Tag Archives: AudioManager

Using Different Media Libraries in Android

By | February 5, 2017

Android provides two main API’s for playing sounds. SoundPool MediaPlayer SoundPool SoundPool can be used for small audio clips. It can repeat sounds and play several sounds simultaneously. The sound files played with SoundPool should not exceed 1 MB. SoundPool does load the file asynchronously. As of Android API8 it is possible to check if… Read More »

How to stream an audio in Android?

By | August 14, 2012

This is a simple example to how to stream an audio in android. Here is the java code for that. This is the xml that contains the button. When you run this program you will see a button and on clicking on that button you will see a dialog with message “Buffering…..”. Once the buffering… Read More »

How to set your Android phone in Silent Mode or Vibrate Mode or Normal Mode programatically?

By | July 19, 2011

First create an instance of the AudioManager Class using which you can set the phone in Normal, Silent and Vibration Mode. AudioManager audio_mngr = (AudioManager) getBaseContext().getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE); For setting the phone in Silent mode.. audio_mngr .setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_SILENT); For setting the phone in Normal mode.. audio_mngr .setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL); For setting the phone in Vibrate mode.. audio_mngr .setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE);