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Commit 14460b95 authored by James Dong's avatar James Dong
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Added more warnings in javadoc for failure to call MediaPlayer.release()... 

Added more warnings in javadoc for failure to call MediaPlayer.release() immediately if a MediaPlayer is not needed

bug - 3040402

Change-Id: I455d2a664851c73212711e8c4b88e97b50ee5b62
parent 7036d76a

media/java/android/media/MediaPlayer.java

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@@ -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);