title: how to play a sound on click of button
body: <p>i am trying to play sound file on the emulator on click of button but i am getting message "application play audio has stopped unexpectedly"</p>
  
  <p>my codes are:</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.java4u.android;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.media.MediaPlayer;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.Button;
  
  public  class p1 extends Activity {
  
  
  // creating instance of media player
  MediaPlayer mp=MediaPlayer.create(this,R.raw.meow);
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
  {    
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      Button btnSound=(Button)this.findViewById(R.id.playSound);
  
      btnSound.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
  
          @Override
          public void onClick(View v) {
          startActivity(new Intent("com.java4u.android.p1")); 
              mp.start();
          }
      }); 
  
          }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>Manifest.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        package="com.java4u.android"
        android:versionCode="1"
        android:versionName="1.0"&gt;
      &lt;uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" /&gt;
  
      &lt;application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;
          &lt;activity android:name=".p1" android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
  
      &lt;/application&gt;
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>main.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:orientation="vertical"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      &gt;
      &lt;Button android:text="play audio" 
      android:id="@+id/playSound" 
      android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"&gt;
      &lt;/Button&gt;
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>