Android Question audiobook must keep on reading

[andredamen]

I made an audiobook app. This reads MP3 files. When the site button on the phone is pressed or the phone is closed, playback stops. How can I ensure that the MP3 continues to be read aloud?

 

[Brian Dean]

Look at this tutorial. You will see it mentioned in a lot of forum answers. I adapted it to behave as an MP3 player. It plays reliably in the background, and when I turn the 'phone off it continues playing long after the screen has gone dark.

 

[andredamen]

It still does not work. I am using Mediaplayer and when the phone is closed it still stops. I realy need some more help Brian. How did you adapt it in your MP3 player?

 

[zed]

Check this out, post #4

Background task

I'm struggling to create a background task using Tracker as a guide. I have a simple music player that we like but of course it stops when the screen goes off. Where should my Process Globals/Globals and all subs go? Particularly what happens to what was Activity_Create ?

www.b4x.com

 

[andredamen]

Thanks but I tried this already. Same answer as post #2 in" this tutorial".

 

[Brian Dean]

It still does not work. I am using Mediaplayer and when the phone is closed it still stops. I realy need some more help Brian.

Yes - I am using MediaPlayer, and it is in a service. I would like to give you some better help, but I am afraid that you have picked a day when I have absolutely no free time. I don't think that I can help you by simply sending you my app - you would not be able to see the wood for the trees, as we say, and there are some dependencies that I could not include so you could not run it.

All I can quickly say is that my app is activity-based (not B4XPages) running with SDK level 33; the Mediaplayer is in a service and that service is started by the Main activity; there are no additional manifest entries in this regard; and I do not remember running into any special requirements when coding it up. Sorry that I cannot be more helpful.

 

[andredamen]

Thanks Brian. I need te reconfigure my app and put the mediaplayer in a service. I tried some program lines and thisworks !

 

[andredamen]

hanks again Brian. An hour of programming and my app works perfectly.