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SoundPool and Loopers

Discipline of IT
James Cook University

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Threads/async are good, but Loopers & Handlers are better!

• Looper and Handler offer a more useful abstraction

• And Android uses Loopers and Handlers a lot


– That’s how it implements things like
Activity.runOnUiThread() and View.post()
The main GUI thread already has a Looper running inside it
• If you create a new Handler object within an activity
– Then it will automatically attach itself to the
Looper running on the UI thread!

• This handler object can then be used to safely run


GUI update code via a Runnable

• Note: it’s an example of a COMMAND pattern!


Example - HandlerDemo

Note: it is possible to use this handler inside a background


thread!
So now, what about your own custom Looper Thread…
The custom looper thread has its own looper and handler
• Its handler is attached to its looper

• The handler is used to post new Runnables that run


on the looper – inside Looper.loop()

• So, in a sense, Looper.loop() saves you writing your


own infinite while loop inside Thread.run()

• Note: looper API also has Looper.quit() to stop


Looper.loop() running
SoundPool API – what is it?
• A collection of audio samples loaded into memory

• Offers low-latency playback

• Can playback multiple samples simultaneously

• Sounds can be one-shot or looped

• Playback rate can be adjusted (0.5 – 2.0)


SoundPool API – how does it work?
• Samples are loaded from app resource
– These can be compressed / encoded (e.g. mp3)

• Once loaded, audio samples are decoded /


uncompressed into memory

• SoundPool defines a max numbers of samples


– This limits CPU overhead – preventing audio
playback reducing UI performance
Summary

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