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  1. POAndroid MediaPlayer works fine in Custom audio Streaming application up to Android 2.1 but not in higher versions
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    copied!<p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8681550/android-2-2-mediaplayer-is-working-fine-with-one-shoutcast-url-but-not-with-the">Android 2.2 MediaPlayer is working fine with one SHOUTcast URL but not with the other one</a></p> <p>I need to play audio files from external URLs(shoutcast stream). Currently the audio files are downloaded incrementally &amp; are played as soon as we get enough audio in phone local temporary storage. i am using the <a href="http://www.java2s.com/Open-Source/Android/App/ijoker/cn/edu/xmu/software/streamradio/media/StreamingMediaPlayer.java.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">StreamingMediaPlayer class</a>.</p> <p>Check this piece of code:</p> <pre><code> private MediaPlayer createMediaPlayer(File mediaFile) throws IOException { MediaPlayer mPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); //example of mediaFile =/data/data/package/cache/playingMedia0.dat FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(mediaFile); mPlayer.setDataSource(fis.getFD()); mPlayer.prepare(); return mPlayer; } </code></pre> <p><strong>Current status:</strong></p> <p>1- It works fine from Android 1.6 to 2.1 but not in the higher versions like Android 2.2. </p> <p>2- The "mPlayer.setDataSource(fis.getFD())" is the line which throws the error. </p> <p>3- The error is "Unable to to create media player"</p> <p><strong>Other Solution tried:</strong></p> <p>I tried below alternate solution but nothing worked so far.</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8681550/android-2-2-mediaplayer-is-working-fine-with-one-shoutcast-url-but-not-with-the">Android 2.2 MediaPlayer is working fine with one SHOUTcast URL but not with the other one</a></p> <p><strong>What i am looking for?</strong></p> <p>My goal is to have a peace of code which can work on Android 2.1 &amp; higher. </p> <p><strong>This issue is also discussed here:</strong></p> <p>1- <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9787" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Inconsistent 2.2 Media Player Behavior</a></p> <p>2- <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/4392663/265167">android code for streaming shoutcast stream breaks in 2.2</a></p> <p>3- This issue is also discussed in a lot of questions on this site, but i found the answer no where.</p> <p>4- <a href="http://markmail.org/message/oztg7eb2entfdu3i" rel="nofollow noreferrer">markmail.org</a></p> <p><strong>LogCat trace:</strong></p> <pre><code>Unable to to create media player Error copying buffered conent. java.lang.NullPointerException com.ms.iradio.StreamingMediaPlayer.startMediaPlayer(StreamingMediaPlayer.java:251) com.ms.iradio.StreamingMediaPlayer.access$2(StreamingMediaPlayer.java:221) com.ms.iradio.StreamingMediaPlayer$2.run(StreamingMediaPlayer.java:204) android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587) android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92) android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683) java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839) com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597) dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) </code></pre>
 

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