java.lang.IllegalStateException in MediaPlayer.isplaying() method

Question

public static MediaPlayer mp=null;
public static void playGeneric(int name, final ImageButton button,final ImageButton pervious,Context context) {
    button.setEnabled(false);
button.setClickable(false);
pervious.setEnabled(false);
pervious.setClickable(false);
    try{
        if(mp != null && mp.isPlaying())
        {
            mp.stop();
            mp.release();
            mp = null;
           mp=MediaPlayer.create(context, name);
           mp.start();
        }
        else
        {
            mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, name);
            mp.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
                @Override
                public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer arg0) {
                    //mp.prepare();
                    mp.start();

                }

            });
        mp.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {

            @Override
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                mp.release();
                System.out.println("Object released");
                button.setEnabled(true);
                button.setClickable(true);
                pervious.setEnabled(true);
                pervious.setClickable(true);
            }
        });
        }

    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }catch (SecurityException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
        e.getMessage();
    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
        e.getMessage();
    }

}

give me java.lang.IllegalStateException on mp.isplaying() method.

I want to stop music if it's playing and play another song one after another.

logcat:

10-14 15:12:05.474: E/MediaPlayer(15411): prepareAsync called in state 8
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411): java.lang.IllegalStateException
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at android.media.MediaPlayer.prepare(Native Method)
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at com.rogerscenter.LearnReadWriteSpell.Utility.Music.playGeneric(Music.java:93)
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at com.rogerscenter.LearnReadWriteSpell.LetterCategory.Letter_Lesson1_activity.onCreate(Letter_Lesson1_activity.java:140)
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1586)
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1638)
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
10-14 15:12:05.474: W/System.err(15411):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:928)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3647)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
10-14 15:12:05.484: W/System.err(15411):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

Try changing mp.release() into reset(). that could help you.

Answer 2

As android docs suggest that if mp is if has not been initialized at that time java.lang.IllegalStateException will be thrown so you have to initilize first or you have to write

check out the docs http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html#isPlaying()

try like this

 mp=MediaPlayer.create(context, name);

     try {

    if (mp.isPlaying()) {
        mp.stop();
        mp.release();
        mp=MediaPlayer.create(context, name);
    }



    mp.start();
} catch (Exception e) {
}