Audio Streaming on Android

Question

I need to create an audio streamer for Android. I want it to play MP3(and other formats too if possible). I also want to be able to progressive download the audio. Does anyone knows a good way to do that?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should start by checking this link: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/index.html

Apparently this is already done for video, since you can specify a URL as the source for your stream.

You also will have to check some references about audio streaming and the size of the buffering you should use, as well as its dependency with the rate at which you're getting data from the stream in question.