Play an alarm sound on the device - Android android.media

Android examples for android.media:RingtoneManager

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Description

Play an alarm sound on the device

Demo Code

import java.io.IOException;

import android.content.Context;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.RingtoneManager;
import android.net.Uri;

public class Main {

  /**//from w w w  .  jav  a 2 s. c o m
   * Play an alarm sound on the device
   *
   * @param context
   *          The context
   * @return MediaPlayer
   */
  public static MediaPlayer playAlarmSound(Context context) {
    MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
    try {
      mediaPlayer.setDataSource(context, getAlarmUri());
      final AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
      if (audioManager.getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM) != 0) {
        mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM);
        mediaPlayer.prepare();
        mediaPlayer.start();
      }

      return mediaPlayer;
    } catch (IOException e) {
      return null;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get an alarm sound. Try for an alarm. If none set, try notification,
   * otherwise, ringtone.
   *
   * @return Alarm media uri
   */
  private static Uri getAlarmUri() {
    Uri alarm = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_ALARM);
    if (alarm == null) {
      alarm = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
      if (alarm == null) {
        alarm = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_RINGTONE);
      }
    }
    return alarm;
  }

}

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