In fact want to determine if MediaPlayer supports playback of WMA. Now that I think of it, the Android background music scanner must have that info somewhere, to index files it can manage.
On Aug 24, 8:38 am, James <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > 1,This is only sample code demonstrate how to do it. As I have > notified, it even *may not pass compile*. > 2,Do you think any OEM who support some kind of codec, But distribute > a device without a built-in corresponding media player ?? One thing > more, My sample code could also detect if any 3rd apps installed on > the device has implements the codec. > > On Aug 24, 12:57 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > There are a couple of flaws here: > > > 1. /sdcard is probably invalid. > > > 2. This only detects if there is a player advertising that it handles > > audio/wma files. This does not mean that the player is correct, nor > > does it mean that anything other than the player can play WMA files > > (e.g., via MediaPlayer) > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:10 PM, James <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Of course there is: > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------- > > > Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW); > > > Uri data = Uri.fromFile(new File("/sdcard/test.wma")); > > > intent.setDataAndType(data, "audio/wma"); > > > List<ResolveInfo> resolveInfos= > > > getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities (intent, 0); > > > boolean wmaCodecReady=resolveInfos.size()>0; > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----------------------------------- > > > the above code may not pass compile and is just FYI. > > > Hope it helps! > > > > On Aug 24, 6:40 am, b0b <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Is there a sensible way to detect if a particular audio decoder which > > >> may or may not be present depending on manufaturers, is available > > >> (for example: WMA) ? > > > >> Right now I'm asking the user. There has to be a better way ? > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Android 3.1 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
