Android Soundboard Force Close
<p>I have a soundboard where i am trying to save the sounds as ringtones or notifications you can see the code below, the problem i am having is when i try to save the sound the app force closes on me.</p>

<p>Sometimes the code worked and saved but othertimes it force closed but now it seems to force close all the time. This is also after i have restared the app?</p>

<p>If anyone can take a look it would be appriciated.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<pre><code>public class Activity2 extends Activity {


int selectedSoundId;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity2);

    final MediaPlayer player = new MediaPlayer();
    final Resources res = getResources();

    //just keep them in the same order, e.g. button01 is tied to backtoyou
    final int[] buttonIds = { R.id.PlaySound1, R.id.PlaySound2, R.id.PlaySound3, R.id.PlaySound4, R.id.PlaySound5,};
    final int[] soundIds = { R.raw.bentonirate, R.raw.bentonlong, R.raw.bentonshort, R.raw.ohjesuschrist, R.raw.ohjesuschristbenton, };

    View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            //find the index that matches the button's ID, and then reset
            //the MediaPlayer instance, set the data source to the corresponding
            //sound effect, prepare it, and start it playing.
            for(int i = 0; i &lt; buttonIds.length; i++) {
                if(v.getId() == buttonIds[i]) {
                    selectedSoundId = soundIds[i];
                    AssetFileDescriptor afd = res.openRawResourceFd(soundIds[i]);
                    player.reset();
                    try {
                        player.setDataSource(afd.getFileDescriptor(), afd.getStartOffset(), afd.getLength());
                    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    try {
                        player.prepare();
                    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    player.start();
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    };



    //set the same listener for every button ID, no need
    //to keep a reference to every button
    for(int i = 0; i &lt; buttonIds.length; i++) {
        Button soundButton = (Button)findViewById(buttonIds[i]);
        registerForContextMenu(soundButton);
        soundButton.setOnClickListener(listener);

    }



}

@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
 super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
 menu.setHeaderTitle("Save as...");
 menu.add(0, v.getId(), 0, "Ringtone");
 menu.add(0, v.getId(), 0, "Notification");
}
@Override   
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) { 
 if(item.getTitle()=="Ringtone"){function1(item.getItemId());}   
  else if(item.getTitle()=="Notification"){function2(item.getItemId());}  
  else {return false;}
 return true; 
}

public void function1(int id){  

    if 
     (savering(selectedSoundId)){   
      // Code if successful   
      Toast.makeText(this, "Saved as Ringtone", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
     }           
     else           
     { 
      // Code if unsuccessful   
      Toast.makeText(this, "Failed - Check your SDCard", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
     }

    }
    public void function2(int id){   
     if 
     (savenot(selectedSoundId)){   
      // Code if successful   
      Toast.makeText(this, "Saved as Notification", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
     }           
     else           
     { 
      // Code if unsuccessful   
      Toast.makeText(this, "Failed - Check your SDCard", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
     }
    }



//Save into Ring tone Folder

public boolean savering(int ressound){
 byte[] buffer=null;
 InputStream fIn = getBaseContext().getResources().openRawResource(ressound);
 int size=50; 

 try {
   size = fIn.available();   
   buffer = new byte[size];   
   fIn.read(buffer);   
   fIn.close(); 
 } catch (IOException e) { 
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block   
  return false;      } 

 String path=Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()+"/media/ringtone/";


 String filename="Benton"+".ogg";


 boolean exists = (new File(path)).exists();   
 if (!exists){new File(path).mkdirs();}   

 FileOutputStream save;
 try { 
  save = new FileOutputStream(path+filename);   
  save.write(buffer);   
  save.flush();   
  save.close();   
 } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { 
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block   
  return false;  
 } catch (IOException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block   
  return false;
 }
 sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, Uri.parse("file://"+path+filename))); 

 File k = new File(path, filename);   
 ContentValues values = new ContentValues();   
 values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA, k.getAbsolutePath());   
 values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.TITLE, "Benton");   
 values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, "audio/ogg");   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.ARTIST, "weee");   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_RINGTONE, true);   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_NOTIFICATION, false);   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_ALARM, true);   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_MUSIC, false);    

