MediaPlayer pause doesnt work in android

Question

I use the following code to pause the play of an audio file. but it doesn\'t pause. What is wrong with the code. Any suggesstion...

boolean play=false;
int flag=0;
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Answer 1

Problem lays here: mPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); You're initializing your player on every click, so what you're trying to pause is a completely new player that cannot be paused, cause it doesn't play. You must initialize the player outside of onClick method.