I have posted this question before and no one could answer it so I am trying again as this issue makes my app worthless. I need the sound to keep playing when the screen times out or the user taps the power button. I have read almost every online post about wake locks that I can find and i can not get it to work. below is one of the .Java files that plays a sound based on the user selected input. Everything works great except that when the screen goes dark the sound stops playing. Just a note, I am very new to this so if this code is sloppy or redundant please let me know.
package com.androidsleepmachine.gamble;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.PowerManager;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Spinner;
public class Ship extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
public static final Integer[] TIME_IN_MINUTES = { 30, 45, 60, 180, 360 };
public MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
public Handler handler = new Handler();
public Button button2;
public Spinner spinner2;
public PowerManager.WakeLock wl;
// Initialize the activity
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(POWER_SERVICE);
PowerManager.WakeLock wl = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK,
"Playwhenoff");
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
wl.acquire();
setContentView(R.layout.ship);
button2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn2);
button2.setOnClickListener(this);
spinner2 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner2);
ArrayAdapter<Integer> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<Integer>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, TIME_IN_MINUTES);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner2.setAdapter(adapter);
}
// Play the sound and start the timer
private void playSound(int resourceId) {
// Cleanup any previous sound files
cleanup();
// Create a new media player instance and start it
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, resourceId);
mediaPlayer.start();
// Create the timer to stop the sound after x number of milliseconds
int selectedTime = TIME_IN_MINUTES[spinner2.getSelectedItemPosition()];
handler.postDelayed(runnable, selectedTime * 60 * 1000);
}
// Handle button callback
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.btn2:
playSound(R.raw.ocean_ship);
break;
}
}
protected void onStop() {
cleanup();
super.onStop();
}
// Stop the sound and cleanup the media player
public void cleanup() {
if (mediaPlayer != null) {
mediaPlayer.stop();
mediaPlayer.release();
mediaPlayer = null;
wl.release();
}
// Cancel any previously running tasks
handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
}
// Runnable task used by the handler to stop the sound
public Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
cleanup();
}
};
@Override
protected void onPause() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPause();
wl.release();
}
}