Online radio streaming app for Android

Question

I'm building an Android app that will stream several radio stations from a Latin Country, there is like 10 stations that I know can be played in android, I got the URL's from them and actually made them work using this tutorial (link removed, because it is dead) but the problem I have is that it plays for several seconds and then stops it keeps loading but does not restart the streaming, my questions:

• If someone has worked with this tutorial can explain me how to make it stream constantly with out stopping.
• Is there an easier way to stream radio audio? this tutorial seems kind of old, is there a newer tutorial or a newer code sample to study or use?
• Can someone send me the right way?

Answer 1

So I found this sample and it works for me, here it is if you have the same issue:

in myMain.java

import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle;  import java.io.IOException;  import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener; import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener; import android.util.Log; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.ProgressBar;  public class myMain extends Activity implements OnClickListener {      private ProgressBar playSeekBar;      private Button buttonPlay;      private Button buttonStopPlay;      private MediaPlayer player;      /** Called when the activity is first created. */     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);          initializeUIElements();          initializeMediaPlayer();     }      private void initializeUIElements() {          playSeekBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);         playSeekBar.setMax(100);         playSeekBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);          buttonPlay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonPlay);         buttonPlay.setOnClickListener(this);          buttonStopPlay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonStopPlay);         buttonStopPlay.setEnabled(false);         buttonStopPlay.setOnClickListener(this);      }      public void onClick(View v) {         if (v == buttonPlay) {             startPlaying();         } else if (v == buttonStopPlay) {             stopPlaying();         }     }      private void startPlaying() {         buttonStopPlay.setEnabled(true);         buttonPlay.setEnabled(false);          playSeekBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);          player.prepareAsync();          player.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {              public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {                 player.start();             }         });      }      private void stopPlaying() {         if (player.isPlaying()) {             player.stop();             player.release();             initializeMediaPlayer();         }          buttonPlay.setEnabled(true);         buttonStopPlay.setEnabled(false);         playSeekBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);     }      private void initializeMediaPlayer() {         player = new MediaPlayer();         try {             player.setDataSource("http://usa8-vn.mixstream.net:8138");         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {             e.printStackTrace();         } catch (IllegalStateException e) {             e.printStackTrace();         } catch (IOException e) {             e.printStackTrace();         }          player.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(new OnBufferingUpdateListener() {              public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mp, int percent) {                 playSeekBar.setSecondaryProgress(percent);                 Log.i("Buffering", "" + percent);             }         });     }      @Override     protected void onPause() {         super.onPause();         if (player.isPlaying()) {             player.stop();         }     } } 

in the XML (main.xml) code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Source: (Radio La Chevere)"         android:layout_marginTop="10dip" android:gravity="center" /> <ProgressBar android:id="@+id/progressBar1"         android:indeterminateOnly="false" android:progressDrawable="@android:drawable/progress_horizontal"         android:indeterminateDrawable="@android:drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal"         android:minHeight="20dip" android:maxHeight="20dip"         android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_marginLeft="20dip" android:layout_marginRight="20dip"         android:layout_marginTop="10dip"></ProgressBar> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"         android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_marginTop="20dip" android:gravity="center">         <Button android:text="Play" android:id="@+id/buttonPlay"                 android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>         <Button android:text="Stop" android:id="@+id/buttonStopPlay"                 android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button> </LinearLayout> </LinearLayout> 

and the android manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"   package="package.your.RadioStream"   android:versionCode="1"   android:versionName="1.0"> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>  <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">     <activity android:name=".myMain"               android:label="@string/app_name">         <intent-filter>             <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />             <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />         </intent-filter>     </activity>  </application> 

Answer 2

Well, if you expect a progress bar, you get disapointing, this is a stream, which by default has no time to end is endless. About the URL you can use the mount point in shoutcast2/icecast server and the / in the shoutcast1.