How to play ringtone alarm sound in Android

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I have been looking everywhere how to play a ringtone alarm sound in Android    I press a button and I want to play a ringtone alarm sound  I could not find an easy  straightforward sample  Yes  I already looked at Alarm clock source code    but it is not straightforward and I cannot compile it   I cannot make this work   Uri alert   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE ALARM    mMediaPlayer   new MediaPlayer    mMediaPlayer setDataSource this  alert   final AudioManager audioManager    AudioManager getSystemService Context AUDIO SERVICE    if  audioManager getStreamVolume AudioManager STREAM ALARM     0        player setAudioStreamType AudioManager STREAM ALARM       player setLooping true       player prepare        player start        I get this error   04-11 17 15 27 638  ERROR MediaPlayerService 30   Couldn t open fd for content   settings system ringtone   So   please if somebody knows how to play a default ringtone alarm let me know    I prefer not to upload any file  Just play a default ringtone

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For the future googlers  use RingtoneManager getActualDefaultRingtoneUri   instead of RingtoneManager getDefaultUri    According to its name  it would return the actual uri  so you can freely use it  From documentation of getActualDefaultRingtoneUri        Gets the current default sound s Uri  This will give the actual sound   Uri  instead of using this  most clients can use DEFAULT RINGTONE URI    Meanwhile getDefaultUri   says this      Returns the Uri for the default ringtone of a particular type  Rather than returning the actual ringtone s sound Uri  this will return the symbolic Uri which will resolved to the actual sound when played

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Here s some sample code   Uri notification   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE NOTIFICATION   MediaPlayer mediaPlayer   MediaPlayer create getApplicationContext    notification   mediaPlayer start

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If a user has never set an alarm on their phone  the TYPE ALARM can return null  You can account for this with   Uri alert   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE ALARM    if alert    null          alert is null  using backup     alert   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE NOTIFICATION           I can t see this ever being null  as always have a default notification         but just incase     if alert    null                 alert backup is null  using 2nd backup         alert   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE RINGTONE

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You could use this sample code   Uri ringtoneUri   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE ALARM   Ringtone ringtoneSound   RingtoneManager getRingtone getApplicationContext    ringtoneUri   if  ringtoneSound    null        ringtoneSound play

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This works fine   AudioManager audioManager    AudioManager  getSystemService Context AUDIO SERVICE   MediaPlayer thePlayer   MediaPlayer create getApplicationContext    RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE NOTIFICATION     try       thePlayer setVolume  float   audioManager getStreamVolume AudioManager STREAM NOTIFICATION    7 0                             float   audioManager getStreamVolume AudioManager STREAM NOTIFICATION    7 0       catch  Exception e        e printStackTrace       thePlayer start

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You can push a MP3 file in your  sdcard folder using DDMS  restart the emulator  then open the Media application  browse to your MP3 file  long press on it and select  Use as phone ringtone    Error is gone   Edit  same trouble with notification sounds  e g  for SMS  solved using Ringdroid application

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You can simply play a setted ringtone with this   Uri notification   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE NOTIFICATION   Ringtone r   RingtoneManager getRingtone getApplicationContext    notification   r play

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This is the way I ve done   Uri notification   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE NOTIFICATION   MediaPlayer mp   MediaPlayer create getApplicationContext    notification   mp start      It is similar to markov00 s way  but uses MediaPlayer instead of Ringtone which prevents interrupting other sounds  like music  that might already be playing in the background

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Your example is basically what I m using   It never works on the emulator  however  because the emulator doesn t have any ringtones by default  and content   settings system ringtone doesn t resolve to anything playable   It works fine on my actual phone

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public class AlarmReceiver extends WakefulBroadcastReceiver         Override     public void onReceive final Context context  Intent intent              this will update the UI with message         Reminder inst   Reminder instance            inst setAlarmText                 this will sound the alarm tone           this will sound the alarm once  if you wish to           raise alarm in loop continuously then use MediaPlayer and setLooping true          Uri alarmUri   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE ALARM           if  alarmUri    null                alarmUri   RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE RINGTONE                     Ringtone ringtone   RingtoneManager getRingtone context  alarmUri           ringtone play               this will send a notification message         ComponentName comp   new ComponentName context getPackageName                    AlarmService class getName             startWakefulService context   intent setComponent comp             setResultCode Activity RESULT OK

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It may be late but there is a new simple solution to this question for who ever wants it  In kotlin val player   MediaPlayer create this Settings System DEFAULT RINGTONE URI  player start    Above code will play default ringtone but if you want default alarm  change  Settings System DEFAULT RINGTONE URI  to  Settings System DEFAULT ALARM ALERT URI

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Copying an audio file to the sd card of the emulator and selecting it via media player as the default ringtone does indeed solve the problem

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