Does onDestroy of an Activity release a Media Player's resources?

Question

Do I have to call release() of a media player myself or will it be handled when the activity is destroyed/stopped?

Answer 1

Call release() on the media player in your onDestroy(), I have never dealt with media players, but I know onDestroy() won't handle removing bitmaps from memory, so I would assume media assets are handled in a similar way, only removing them when you tell it to