使用Android的MediaPlayer类播放音频文件（google drive / drop box / zoho docs）

Question

I have an app on google play store that displays a book content. I am trying to embed audio feature for the app. But the audio files would increase the size of the app drastically.

So, I am thinking to store the audio files in Google Drive / Drop Box or Zoho Docs and use Media Player class to stream and play the audio file. But it does not work. It throws FileNotFound Exception. Is there any way to achieve this?

mPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);

if (mbAudioOn)
{
    try
    {
        if (mPlayer != null && mPlayer.isPlaying())
        {
            mPlayer.stop();
        }
        mPlayer.setDataSource("https://www.dropbox.com/s/avvy670dxc76y80/audio_02.m4a");
        mPlayer.prepare();
        mPlayer.start();
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Answer 1

I think this used to be doable in Google Drive before when hosting was still supported by Google Drive. This SO thread shares a way to do that. However, in Google's blog post , web hosting is now deprecated, August 21, 2016 being the official date. So Google Drive is no longer the option for this.