Android MediaPlayer - how to play in the STREAM_ALARM?

Question

I\'ve tried settings the audio stream of the media player in my application using the following code but when I do this I hear no sound in the emulator. If I don\'t set the

Answer 1

The solution here was deprecated in API 22

I opened my own thread to figure this out.

Here is an updated working solution.

mediaPlayerScan = new MediaPlayer();
try {
  mediaPlayerScan.setDataSource(getContext(),
          Uri.parse(getString(R.string.res_path) + R.raw.scan_beep));

  if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
    mediaPlayerScan.setAudioAttributes(new AudioAttributes.Builder()
            .setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_ALARM)
            .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SONIFICATION)
            .build());
  } else {
    mediaPlayerScan.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM);
  }
  mediaPlayerScan.prepare();
} catch (IOException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}