I am making a simple app to play a online radio stream. I know how to set up the stream. Here is my code so far. It sets up the stream and plays it fine. But if I hit stop, I cannot get it to start again. Am I missing something obvious?
final MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
try {
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(url);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (SecurityException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
mediaPlayer.prepare();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} // might take long! (for buffering, etc)
streamButton = (ToggleButton) findViewById(R.id.playstopstream);
streamButton.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton arg0, final boolean isChecked) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(isChecked)
{
mediaPlayer.start();
}
else
{
mediaPlayer.stop();
mediaPlayer.reset();
}
}