Tutorial How To Play Sound from PC in Android Studio

Easy tutorial how to play your sound from pc, offline, in Android Studio, using MediaPlayer. Create new project with Application name: Play sound; Minimum SDK: API 21 – Android 5 (Lollipop). In app->res->layout-> create New Directory: raw and copy-paste a sound from your computer, with name: sound.mp3. In app->res->layout->activity_main.xml write the code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/button"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

In app->res->values->strings.xml write the code:

<resources>
    <string name="app_name">Play sound</string>
    <string name="button">Play Sound</string>
</resources>

In app->java->MainActivity.java write the code:

package com.app.toyo.playsound;

import android.content.Context;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    Context context = this;
    MediaPlayer mp;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.sound);
        final Button b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
        b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {

                try {
                    if (mp.isPlaying()) {
                        mp.stop();
                        mp.release();
                        mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.sound);
                    }
                    mp.start();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    }
}

Run app in mobile device or Emulator (API 27 – Android 8.1) and watch your video in format portrait or landscape. Follow YouTube Video Tutorial:   Download project with Source Code from here: https://android-coffee.com/wp-content/uploads/projecs/Playsound.7z Please subscribe here to our YouTube channel. Thank you! Check next tutorials to learn all about Android. For further questions leave a message.