Android MediaPlayer Stop and Play

I may have not got your answer correct, but you can try this:

public void MusicController(View view) throws IOException{
    switch (view.getId()){
        case R.id.play: mplayer.start();break;
        case R.id.pause: mplayer.pause(); break;
        case R.id.stop:
            if(mplayer.isPlaying()) {
                mplayer.stop();
                mplayer.prepare(); 
            }
            break;

    }// where mplayer is defined in  onCreate method}

as there is just one thread handling all, so stop() makes it die so we have to again prepare it If your intent is to start it again when your press start button(it throws IO Exception) Or for better understanding of MediaPlayer you can refer to Android Media Player

To stop the Media Player without the risk of an Illegal State Exception, you must do

  try {
        mp.reset();
        mp.prepare();
        mp.stop();
        mp.release();
        mp=null;
       }
  catch (Exception e)
         {
           e.printStackTrace();
         }

rather than just

try {
       mp.stop();
       mp.release();
       mp=null;
    } 
catch (Exception e) 
    {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

According to the MediaPlayer life cycle, which you can view in the Android API guide, I think that you have to call reset() instead of stop(), and after that prepare again the media player (use only one) to play the sound from the beginning. Take also into account that the sound may have finished. So I would also recommend to implement setOnCompletionListener() to make sure that if you try to play again the sound it doesn't fail.

You should use only one mediaplayer object

    public class PlayaudioActivity extends Activity {

        private MediaPlayer mp;

        /** Called when the activity is first created. */
        @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(R.layout.main);
            Button b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
            Button b2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
            final TextView t = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);

            b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    stopPlaying();
                    mp = MediaPlayer.create(PlayaudioActivity.this, R.raw.far);
                    mp.start();
                }

            });

            b2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    stopPlaying();
                    mp = MediaPlayer.create(PlayaudioActivity.this, R.raw.beet);
                    mp.start();
                }
            });
        }

        private void stopPlaying() {
            if (mp != null) {
                mp.stop();
                mp.release();
                mp = null;
           }
        }
    }