I know i can play an mp3 file in the media player like that:
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
File file = new File(YOUR_SONG_URI);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "audio/*");
startActivity(intent);
Following this link I tried to get the URI like:
Uri audio = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.audio.test/"+R.raw.audio1);
Log.d(TAG,"uri:"+audio.toString());
and
Uri audio = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.audio.test/raw/audio");
Log.d(TAG,"uri:"+audio.toString());
Which outputs the expected result:
01-24 15:28:23.190: D/MyClass(30234): uri:android.resource://com.audio.test/2131034112
01-24 15:29:13.: D/MyClass(30234): uri:android.resource://com.audio.test/raw/audio1
But it doesn't work. The media player does not start. Any ideas why?
Update
I included a createChooser and instead of the expected list with players i get a "Unable to find application to perform this action" message. This is my exact code:
public void playAudio(){
Intent viewMediaIntent = new Intent();
viewMediaIntent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri audio = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.audio.test/raw/"+R.raw.audio1);
Log.d(TAG,"uri:"+audio.toString());
viewMediaIntent.setDataAndType(audio, "video/*");
viewMediaIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
Log.d(TAG,"Starting");
Intent i = Intent.createChooser(viewMediaIntent, "Play Music");
mGap.startActivity(i);
Log.d(TAG,"Started");
}
Update 2
Thank you @CommonsWare for the explanation. Now I understand why it doesn't work. But the problem remains, can I achieve what I want? Get a Uri of a file stored in the raw/assets folder with a file:// scheme?
Update 3
I found a way to do it, although it's not the best it works. I have only 3 files and this doesn't delay the execution at all. I am copying the file from the res/raw to a local directory on the phone and getting the Uri from that file. Any suggestions on how to avoid that step are appreciated.
public void copyFileToDir(String audioFile){
File test = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC + "/" + audioFile + ".mp3");
if (test.exists()){
Toast.makeText(mGap, "Exists", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
File dest = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC);
int i = mGap.getResources().getIdentifier("raw/"+audioFile, "string", mGap.getPackageName());
InputStream in = mGap.getResources().openRawResource(i);
// Used the File-constructor
OutputStream out;
try {
out = new FileOutputStream(new File(dest, audioFile + ".mp3"));
// Transfer bytes from in to out
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
try {
// A little more explicit
while ( (len = in.read(buf, 0, buf.length)) != -1){
out.write(buf, 0, len);
}
} finally {
// Ensure the Streams are closed:
in.close();
out.close();
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void playAudio(String audioFile){
copyFileToDir(audioFile);
File dest = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC + "/" + audioFile + ".mp3");
Uri r = Uri.fromFile(dest);
Intent viewMediaIntent = new Intent();
viewMediaIntent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
viewMediaIntent.setDataAndType(r, "audio/*");
viewMediaIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
Intent i = Intent.createChooser(viewMediaIntent, "Play Music");
mGap.startActivity(i);
}
public void playVideo(String movieurl){
Intent intentToPlayVideo = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intentToPlayVideo.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(movieurl), "video/*");
Log.d(TAG,"Playing:" + movieurl);
mGap.startActivity(intentToPlayVideo);
}