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POUsing Intents to play audio files
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    copied!<p>I am trying to create a media player that only plays .mp3 files. I have the list created and showing on my app but I cant get it to play the song. I was advised to use an intent but I dont know how to do it.</p> <p>Here is the code;</p> <pre><code>ListView list; Cursor cursor; int columnIndex; int count; private ArrayAdapter arrayAdapter; private Button dropbox; public MainActivity() { } @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); dropbox = (Button) findViewById(R.id.dropbox); list = (ListView) findViewById(android.R.id.list); dropbox.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.dropbox.com")); startActivity(i); } }); String[] displayMusic = {MediaStore.Audio.Media._ID, MediaStore.Audio.Media.DISPLAY_NAME}; cursor = getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, displayMusic, null, null, null); //0 is the id for a mp3 file on the sd card //1 is the file name of the mp3 file on the sd card final ArrayList&lt;String&gt; listOfMp3s = new ArrayList&lt;String&gt;(); final ArrayList&lt;String&gt; listOfIds = new ArrayList&lt;String&gt;(); while (cursor.moveToNext()) { if(cursor.getString(1).endsWith("mp3")) { listOfMp3s.add(cursor.getString(1)); listOfIds.add(cursor.getString(0)); } } arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, listOfMp3s); list.setAdapter(arrayAdapter); list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() { @Override public void onItemClick(AdapterView&lt;?&gt; parent, View view, int position, long id) { Intent songPageIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SongPage.class); startActivity(songPageIntent); } }); } </code></pre>
 

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