MediaPlayer.setDataSource(url) is not working in my app.

Im puttin the file "hello.mp3" in the assets-folder, and Im using the following code:

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        String soundUrl = "file:///android_asset/hello.mp3";
        mp = new MediaPlayer();
        try {
            mp.setDataSource(soundUrl);
            mp.prepare();
            mp.start();
        }
        catch (IOException e) {}
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {}
        catch (IllegalStateException e) {}


This code works when I put the "hello.mp3" in the res/raw-folder:

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        mp = new MediaPlayer();
        mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), R.raw.hello);
        mp.start();


Problem with the last code is that I need to load the sound-files dynamically, and apparently you cant create a string or a uri with the correct sound-file at the end and insert that as the second parameter in the MP.create()-function.

Pseudocode - NOT WORKING

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String mySound = "hello";
Uri myUri = "R.raw." + mySound;
...
mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), myUri);


Any ideas?

I am having the same problem. Does anyone know a way around this?

The Resources are just int´s .. you could make a map
to associate those int´s with strings.



In the example you get all files in res/raw folder that starts with "sound_"
Lets say you have "sound_moo.mp3" and "sound_bark.mp3" in res/raw.
You can access them now global with Test.MyResources.get("sound_bark.mp3")
instead of "R.raw.sound_bark" and you can now access them dynamic by simple generate
the key string for the map.

Greets
Padde

Thanks, this helped.