Android play sounds

[Barry G. Sumpter]

Yep, a timer to sound an alarm and 1 minute intervals.

I forgot how complex/different Android sounds are from win32 sounds.

Perhaps the first time the play sound is attempted
The file doesn't exist
Or the folder doesn't exist
Or the actual sound file won't play on android
As my sound file on android are .ogg



I'm selecting the sounds from the existing sound files on my Android device.
Using the following paths
/system/media/audio/
alarms
notifications
ringtones
ui

The storing the path n file name into a preferences file 
and on an Interval or Finish button as a custom property

on mouseUp
   
   -- show the path and file name of the sound
   put "Playing: " & the cSoundPathAndFileName of button btnSoundsInterval
into field lblPlayingSound

   --  now actually play the sound
   Play the cSoundPathAndFileName of button btnSoundsInterval
   
end mouseUp

lblPlayingSound field:
/system/media/audio/notifications/Aldebaran.ogg
or
/system/media/audio/ui/Dock.ogg


Just tested again on LC 5.5 build 1479 - all working OK
Tested on two HD2s.

If I might be so bold to suggest a test button 
with a sound file 
that you know its exact path to.
If it plays then 
try the exact same play command/script line 
right where the other sound is NOT playing.

on mouseUp
   play "/system/media/audio/ui/Dock.ogg"
end mouseUp

hth

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I am building a android timer application.  The sound file "AC.mp3" is
located in a folder "Data".   Within the standalone builder I added the
"Data" folder under the copy files tab which now displays: "Data/*".  All of
this seems to work just fine, however the sound file is not played on the
first play call.  The sound is successfully played on all subsequent calls.

The result returned on the first play call is "no sound support" which is
different from what is specified in the Android release notes.  So I think
we have a documentation error at the very least.

Is there any sound initialization step that I am missing?

Here is the alarm code:

On alarm
   if the environment is "mobile" then
      put specialFolderPath("engine") & slash & "Data" & slash & "AC.mp3"
into tSound
      play tSound
   else
      beep
   end if
end alarm