You should release a MediaPlayer instance and resources when you no longer need the MediaResource.
When you release a MediaPlayer
object, the underlying hardware resources that are associated with this MediaPlayer
object are deallocated.
Here are some reasons to release a MediaPlayer
:
Release the MediaPlayer
.
function release():void;
After the MediaPlayer
instance is released, you can no longer use it. If any method of the MediaPlayer
interface is called after it is released, an IllegalStateException
is thrown.