title: Android MediaPlayer won't pause
body: <p>So I have a button that plays the selected file. However I want to pause the play when the button is pressed again. I checked a few StackOverflow posts and tutorials and the pause method is what was used in most cases. However it is not working for me. The audio keeps on playing. Am I missing something or is there a problem with my code? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!</p>
  
  <pre><code>buttonPlay.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View view) {
                  String fileName = getFileSelected();
                  MediaPlayer m = new MediaPlayer();
                      if ( !m.isPlaying() &amp;&amp; (getFileSelected().endsWith(".3gp") || getFileSelected().endsWith(".wav"))) {
                      try {
                          m.setDataSource(getActivity().getApplicationContext().getExternalFilesDir(null).toString() + File.separator + fileName);
                          } catch (IOException e) {
                              e.printStackTrace();
                          } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                              e.printStackTrace();
                          } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                              e.printStackTrace();
                          }
                          try {
                              m.prepare();
                          } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                              e.printStackTrace();
                          } catch (IOException e) {
                              e.printStackTrace();
                          }
                              isPlaying = true;
                              buttonPlay.setText("Stop");
                          m.start();
                          Toast.makeText(getActivity().getApplicationContext(), "Playing audio", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                      }
                      else{
  //                            m.stop();
  //                            m.release();
  //                            m = null;
                              m.pause();
                              isPlaying = false;
                              setButtonLabel(R.id.btnPlay, "Play Selected Recording");
                         }
  
              }
          });
  </code></pre>