How do I loop a sound file infinitely in android?

Question

I have done a simple stopwatch app. I have start and pause button to start and stop/pause sound respectively. Right now my buttons are able to start and stop sound. But since my sound file is 2 minutes long, it only plays 2 minutes and after that stops automatically.

Now, what I want is to keep playing the sound forever until the pause button is pressed.

private MediaPlayer mp;//is originally initialized inside the class but outside method
    startButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startButton);

        startButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(View view) {
                startTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
                customHandler.postDelayed(updateTimerThread, 0);
           mp.start();
          }
        });

        pauseButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.pauseButton);

        pauseButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(View view) {

                timeSwapBuff += timeInMilliseconds;
                customHandler.removeCallbacks(updateTimerThread);
                mp.stop();

            }
        });

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9461270/media-player-looping-android — Douglas Zare, Mar 23 '15 at 23:17

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '15 at 16:57

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mMediaPlayer.setLooping(true);

answered Mar 24 '15 at 16:57

Bhaskar

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ettore · Answer 2 · 2015-03-24T15:59:32.330

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For song looping try using mp.setLooping(true); something like this:

MediaPlayer mp; mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.your_song); mp.setLooping(true);

edited Mar 24 '15 at 15:59

answered Mar 24 '15 at 00:35

ettore

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Generally avoid code-only answers. Consider adding a `description` that helps to explain your code and in this case explain where in context that code should be used. Thanks – Mar 24 '15 at 05:57
Yes is true but is an exmple however i am goig to correct it for better explanation. – ettore Mar 24 '15 at 15:56

How do I loop a sound file infinitely in android?

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