Android Question These two strings appear identical but...

[Marcob]

...when you use them in mediaplayer the results are very different!

I have attached a simple program where you find two strings (pgdir and pgdir2) that seems identical but
the instruction:

mp.Load(pgdir,pguri)

fails with the following log:
java.io.IOException: Prepare failed.: status=0x1

whereas the instruction:

mp.Load(pgdir2,pguri)

works as expected.

Is there anyone who has an idea of the reason for this strange behavior ?

P.S.
I'm using BA v.2.71

 

[Merlot2309]

pgdir is a structure in linux, see http://kerneldox.com/kdox-linux-2.6/d7/d67/structpgdir.html. No idea however if that causes it ??

 

[stevel05]

Both Play Buttons seem to work OK here using Bluestacks. (B4A 3)

 

[Erel]

This is related to identity check vs. value check (in MediaPlayer implementation). You will not see this issue with v3.0.

You can workaround it with this line:

If pgdir = RM.GetContentDir Then pgdir = RM.GetContentDir

 

[Marcob]

Ok, I upgraded BA to v.3.0 and now it works.
Thanks for your help.