That makes sense...I didn't try setActualDefaultRingtoneUri() again, with all the frustration it cause...especially since my method worked just fine.
On May 20, 10:48 pm, Jason Parekh <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, sorry about the docs not mentioning the part about the URI needing > to be pointing to the Media provider. > > FWIW, you shouldn't need to touch the Settings provider directly, the > call to setActualDefaultRingtoneUri will do that for you. > > jason > > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:26 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Oye...After 8 hours of debugging, I finally figured it out. I thought > > I would share in case someone else ran into the problem later on. > > > To programmatically change a ringtone WITHOUT using a ringtone picker, > > you will need to write the ringtone data into the system settings. > > > Like this ----> Settings.System.putString(context.getContentResolver > > (), Settings.System.RINGTONE, ringtoneUri.toString()); ( Settings -> > > android.provider.Settings) > > > The only catch is that you need to use the MediaStore > > (android.provider.MediaStore) and it's URI's to the external memory to > > actually get the ringtones you want. > > > The real tricky part is figuring out what id represents what > > ringtone. > > > If you don't know, the MediaStore lays out everything in your external > > storage(namely "sdcard") into a simple table. Each item inside the > > MediaStore can be referenced by their numerical id's, 1 - # of files, > > which basically means referencing anything on the sdcard is impossible > > unless you know it's id #. How do you figure out the id #? Well, i'll > > leave that up to the reader to figure out(I'm sure there is more then > > one way to do it). But keep in mind that if you are looking for > > something in the MediaStore, you will need a Cursor > > (android.database.Cursor) to iterate through its rows and columns. > > > Though it took me all day to weed out the results, the code is > > actually only a couple of lines. It will get all the id's for a list > > of ringtones that I grabbed from a directory earlier on and then makes > > it referenceable by using the file name(*hint* hashtable). Anyway, if > > anyone has questions on anything this specifically, just email me, > > [email protected] > > > Cheers > > > On May 19, 11:00 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was wondering if anyone knows how to set a ringtone from off the > >> sdcard correctly cause obviously I'm doing it wrong. > > >> For some reason, I'll set the ringtone(it's actually picked randomly) > >> as the default ringtone using the > >> RingtoneManager.setActualDefaultRingtoneUri() method. This works, and > >> it show's that ringtone as the default ringtone in the settings menu > >> (as well as plays the correct tone), but when I get called it plays a > >> system ring instead of that default ringtone I set. > > >> Has anyone else ran into this problem?? I've been looking everywhere > >> online with no luck. I actually have a feeling it has something with > >> the formatting of the Uri but I'm not sure on how else to format it. > > >> My current format: > >> Uri ringtoneUri = Uri.fromFile(new File(directory +"/" + > >> ringtones.get > >> (whatTone))); > > >> directory = "/sdcard/media/ringtones" --- Just an example, this is > >> actually user generated > >> ringtones.get(whatTone) = "BlindedInChains.mp3" --- Also just an > >> example > > >> End result of this format: > >> "file:///sdcard/media/ringtones/BlindedInChains.mp3" > > >> Is this wrong?? Help Please!! :) > >> Thanks in advance! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
