ExoPlayer - how to play local mp3 file

Question

I\'m trying to use ExoPlayer instead of MediaPlayer because it\'s a common bug that MediaPlayer returns wrong getCurrentPosition() and I need a substitute.

But I can\'t

Answer 1

Google changed some variable name and class definition these days! Below differ works for me.

--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/SampleChooserActivity.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/SampleChooserActivity.java
@@ -30,6 +28,8 @@ import android.widget.ExpandableListView;
 import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnChildClickListener;
 import android.widget.TextView;

 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ public class SampleChooserActivity extends Activity {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.sample_chooser_activity);
     final List sampleGroups = new ArrayList<>();
-    SampleGroup group = new SampleGroup("YouTube DASH");
+
+    SampleGroup group = new SampleGroup("test videos");
+    group.addAll(Samples.LOCAL_VIDEOS);
+    sampleGroups.add(group);
+
+    group = new SampleGroup("YouTube DASH");
     group.addAll(Samples.YOUTUBE_DASH_MP4);
     group.addAll(Samples.YOUTUBE_DASH_WEBM);
     sampleGroups.add(group);
diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/Samples.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/Samples.java
index 9f58528..9e86f99 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/Samples.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/Samples.java
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ import java.util.Locale;
         "http://vod.leasewebcdn.com/bbb.flv?ri=1024&rs=150&start=0", Util.TYPE_OTHER),
   };

+  public static final Sample[] LOCAL_VIDEOS = new Sample[] {
+          new Sample("Some User friendly name of video 1",
+                  "file:///mnt/sdcard/test1.mp4", Util.TYPE_OTHER),
+          new Sample("Some User friendly name of video 2",
+                  "file:///mnt/sdcard/test2.mp4", Util.TYPE_OTHER),
+  };
+
   private Samples() {}

 }