 Uri uri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.getContentUriForPath(k.getAbsolutePath());
 getContentResolver().delete(uri, MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA + "=\"" + k.getAbsolutePath() + "\"", null);
 Uri newUri = getContentResolver().insert(uri, values); 
 RingtoneManager.setActualDefaultRingtoneUri(this, RingtoneManager.TYPE_RINGTONE, newUri);




 return true; 
}

//Save in Notification Folder

public boolean savenot(int ressound){
 byte[] buffer=null;
 InputStream fIn = getBaseContext().getResources().openRawResource(ressound);
 int size=0; 

 try {
   size = fIn.available();   
   buffer = new byte[size];   
   fIn.read(buffer);   
   fIn.close(); 
 } catch (IOException e) { 
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block   
  return false;      } 

 String path=Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()+"/media/notification/";


 String filename="Benton"+".ogg";

 boolean exists = (new File(path)).exists();   
 if (!exists){new File(path).mkdirs();}   

 FileOutputStream save;
 try { 
  save = new FileOutputStream(path+filename);   
  save.write(buffer);   
  save.flush();   
  save.close();   
 } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { 
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block   
  return false;  
 } catch (IOException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block   
  return false;
 }
 sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, Uri.parse("file://"+path+filename))); 

 File k = new File(path, filename);   
 ContentValues values = new ContentValues();   
 values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA, k.getAbsolutePath());   
 values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.TITLE, "Benton");   
 values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, "audio/ogg");   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.ARTIST, "weee");   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_RINGTONE, false);   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_NOTIFICATION, true);   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_ALARM, true);   
 values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_MUSIC, false);    

 Uri uri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.getContentUriForPath(k.getAbsolutePath());
 getContentResolver().delete(uri, MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA + "=\"" + k.getAbsolutePath() + "\"", null);
 Uri newUri = getContentResolver().insert(uri, values); 
 RingtoneManager.setActualDefaultRingtoneUri(this, RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION, newUri);


 return true; 



}
}
</code></pre>

<p>LogCat on force close:</p>

<pre><code>            11-29 11:26:28.963: W/ResourceType(3312): No package identifier when getting value for resource number 0x00000000
    11-29 11:26:28.963: W/dalvikvm(3312): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x2aacc7d0)
    11-29 11:26:28.963: E/AndroidRuntime(3312): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
    11-29 11:26:28.963: I/global(3312): Default buffer size used in BufferedWriter constructor. It would be better to be explicit if an 8k-char buffer is required.
    11-29 11:26:29.003: I/global(3312): Default buffer size used in BufferedReader constructor. It would be better to be explicit if an 8k-char buffer is required.
    11-29 11:26:29.003: W/System.err(3312): java.io.IOException: Permission denied
    11-29 11:26:29.033: I/global(3312): Default buffer size used in BufferedWriter constructor. It would be better to be explicit if an 8k-char buffer is required.
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312): android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x0
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.content.res.Resources.getValue(Resources.java:895)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.content.res.Resources.openRawResource(Resources.java:820)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.content.res.Resources.openRawResource(Resources.java:802)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.Tutorial.Sound.Activity2.savenot(Activity2.java:210)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.Tutorial.Sound.Activity2.function2(Activity2.java:131)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.Tutorial.Sound.Activity2.onContextItemSelected(Activity2.java:110)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.app.Activity.onMenuItemSelected(Activity.java:2199)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$ContextMenuCallback.onMenuItemSelected(PhoneWindow.java:2744)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(MenuItemImpl.java:143)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(MenuBuilder.java:855)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuDialogHelper.onClick(MenuDialogHelper.java:137)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.android.internal.app.AlertController$AlertParams$3.onItemClick(AlertController.java:874)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:284)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.widget.ListView.performItemClick(ListView.java:3382)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:1696)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4635)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
    11-29 11:26:29.033: E/AndroidRuntime(3312):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
    11-29 11:26:29.073: I/global(3312): Default buffer size used in BufferedReader constructor. It would be better to be explicit if an 8k-char buffer is required.
    11-29 11:26:29.083: W/System.err(3312): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/plog.log (Permission denied)
    11-29 11:26:29.143: I/global(3312): Default buffer size used in BufferedReader constructor. It would be better to be explicit if an 8k-char buffer is required.
    11-29 11:26:29.143: W/System.err(3312): java.io.IOException: Permission denied
</code></pre>
