Audio plays in emulator but not on physical device

Terrormaster · by **Terrormaster** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:39 pm

Hi, fairly new android developer, long time software engineer.

A friend of mine asked me to write a simple single sound soundboard for him. I put the basics together and got it running in the emulator with little to no trouble at all. However when I install the app onto my Droid Eris I get no audio playback. I get no errors and the app seems to function fine, just can't hear anything from it. I checked the volume on my phone and even turned it up all the way.

Here's the source:

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package montypython.ping;
 
import android.app.Activity;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
 
import android.view.View;
 
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
 
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
 
public class Ping extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
 
        private MediaPlayer mp;
 
        /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 
    @Override
 
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
 
        mp = MediaPlayer.create(Ping.this, R.raw.ping);
 
        View btnPing = findViewById(R.id.btnPing);
 
        btnPing.setOnClickListener(this);
 
    }
 
    public void onClick(View v) {
 
        switch (v.getId()) {
 
        case R.id.btnPing:
 
                mp.seekTo(0);
 
                mp.start();
 
                break;
 
        }
 
    }
 
}
 
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Do I need to set the volume for MediaPlayer separately or something like that? Again this works perfectly fine from the emulator within Eclipse.

Any help or pointer in the right direction would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks,
-Terrormaster

Terrormaster · by **Terrormaster** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:02 pm

LMAO as it always seems to be for me. No sooner I ask someone the answer finds its way into my lap.

Adding the following solved my problem:

setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);

Thanks anyways and hope this helps someone else.

-TM

icobasco · by **icobasco** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:55 pm

Hi Terrormaster,
thank you for your sharing.

If you do not use that call, by default if you click on the volume keys you change the RINGER volume. You can change the MULTIMEDIA volume only if you use your call or some media is playing.

Audio plays in emulator but not on physical device

Audio plays in emulator but not on physical device

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