Mp3 audio in the Android Assets folder fails to play from a signed and zip-aligned APK

Question

I am loading mp3 files to play in an Android game based on AndEngine. When I package my game as an APK, mp3 audio in the assets folder throws the error \"can not be opened a

Answer 1

You could put the audio-files in the "RAW" folder and play them via:

mPlayer2= MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.MUSICTAG);
mPlayer2.start();

This way, there should be no problems with compression.