How to play a simple audio file in android
In our application, it's sometimes necessary to play an audio file. The android sdk offers us a simple way to do it. let's examine the small snippet of code which does it: MediaPlayer mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(), R.raw.audiofile); try { mPlayer.prepare(); } catch (IllegalStateException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } mPlayer.start(); explanation: MediaPlayer - MediaPlayer class can be used to control playback of audio/video files and streams. we need to pass : context and an id of the audio file, we will save the f ile under the "raw" folder under the familiar "res" folder. after which we must call mPlayer.prepare() - Prepares the player for playback, synchronously. After setting the datasource and the display surface, you need to either call prepare...