E/MediaPlayer: error (1, -19)

Question

I\'m creating a simple soundboard to play sounds when a user clicks a button. Problem is, if the button is pressed enough ( usually around 10 times ) it will eventually stop

Answer 1

You should use Soundpool. It's created exactly for playing short sound effects. And it's much simpler to use than MediaPlayer. MediaPlayer should only be used for playing regular/large music.

See here for example: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidMedia/article.html#tutorial-play-sounds-via-soundpool

Note: No need to use onTouch as in the example, you can just use onClick for simplicity.

Answer 2

private void playSound(int soundID){
  final MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this,soundID);
  mp.start();
  mp.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
        @Override
        public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
            mp.release();
        }
  });
}