Android play sounds

[Michael Doub]

Thanks for the locations of the native android sounds I have been looking for  that.

I worked around my problem by testing for "no sound support" and just playing the sound a second time and it works reliably.   


On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Barry G. Sumpter wrote:

> 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 -- yes it exists
> Or the folder doesn't exist - yes it exists
> Or the actual sound file won't play on android yes it plays the second time
> 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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> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:18:16 -0400
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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
> 
> 
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