Comments on: Creating Sound Effects in Android: Part 1

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:10:37 +0000

Very handy, only change I had to do was add an integer cast to the line:

1	mSoundPool.play(mSoundPoolMap.get(index), streamVolume, streamVolume, 1, 0, 1f);

like so:

1	mSoundPool.play((Integer) mSoundPoolMap.get(index), streamVolume, streamVolume, 1, 0, 1f);

By: nyanko

nyanko — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:19:00 +0000

i’m having error in getBaseContext() in mSoundManager.initSounds(getBaseContext());
please help

By: John

John — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:12:19 +0000

I had the same problem where the sound effect would not play without adding in that for loop, thanks to to guy who posted the solution!

By: Ne-industries

Ne-industries — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:12:43 +0000

How can I stop the sound? I dont want to PAUSE IT!!! I just want to stop a sound immedietly with a button!
Help appreciated
Sincerely
Ne-industries =)

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:03:07 +0000

@Girish: Have you installed the apk before running your compiled version? If so, make sure you have removed the apk before as the debug key which was used to sign the apk should be a different one than you have. So you probably got an different signature error on installing. If thats not the case, please provide the error message.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:01:26 +0000

@Sahil: Could you be a bit more specific? What does “it doesn’t work” means actually?

By: Girish

Girish — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:14:44 +0000

Hello,

I am encountering a strange problem.

I have a Samsung galaxy 2 phone. When I install the apk file directly taken from the soundtutorial.zip, it runs.But, if I compile the soundtutorial.zip (I use eclipse), and try to install the apk, it gives installation error.

Could you please suggest something on this?

Regards
girish

By: Sahil

Sahil — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:08:15 +0000

This is not working for me on Emulator … I am using the foillowing code

public class SoundActivity extends Activity {
	 SoundManager sM =null;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
 
        sM = new SoundManager();
        sM.initSounds(getBaseContext());
        sM.addSound(1, R.raw.thip);
                findViewById(R.id.button1).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 
			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				playSound();
 
			}
 
			private void playSound() {
				sM.playSound(1);
 
			}
		});
    }
}

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:03:22 +0000

Excellent tutorial, thanks. I’m trying to implement a click whenever the user taps on a screen button. SoundPool works, but there is sometimes a delay of ~0.5 seconds before the click. I get this with MediaPlayer as well, but not with ToneGenerator, so I know the delay isn’t due to a delay in making the call. I can’t use ToneGenerator because it doesn’t have enough built sounds, and you can’t load your own.

Any ideas? Thanks

By: Rajkiran Bande

Rajkiran Bande — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:24:49 +0000

Thanks, really a great work. But can anybody help me in RECORDING the same sounds that are getting played with the help of this code? I mean the SoundPool is playing some files at once and I want to record (*not through MIC*) that music that is being played.

Please help.