Chapter 15
Audio Sequencing: Android SoundPool Class
In this chapter, we will take a look at a more specialized audio playback class in Android called: SoundPool. This class is significantly different from the Android MediaPlayer class, enough so that I have decided to put a specific chapter into this book that covers this useful audio class.
This chapter delves deeply into Android SoundPool, as well as defining what makes it different from MediaPlayer, and in what types of situations each of these classes should be utilized for digital audio asset playback.
In a nutshell, what makes SoundPool so special is that it allows the audio equivalent of image compositing (layering and blending). This means, like with image compositing, that audio-related ...
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