sound not playing in android > icecream sandwich

Question

I was using following code to play sound. Everything worked fine before ICS. But on ICS and higher versions no sound is heard. There is no error, but no sound can be heard.

EDIT: Note, the following code is triggered by a broadcase receiver. BroadCast receiver invokes a async task. In the post process method of asycn task the following method is called.

What could the error possibly be?

public static void playSound(final Context context, final int volume,
            Uri uri, final int stream, int maxTime, int tickTime) {
        //stopPlaying();
        /*
        if (stream < 0 || stream > 100) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "volume must be between 0 and 100 .Current volume "
                            + volume);
        }*/

        final AudioManager mAudioManager = (AudioManager) context
                .getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);

        int deviceLocalVolume = getDeviceVolume(volume,
                mAudioManager.getStreamMaxVolume(stream));

        Log.d(TAG,
                "device max volume = "
                        + mAudioManager.getStreamMaxVolume(stream)
                        + " for streamType " + stream);
        Log.d(TAG, "playing sound " + uri.toString()
                + " with device local volume " + deviceLocalVolume);

        final int oldVolume = mAudioManager.getStreamVolume(stream);

        // set the volume to what we want it to be. In this case it's max volume
        // for the alarm stream.
        Log.d(Constants.APP_TAG, "setting device local volume to " + deviceLocalVolume);
        mAudioManager.setStreamVolume(stream, deviceLocalVolume,
                AudioManager.FLAG_REMOVE_SOUND_AND_VIBRATE);

         final MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
         golbalMMediaPlayer = mediaPlayer;

        try {
             final OnPreparedListener OnPreparedListener = new OnPreparedListener() {

                @Override
                public void onPrepared(final MediaPlayer mp) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "onMediaPlayercompletion listener");
                    mp.start();
                    countDownTimer.start();
                }
            };

            mediaPlayer.setDataSource(context.getApplicationContext(), uri);
            mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(stream);
            mediaPlayer.setLooping(false);
            mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(OnPreparedListener);
            mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {

                @Override
                public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                    Log.d(Constants.APP_TAG, "Entered onCompletion listener of mediaplayer");
                    mAudioManager.setStreamVolume(stream, oldVolume,
                            AudioManager.FLAG_REMOVE_SOUND_AND_VIBRATE);
                    try{
                    if(mediaPlayer != null && mediaPlayer.isPlaying()){
                        mediaPlayer.release();
                    }
                    }catch(Exception ex){
                        Log.e(Constants.APP_TAG, "error on oncompletion listener" ,ex);
                    }
                }

            });

             CountDownTimer timer = new CountDownTimer(maxTime*1000, tickTime*1000) {

                @Override
                public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "tick while playing sound ");
                }

                @Override
                public void onFinish() {
                    Log.d(TAG, "timer finished");
                    stopPlaying();
                }
            };

            countDownTimer = timer;

            mediaPlayer.prepareAsync();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "problem while playing sound", e);
        } finally {

        }
    }

LOGS:

:07-01 00:00:00.030: D/beephourly(9500): device max volume = 7 for streamType 5
07-01 00:00:00.030: D/beephourly(9500): playing sound content://media/internal/audio/media/166 with device local volume 7
07-01 00:00:00.030: D/beephourly(9500): setting device local volume to 7
07-01 00:00:00.080: D/beephourly(9500): vibrating with pattern = [J@428bae20
07-01 00:00:00.090: D/beephourly(9500): will show normal notification
07-01 00:00:00.100: D/beephourly(9500): notification is enabled
07-01 00:00:00.100: D/usersettings(9500): hr = 0
07-01 00:00:00.110: D/beephourly(9500): onMediaPlayercompletion listener
07-01 00:00:00.451: D/beephourly(9500): tick while playing sound 
07-01 00:00:20.460: D/beephourly(9500): timer finished
07-01 00:00:20.460: D/beephourly(9500): got request to stop playing
07-01 00:00:20.460: D/beephourly(9500): cancelling countdowntimer
07-01 00:00:20.460: D/beephourly(9500): releasing mediaplayer now

Answer 1

Try this :

Playing sound

public class PlaySound extends Activity implements OnTouchListener {
  private SoundPool soundPool;
  private int soundID;
  boolean loaded = false;


/** Called when the activity is first created. */

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.main);
  View view = findViewById(R.id.textView1);
  view.setOnTouchListener(this);
  // Set the hardware buttons to control the music
  this.setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  // Load the sound
  soundPool = new SoundPool(10, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 0);
  soundPool.setOnLoadCompleteListener(new OnLoadCompleteListener() {

  @Override
  public void onLoadComplete(SoundPool soundPool, int sampleId,
      int status) {
     loaded = true;
  }
  });
  soundID = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.sound1, 1);

  }

 @Override
 public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
  if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
  // Getting the user sound settings
  AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
  float actualVolume = (float) audioManager
      .getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  float maxVolume = (float) audioManager
      .getStreamMaxVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  float volume = actualVolume / maxVolume;
  // Is the sound loaded already?
  if (loaded) {
    soundPool.play(soundID, volume, volume, 1, 0, 1f);
    Log.e("Test", "Played sound");
  }
}
 return false;
}
} 

Layout file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:text="Click on the screen to start playing" >
</TextView>

</LinearLayout> 

Source link : http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidMedia/article.html#sound