Play video after startup from sdcard

Question

I have an app which is autostarting via BroadcastReceiver and is set as a homescreen on Android 2.3.3. API10 on an HTC Desire HD.

The app should play a video repeatedly right after starting, but as the sdcard is not ready it kills the application with a force close error message which doesn't go away.

At least I think it is because of the sdcard.

In the background, the homescreen restarts but the error message doesn't go away, it would be no problem if it would disappear a few seconds later, but it would be even greater if it wouldn't appear at all..

can you help me? thanks!

edit #1: this checks if the sdcard is ready. i only need read access..

static public boolean hasStorage(boolean requireWriteAccess) {

    String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
    Log.v("tomi", "storage state is " + state);

    if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
        if (requireWriteAccess) {
            boolean writable = checkFsWritable();
            Log.v("tomi", "storage writable is " + writable);
            return writable;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    } else if (!requireWriteAccess && Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

Answer 1

do you have a solution for this?

First, you should not need both "autostarting via BroadcastReceiver" and "set as a homescreen". One should suffice, preferably the latter.

Once the activity launches, it can check Environment to see if external storage is ready. If not, it can register a receiver for ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED to find out when external storage becomes ready. Once it is ready -- and only at that point -- it can try to play the video.