Java Development

[GMofOLC]

I'm having problems getting a user selected audio file to play. I know you can't play the ones RIM supplies, but here's what I have:

Class cl = Class.forName("bb.cen.CallEnd");
InputStream input = cl.getResourceAsStream(soundToPlay);

m_player = Manager.createPlayer(input, "audio/mpeg");
m_player.realize();
m_player.prefetch();

soundToPlay is gotten from:

soundToPlay = "file:///" + oData.getStringElement(OptionsData.USERSOUND);

OptionsData.USERSOUND is gotten from a file selection popup screen using getFile().

It is usually something like /SDCard/Blackberry/ringtones/sound.wav

Whenever I run it though, I can select the file, but I always get a 

FRIDG:  cannot find......

I know I'm getting this because getResourceAsStream is returning null.

How do I get it to not return null?

[rcmaniac25 · Accepted solution]

getResourceAsStream gets a file that is built into a RIM app. soundToPlay goes to a file location, try passing soundToPlay into Manager.createPlayer instead of trying to get it **bleep** a embedded resource. If it is a embedded resource then you need to access it like you do with Class.forName only you pass the String into getResourceAsStream.

Hope that makes sense.

[GMofOLC]

Yessiree bob. That did the trick.

Thank you.

I'm just confused as to why they would provide a method that lets you get files that you can't even use....