();
    


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