Android MediaPlayer - Play sound twice while not finished

Question

I added click sound to my Android app, but when I click too fast on buttons, the sound is played only once (beacause the first play is not finished yet). I want the sound to be played at each click.

I would like to know what is the best way to implement the behaviour that I want ?

I put the instantiation of the MediaPlayer in the onCreate() method and play it in the onClick()

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    [...]
    mpClic = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),R.raw.clic);
}


vButtonLeft.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
     @Override
     public void onClick(View v) {
        [...]               
        mpClic.start();
     }
});

• I tried to stop() / prepare() it before the play() but I get the same thing.
• I tried to instanciate a new MediaPlayer at each play, it works but I guess it is not recommended (and by the way, with this method, the sound in my activity stop if I spam the button too many times very quickly)

Thank you in advance :)

Answer 1

I found a workaround, I reduced the lenght of my clic sound (from 0.50s to 0.17s) so it finishes to play earlier ; then I initiate 2 instances of it. If I need to play the sound and the first instance is already playing, I play the second.

private MediaPlayer mpClic1;
private MediaPlayer mpClic2; 

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    [...]
    mpClic1 = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),R.raw.clic);
    mpClic2 = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),R.raw.clic);
}

vButtonRight.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            [...]
            if(mpClic1.isPlaying())
                mpClic2.start();
            else
                mpClic1.start();
        }
    });

It's a workaround so if someone knows how to achieve the desire effect of replaying a MediaPlayer that is already playing, please tell it and I will put it as correct answer. :) Thank you.