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| author | James Dong <jdong@google.com> | 2011-02-22 13:36:12 -0800 |
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| committer | James Dong <jdong@google.com> | 2011-02-22 13:45:57 -0800 |
| commit | 14460b9564ab700a8d426855003064568bff31e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 1370de9e6507241741d7f6270071cce550380733 /media/java | |
| parent | 7036d76a6e172de300c63cb9c33b65a63fe7ce0f (diff) | |
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Added more warnings in javadoc for failure to call MediaPlayer.release() immediately if a MediaPlayer is not needed
bug - 3040402
Change-Id: I455d2a664851c73212711e8c4b88e97b50ee5b62
Diffstat (limited to 'media/java')
| -rw-r--r-- | media/java/android/media/MediaPlayer.java | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaPlayer.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaPlayer.java index f61ac0f..98ddbe7 100644 --- a/media/java/android/media/MediaPlayer.java +++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaPlayer.java @@ -1055,7 +1055,14 @@ public class MediaPlayer /** * Releases resources associated with this MediaPlayer object. * It is considered good practice to call this method when you're - * done using the MediaPlayer. + * done using the MediaPlayer. For instance, whenever the Activity + * of an application is paused, this method should be invoked to + * release the MediaPlayer object. In addition to unnecessary resources + * (such as memory and instances of codecs) being hold, failure to + * call this method immediately if a MediaPlayer object is no longer + * needed may also lead to continuous battery consumption for mobile + * devices, and playback failure if no multiple instances of the + * same codec is supported on a device. */ public void release() { stayAwake(false); |