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    copied!<p>I am creating an application that will have multiple images on the screen, these images will be buttons and when tapped will play a short sound. I researched this and could only find the current method I am using to play sounds, which does not seem responsive at all. I want that the sound plays quickly and is responsive to many rapid taps. I was unsure if this was even possible in Android.</p> <p>The code I am using to play my sound is this:</p> <pre><code> Button sound1; MediaPlayer firstSound; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); firstSound = MediaPlayer.create(SoundActivity.this, R.raw.click); sound1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.Sound1); beaver.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { firstSound.start(); } }); } </code></pre> <p>My lag issue could also be perhaps down to the way I am using the media player object? I do feel that this should be smoother on my phone, any suggestions on how to play sounds in Android is appreciated.</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Since discovering Sound Pool, I have edited my code to use this and it works perfectly, the new code looks like this:</p> <pre><code>SoundPool soundPool; HashMap&lt;Integer, Integer&gt; soundPoolMap; int soundID = 1; Button sound1; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); soundPool = new SoundPool(4, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 100); soundPoolMap = new HashMap&lt;Integer, Integer&gt;(); soundPoolMap.put(soundID, soundPool.load(this, R.raw.click, 1)); sound1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bBeaver); sound1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager)getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE); float curVolume = audioManager.getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); float maxVolume = audioManager.getStreamMaxVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); float leftVolume = curVolume/maxVolume; float rightVolume = curVolume/maxVolume; int priority = 1; int no_loop = 0; float normal_playback_rate = 1f; soundPool.play(soundID, leftVolume, rightVolume, priority, no_loop, normal_playback_rate); } }); } </code></pre> <p>Thanks</p>
 

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