Play SoundCloud Track

Question

can i play a track from SoundCloud in my android app? I\'m trying this code but it doesn\'t works:

String res = \"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/84973999         


        

Answer 1

I was having the same problem trying to play a Soundcloud stream from Android.

What fixed it for me was adding the following permissions to my AndroidManifest.xml

For me it was a facepalm moment. Here is my mediaplayer implementation.

For my mediaplayer I have a class that implements

MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener

And in that class I use the following code to setup the MediaPlayer.

 mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
 mMediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this);
 mMediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
    try{
        mMediaPlayer.setDataSource("http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/7399237/stream?client_id=XXX");
    }catch (IllegalArgumentException e){
        e.printStackTrace();

    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();

    }
    mMediaPlayer.prepareAsync();

And in my onPrepared callback I simply start playing the stream.

@Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
    mMediaPlayer.start();
}