Playing sound FX for a game

ninor · by **ninor** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:42 am

Playing sound FX for a game

This only loads one sound but you can load as many as you want.
Put an mp3 in the res/raw directory called Explosion.mp3

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public static final int SOUND_EXPLOSION = 1;
 
public static final int SOUND_YOU_WIN = 2;
 
public static final int SOUND_YOU_LOSE = 3;
 
private SoundPool soundPool;
 
private HashMap<Integer, Integer> soundPoolMap;
 
private void initSounds() {
 
        soundPool = new SoundPool(4, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 100);
 
        soundPoolMap = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
 
        soundPoolMap.put(SOUND_EXPLOSION, soundPool.load(getContext(), R.raw.explosion, 1));
 
}
 
public void playSound(int sound) {
 
        AudioManager mgr = (AudioManager)getContext().getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
 
        int streamVolume = mgr.getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
 
        soundPool.play(soundPoolMap.get(sound), streamVolume, streamVolume, 1, 0, 1f);
 
}
 
public void update() {
 
      if (isExploding()) {
 
            playSound(SOUND_EXPLOSION);
 
     }
 
}
 
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SDK Version compatible: 0.9, 1.0

Thanks to rbgrn for creating and sharing this snippet!

alpesh_harsoda · by **alpesh_harsoda** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:01 am

hi ninor,
i try this code its working very nicely.but when i put some wav file instead of mp3 then error occured.
wav file not supported in android?
thnks,
Alpesh

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:22 am

There isn't a very good reason of using wav's over mp3's/oggs/aac's/... You are on a mobile device and don't have limited resources.

And for your real question: I don't know

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alpesh_harsoda · by **alpesh_harsoda** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:24 am

hello mrsnowflake,
thnks for reply.
but in my application if u want to use the wav file then what i have to do.?

isaackearl · by **isaackearl** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:03 am

alpesh_harsoda wrote:hello mrsnowflake,
thnks for reply.
but in my application if u want to use the wav file then what i have to do.?

i would just find a converter and turn it into an mp3

Iam_Fiction · by **Iam_Fiction** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:27 pm

Does this still work? I didnt hear a sound when i tried this and the Api isnt even commented...

suhas.gavas · by **suhas.gavas** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:31 pm

use wave file which is 16 bit

DeveloperAmit · by **DeveloperAmit** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:11 pm

man SoundPool class seems to be pretty unstable when we need to play a single sound simultaneously in a app...it crashes the app.

suhas.gavas · by **suhas.gavas** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:16 pm

sound pool may not be stable but i think developer should use OGG sound file format as it works good as compared to others ....... In my game wav file use to play sometimes and sometimes the sample file used be NOT ready to play......... But when i converted those files to OGG and used them , they worked fine with sound pool i.e sound files are played always and no error of sample not ready type

fundurianfred · by **fundurianfred** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:11 am

I used the code to test but i hear no sound? I am using .mp3 , whats wrong

SCM · by **SCM** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:26 pm

the same here. it isn't working.

suhas.gavas · by **suhas.gavas** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:17 pm

please change the file format to OGG and check.
it will work as it done for me

SCM · by **SCM** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:19 pm

yes on the emulator it works but not on the phone

Trip · by **Trip** » Sat May 22, 2010 4:13 am

ogg are the best format for android games (will increase frame rate using ogg over any other format)

do not use WAV ... ogg are an open file format and supported by more devices

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Playing sound FX for a game

Playing sound FX for a game

the code did not work , i dunno why

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