MediaPlayer : Should have subtitle controller already set: KitKat

Question

I am having an odd issue where my audio file sometimes plays and sometimes does not play. The catch is that when it decides to not play, the DDMS gives me an:

Answer 1

This should fix your problem (did for me): Replace the line that says "player.start()" following the rest of your code with an async callback like so:

player.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
    @Override
    public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
        mediaPlayer.start();
    }
});

This error is just a Log.e, not a real error. It shouldn't cause your player to not play, I'm guessing it's just because the player hadn't finished preparing when you try to call start().

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