OK, thanks to all of you but I needed to play mp3 from byte[] as I get that from .NET webservice (don’t wish to store dynamically generated mp3s on server). In the end – there are number of “gotchas” to play simple mp3… here is code for anyone who needs it: private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = … Read more
Would it be possible to see the code where you’re start()ing the MediaPlayer? Are you using the STREAM_MUSIC audio stream type? player.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); Have you also experimented between player.prepareAsync(); and player.prepare();? There was a similar issue last year I remember, where the solution was to: start, pause and then onPrepared to start(): player.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); player.setDataSource(src); player.prepare(); player.start(); … Read more
You have two solutions for your problem. The quick one is to lower targetApi to 22 (build.gradle file). Second is to use new and wonderful ask-for-permission model: if (checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { // Should we show an explanation? if (shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale( Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)) { // Explain to the user why we need to read the contacts } … Read more