Adding Background Music to Android App

In this post, Let see how to add the background music to Android Project. In this example we are going to see adding background music to our Hello World Android Project.

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Step 1 :

Create new Android Project (Hello World Android Project) in Eclipse.

Step 2 :

In this example, Create Main Activity name called, BackgroundMusic.

Step 3 :

Modify BackgroundMusic.java file :

package com.seedev.backgroundmusicapp;

import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;

public class BackgroundMusic extends Activity {

public static final String TAG = "BackgroundMusic APP";

// Create MediaPlayer object;
MediaPlayer myPlayer;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_background_music);
Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
}
/*
* During onResume event , we have to get the resource and start the media player.
*/
@Override
protected void onResume() {
Log.d(TAG, "onResume");
// create Media player for given resource id.
myPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),
R.raw.avicii_vs_thomas_newson);

// start or resume the playback
myPlayer.start();

super.onResume();
}

/*
* During onPause event , we have to stop palying the music & also release the resource.
*/
@Override
protected void onPause() {
Log.d(TAG, "onPause");
if (myPlayer != null) {
if (myPlayer.isPlaying()) {//To Check whether mediaplayer is playing or not.
// Stops playback after playback has been stopped or paused.
myPlayer.stop();
// After release(), the media object no longer available.
myPlayer.release();
}
}
super.onPause();
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.background_music, menu);
return true;
}

}

Step 4 : 

Now run the application in the emulator/device. We can here background music in our Hello World Android Project.

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