Streaming Audio from A URL in Android using MediaPlayer?

Question

I\'ve been trying to stream mp3\'s over http using Android\'s built in MediaPlayer class. The documentation would suggest to me that this should be as easy as :

Answer 1

Use

 mediaplayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
 mediaplayer.prepareAsync();
 mediaplayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
      @Override
      public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
          mediaplayer.start();
      }
 });