Stop Media Player After starting new intent

Question

Here's my problem: I start a media player, and if I start a new intent, or leave the app and go back to it..

mp.stop;

..wont work (mp is my media player variable).

is there anyway to fix this?

Bonus to whoever can tell me how to link it up to a widget.

Answer 1

You always must call mp.release() in your Activity's onDestroy() . It is also recommended to at least call mp.pause() in on onPause() Activity's method.

If you want playback to continue outside of Activity lifecycle (after onPause() / onStop() / onDestroy() ) you have to create Service and play audio content from there.