I'm trying out different formats that Android devices can play. This page at the docs specifies all the media codecs that is supported by the Android platform. Notice that it also includes flac codec(.flac container). I am only using a very prototypical class to see if the media can be played.
Below is my activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:text="timre-CCBYNC.flac"
android:onClick="playMusic"
/>
</LinearLayout>
And my very simple MainActivity.java file:
package com.hbad.www.testmusic_playaudio;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import java.io.IOException;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
public void playMusic(View view)throws IOException {
Button passed_btn = (Button)view;
AssetFileDescriptor afd = getAssets().openFd(passed_btn.getText().toString());
MediaPlayer player = new MediaPlayer();
player.setDataSource(afd.getFileDescriptor(), afd.getStartOffset(), afd.getLength());
player.prepare();
player.start();
}
}
But, when I try to play the flac file, I get the following error:
11-13 13:04:19.087 16332-16332/com.hbad.www.testmusic_playaudio E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.hbad.www.testmusic_playaudio, PID: 16332
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not execute method for android:onClick
at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatViewInflater$DeclaredOnClickListener.onClick(AppCompatViewInflater.java:390)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4496)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18603)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5433)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1268)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1084)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatViewInflater$DeclaredOnClickListener.onClick(AppCompatViewInflater.java:385)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4496)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18603)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5433)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1268)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1084)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: This file can not be opened as a file descriptor; it is probably compressed
at android.content.res.AssetManager.openAssetFd(Native Method)
at android.content.res.AssetManager.openFd(AssetManager.java:343)
at com.hbad.www.testmusic_playaudio.MainActivity.playMusic(MainActivity.java:24)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatViewInflater$DeclaredOnClickListener.onClick(AppCompatViewInflater.java:385)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4496)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18603)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5433)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1268)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1084)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Now, I do see an error that the file cannot be opened as a file descriptor since it may be compressed. And I do know that flac is a lossless compression, so that could work, but I'm not satisfied with the logic here. Since mp3 are also compressed formats how come that played?
Disable compression for the flac file extension.
android {
aaptOptions {
noCompress 'flac'
}
}
For multiple extensions
android {
aaptOptions {
noCompress 'flac', 'other extensions'
}
}
As part of preparing your APK, aapt selectively compresses various assets to save space on the device. The way aapt determines which assets need compression is by their file extension. From aapt source code Package.cpp these file extensions by default are exempted from compression.
{
".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif",
".wav", ".mp2", ".mp3", ".ogg", ".aac",
".mpg", ".mpeg", ".mid", ".midi", ".smf", ".jet",
".rtttl", ".imy", ".xmf", ".mp4", ".m4a",
".m4v", ".3gp", ".3gpp", ".3g2", ".3gpp2",
".amr", ".awb", ".wma", ".wmv"
}