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Android game, playing "Game Over" sound FX

I am writing a simple Android game. I have trouble in playing a simple "game complete" sound effect, as soon as the game is finished (either won or lost), before there is the option to start a new game.

My source code is: 

soundPool.play(complete, 1,1, 0, 0, 1);
soundPool.autoPause();

If I don't use autoPause() the background music continues to loop, and I don't want that in the "Game Over" screen. As it is now, the "complete" sound doesn't play properly.

Any idea or help, etc. would be much appreciated.

Solution

  • You need to stop the background music, and get rid of autoPause.

    Let's assume you started the background music loop like this:

    int bg_music_loop = soundPool.play(BACKGROUND_MUSIC_ID, volume, volume, 1, 0, 1f);

    Then you'd stop it using 

    soudPool.stop(bg_music_loop);

    And then you can start your game-over sound:

    soundPool.play(complete, 1,1, 0, 0, 1);