MediaPlayer start delay when click on button

Question

I want to play mp3 file from res/raw folder when user click on button

my code is below:

btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View arg0) {
        MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this,
        R.raw.click);
        mp.start();
    }
});

Work well but take some time to play after button click. please, anyone, give me a solution. Thanks

Answer 1

Option 1:

Instead of creating the media player and then calling start() method in the onClick of the button, you can initialize the mediaPlayer in onCreate() of activity.

As for the button click implementation, you need to call mediaPlayer.start() only.

Option 2: You can use SoundPool API provided by Android. This has lower latency compared to MediaPlayer API. SoundPool are recommended mainly for playing short clips.