Playing Sounds and removing instances once they have played -- Android

Question

I am playing sounds in my application I have the following code

sounds = new HashMap<String, MediaPlayer>();

Then when guys are created on screen they are given a sound.

sounds.put("sounds"+Integer.toString(ncount), MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.hit));

I want to remove the MediaPlayer from the hashmap like I do the enemies when they die

sounds.get("sounds"+Integer.toString(ncount)).setOnCompletionListener( new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {

    public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {

        sounds.remove("sounds"+Integer.toString(ncount));
    }


});

This errors out... how would I reference the sounds hashmap to remove the associated MediaPlayer when sound is complete?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Use a SoundPool

Answer 2

Is ncount a static variable? If that's the case it is very likely that ncount has changed when onCompletion gets called (because ncount was modified during playing of the sound). You should probably use another method to build that identifier...