How to play online radio in android

Question

I am working on android application in which i have play online radio streaming. i have gone through the media player classes but i don\'t think is there any method to on

Answer 1

the easiest way to play a radio channel in android is to use the built in MediaPlayer, however when the datasource is from web the prepare() method takes a long time to execute and you should use prepareAsync() instead to avoid blocking the ui:

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

    try {
        player.setDataSource(currentChannelUrl);
        player.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Toast.makeText(this, e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        e.printStackTrace();
        return;
    }
    player.prepareAsync();