How to stop all sounds in SoundPool?

Question

I am using SoundPool to play sfx sounds in a game on Android. In most cases it works perfectly, except sometimes I need to stop all sounds at once not pause (doesn't matter if they are set to loop or not). I can't figure out how to stop a sound from playing without knowing the StreamID of that sound. What I know:

• soundpool.load(...some sound...) returns a soundID
• soundpool.play(soundID) plays the sound and returns a streamID
• soundpool.stop(streamID) stops the sound

My question is, how can I stop a sound without knowing the streamID ? I tried tracking all streamIDs in a list, but sometimes there are so many short streams playing at once, that it won't work. And I can't find any method in SoundPoolto get the active streamIDs. Does anyone know how to stop all sounds? Any hint is appreciated! thanks

Answer 1

I'd recommend using autoPause() and autoResume() to pause and restart your sounds. This function is part of the soundpool:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/SoundPool.html#autoPause()

Answer 2

What about using .release() ? Accourding to the documentation:

Release the SoundPool resources. Release all memory and native resources used by the SoundPool object. The SoundPool can no longer be used and the reference should be set to null.

I think it also stops everything. (Actually it was causing a bug at one of my apps, that's why I say it)

However, I believe that if you want to play any sounds later, you may have to load them again.