Replaying the sound as many times as button is clicked

Question

I have the following code:

    if (someId.matches("A") || someId.matches("a")) {
        tvLetCap.setText("A");
        tvLetLow.setText("a");
        ivLetterIcon.setImageResource(R.drawable.apple);
        btnDisplayWord.setText("A is for APPLE");
        mpSound = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.sound);
        mpSound.setLooping(false);
        btnPlay.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                /*try {
                    Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.mypack.testing/" + R.raw.sound);
                    mpSound.setDataSource(getApplicationContext(),uri);
                    mpSound.prepare();
                    */
                    mpSound.start();
                    btnPlay.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                    btnStop.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                    btnStop.setOnClickListener(stopSound);
                /*}
                catch (IOException e){
                    Log.e("REPLAYING", "prepare() failed");
                }*/
            }
        });
        mpSound.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                mpSound.release();
                btnPlay.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                btnStop.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        });
    }

It plays fine with the codes commented out but whenever I try to replay the file my app FC. The sound file is located in res/raw/sound.mp3

How can I modify the code so it plays as many times as the btnPlay is pressed.

Answer 1

You've released the media player. If you want to reuse it, don't do that.

Answer 2

There are some methods for mediaplayer... http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html

Maybe you need to use mpSound.reset() in onClick method for button (some time ago i had such mistake :p)? :)