From the test that I have done, this solution works fine, over 150 loops with a 13 seconds 160 kbps MP3 without any problem:
public class LoopMediaPlayer {
public static final String TAG = LoopMediaPlayer.class.getSimpleName();
private Context mContext = null;
private int mResId = 0;
private int mCounter = 1;
private MediaPlayer mCurrentPlayer = null;
private MediaPlayer mNextPlayer = null;
public static LoopMediaPlayer create(Context context, int resId) {
return new LoopMediaPlayer(context, resId);
}
private LoopMediaPlayer(Context context, int resId) {
mContext = context;
mResId = resId;
mCurrentPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(mContext, mResId);
mCurrentPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
@Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
mCurrentPlayer.start();
}
});
createNextMediaPlayer();
}
private void createNextMediaPlayer() {
mNextPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(mContext, mResId);
mCurrentPlayer.setNextMediaPlayer(mNextPlayer);
mCurrentPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(onCompletionListener);
}
private MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener onCompletionListener = new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
@Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
mediaPlayer.release();
mCurrentPlayer = mNextPlayer;
createNextMediaPlayer();
Log.d(TAG, String.format("Loop #%d", ++mCounter));
}
};
}
To use LoopMediaPlayer
you can just call:
LoopMediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.sample);