Java Development

[babygodzilla]

Hello,

I have a little confusing situation here. This is the general flow of my application:

1. Device loads app

2. App calls App() (constructor)

3. App calls new MyScreen()

4. App enters EventDispatcher

Now on MyScreen() I would like to play an mp3 as background music, but I cannot do so presumably because I have not entered the Event Dispatcher. I'm getting a Runtime Exception and some push Modal Screen error or something like that. I tried doing getApplication().invokeLater() in MyScreen() but getApplication() returns null, again presumably because I have not entered event dispatcher. 

Quite confused on what I'm supposed to do here. There's nothing much in MyScreen(), just a label and a couple of buttons. 

Suggestions? Advice?

Thanks a lot

[hades_6]

code?

is the mp3 a local file or remote?

[Aviator168]

Do the playing on a separate thread.

[babygodzilla]

thanks for the quick reply. not much code here. UiApplication class: [code]

public static void main(String[] args) {
 MyGame game = new MyGame(); 
game.enterEventDispatcher(); 
} 
public MyGame() { pushScreen(new Menu()); } 

[/code] Menu class: [code]

Menu() { 

//add buttons etc etc 

playMusic() //play music loads resources and calls Player.start() 
} 

[/code]

[babygodzilla]

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Aviator168 wrote:

Do the playing on a separate thread.

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I thought about this, but not really sure who should start the thread. If I start the thread in Menu() the app still hasn't entered event dispatcher, right?

[ydaraishy]

Is your player logic working in other instances?

[babygodzilla]

yes it is. i have used it in the next screen that is pushed after user presses on a button in the Menu class, and it works fine. 

[babygodzilla]

any ideas guys?