Android - play mp3 from byte[] array

Question

I have byte[] array, which contains mp3 file. Is there any way how to play mp3 file without creating temporary file?

Thanks

Edited:

I have tried temporary file approach:

                File tempMp3 = File.createTempFile("test", ".mp3", getCacheDir());

                //tempMp3.deleteOnExit();
                FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempMp3);
                fos.write(bytes);
                fos.close();

                mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),Uri.fromFile(tempMp3));
                mediaPlayer.start();

And I am still getting the NullPointerException. I am writing byte array (called bytes) to file, I am keeping its referrence and using it. But still getting NPE. Do you know where is the mistake?

Answer 1

I am assuming you are using MediaPlayer and until the latest API there is no way to set the data in byte[] format just as a String(path), FileDescriptor, or Uri so I am afraid that you will have to write a temporary File.