Thread: MediaPlayer.

Hi,

Why does my MediaPlayer stop when I change the layout?

 
MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.background_song);
mp.setLooping(true);
mp.start();
 
setContentView(R.layout.menu_screen);

Thanks in advance

First set the layout file

setContentView(R.layout.menu_screen);
MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.background_song);
mp.setLooping(true);
mp.start();

I cant because I have set it so that when I click on a button the this is called: setContentView(R.layout.menu_screen);

I tried making a different activity for the menu_screen.xml layout but when I changed to that one the audio stopped, so i tried staying in the same activity bt again the audio/MediaPlayer stops.

Basically im trying to get audio to play constantly, and continue playing when i change the screen, how can i do this?

Thanks

Ive created a service which plays the audio, but still when i change the layout on the activity the audio stops?

I got it working now, just to let you know why it wasnt working:

I changed this:

public class BackgroundService extends Service{
 
	@Override
	public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return null;
 
	}
 
	public void onCreate(){
 
		MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.background_song);
		mp.start();
		mp.setLooping(true);
		mp.setVolume(100, 100);
 
	}
 
 
}

To this:

public class BackgroundService extends Service{
 
	MediaPlayer mp; 
 
	@Override
	public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return null;
 
	}
 
	public void onCreate(){
		mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.background_song);
		mp.start();
		mp.setLooping(true);
		mp.setVolume(100, 100);
 
	}
 
 
}