Hey gus does anybody know where i can get some information about this, I want to be able to play a sound by clicking a button.

Thanks

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If you want to play a sound you can do some research on the MediaPlayer class in android. You would basically just need to prepare a media player with your sound, then attach an onClick event to your button to start the playback.

There is a whole section i the Dev Guide you should review (see MediaPlayer)

the basic code you need is a layout with a Button, and an activity that implements OnClickListener (to respond to the button). In the OnClick, you need the MediaPlayer code to create/play/release (for cleanup).

I created the attached as a 'stupid' one shot for my son to annoy his friends! (teenagers!) also as my own 'hello world' - new to Android & Java.

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import android.app.Activity;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ImageButton;

public class PlayIt extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   MediaPlayer mp;
   
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
       
      ImageButton btn = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.PlayItButton);
      btn.setOnClickListener(this);
       
   }

   @Override
   public void onClick(View v) {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      
      mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.musicfile);
      mp.start();
      while (mp.isPlaying()) {
         // donothing
      };
      mp.release();
   }
};