Re: [android-developers] Dianne, when is the SoundPool going to get fixed?

2011-09-05 Thread Dianne Hackborn
I am an engineer on the core Android frameworks (android.app, android.view, android.widget, etc) and am on this list to answer questions that I can for people in these areas. On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Christopher Van Kirk christopher.vank...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry Dianne. I thought you

Re: [android-developers] Dianne, when is the SoundPool going to get fixed?

2011-09-04 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Um, why are you asking me? I don't work on media. On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Christopher Van Kirk christopher.vank...@gmail.com wrote: We're seeing a lot more devices coming onto the scene with two or more CPUs, and the SoundPool is broken on those devices. There is some kind of race

Re: [android-developers] Dianne, when is the SoundPool going to get fixed?

2011-09-04 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
Sorry Dianne. I thought you were a general contact person for us peons since I see you replying frequently. Could you do me a favor and pass this question on to whoever is appropriate to handle it? Thanks! On 9/4/2011 3:26 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: Um, why are you asking me? I don't work

Re: [android-developers] Dianne, when is the SoundPool going to get fixed?

2011-09-04 Thread Michael Banzon
OT: Wooaaw! Cross list/support hack! :o) On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Christopher Van Kirk christopher.vank...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry Dianne. I thought you were a general contact person for us peons since I see you replying frequently. Could you do me a favor and pass this question on to

Re: [android-developers] Dianne, when is the SoundPool going to get fixed?

2011-09-04 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
Nah, it's a development issue. I need sound in my app, and the spotty nature of support for this API is rather a big thorn in my side. Probably in yours as well if you're building anything that needs attenuation capability. On 9/4/2011 8:05 PM, Michael Banzon wrote: OT: Wooaaw! Cross

[android-developers] Dianne, when is the SoundPool going to get fixed?

2011-09-03 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
We're seeing a lot more devices coming onto the scene with two or more CPUs, and the SoundPool is broken on those devices. There is some kind of race condition that's causing a busy hang from time to time when playing sounds. The only workaround is to turn off the sound on such devices or