How to check MediaPlayer is ready to call start() | Android Kotlin

Issue

I want to check if the prepare() is finished to call start(),Because I sometime when I press the start button it starts playing but I can't pause or stop the player.

Now: I need to wait for a while to make sure that prepare() is finished and it is ready to start and then press start button.

Any suggestions?

Solution

Set OnPreparedListener to the media player instance and inside onPrepared() start the media player.

player.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
                
                @Override
                public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
                    player.start();
                
                }
            });

developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener

Answered By - Prateek