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Welcome to the Android-MIDI list. We invite friendly discussion and Q&A. Let's work together to make Android a great platform for music apps.

You can find documentation on Android MIDI in the M release here:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/midi/package-summary.html

You can find some example code and tools on GitHub:

https://github.com/philburk/android-midisuite

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-MidiSynth

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-MidiScope

Information on testing and for OEMs is here:

https://source.android.com/devices/audio/midi_test.html

Information on Android High Performance Audio can be found here:

http://googlesamples.github.io/android-audio-high-performance/

Also look for the MIDI Synth and MIDI Scope in the Android SDK Code Samples.

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Andrew Timberlake, … phil...@google.com6

12/26/23

Problems with stuck connections over BLE MIDI

> It appears to me that Android establishes a connection and then, even after the device has been

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Problems with stuck connections over BLE MIDI

> It appears to me that Android establishes a connection and then, even after the device has been

12/26/23

Lee T. Davy, Emilie Roberts5

12/20/23

Roland Midi - Bluetooth and USB - Piano app on Chromebook

I just ran Roland Piano app on the Amazon Fire HD 10 to get more HCI Snoop logs which I print from

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Roland Midi - Bluetooth and USB - Piano app on Chromebook

I just ran Roland Piano app on the Amazon Fire HD 10 to get more HCI Snoop logs which I print from

12/20/23

Core Form

2/15/23

Android 13 MidiDevice PROPRTY_NAME string format change

Hi, Having updated a Samsung ZFold 3 to Android 13 I find that MidiDevice names are being reported

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Android 13 MidiDevice PROPRTY_NAME string format change

Hi, Having updated a Samsung ZFold 3 to Android 13 I find that MidiDevice names are being reported

2/15/23

Ava Hazel2

12/5/22

Help understanding Midi Library

I have been able to create a working example using the midi-tools library from Mr. Burk. I am at a

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Help understanding Midi Library

I have been able to create a working example using the midi-tools library from Mr. Burk. I am at a

12/5/22

giccisw

9/9/22

Query MIDI connections

I am adding the possibility to connect MIDI devices to my app (I have only MIDI inputs). I understood

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Query MIDI connections

I am adding the possibility to connect MIDI devices to my app (I have only MIDI inputs). I understood

9/9/22

LD3

3/5/22

Noise on the virtual wire?

I had ignored the offset and count information provided in onSend (and did that upstream when

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Noise on the virtual wire?

I had ignored the offset and count information provided in onSend (and did that upstream when

3/5/22

LD2

3/3/22

feature modules vs. AndroidManifest MidiDeviceService meta-data resource

I found that only a stub of devices is needed, the rest can exist in another module. Eg in app/res/

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feature modules vs. AndroidManifest MidiDeviceService meta-data resource

I found that only a stub of devices is needed, the rest can exist in another module. Eg in app/res/

3/3/22

iov, Phil Burk2

2/8/22

USB MIDI performance

Hello Iov, > The Android MIDI performance is great. Additionally, thanks to Android MIDI, it can

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USB MIDI performance

Hello Iov, > The Android MIDI performance is great. Additionally, thanks to Android MIDI, it can

2/8/22

Fabrizio Benedetti

6/7/21

Native MidiDeviceService?

Hi everyone. I am new to Android programming but I have been programming in C++ (and a little bit of

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Native MidiDeviceService?

Hi everyone. I am new to Android programming but I have been programming in C++ (and a little bit of

6/7/21

Sundar Rajan, … borow...@gmail.com6

4/4/21

Monitoring Midi messages from Yamaha PSR i425 on Midi Scope

Today, I've done a test, with Yamaha E423 and Yamaha digital piano p125 both with MidiScope on

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Monitoring Midi messages from Yamaha PSR i425 on Midi Scope

Today, I've done a test, with Yamaha E423 and Yamaha digital piano p125 both with MidiScope on

4/4/21

Guido Vroombout, Phil Burk6

3/15/21

Unpredictable behavior when connecting to bluetooth mididevice

Hello Guido, Thanks for opening the bug tracker at b/182811259 Rather than post lots of logs here,

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Unpredictable behavior when connecting to bluetooth mididevice

Hello Guido, Thanks for opening the bug tracker at b/182811259 Rather than post lots of logs here,

3/15/21

Hamouda Adnen

11/17/20

Testing a midi application

Hi, I made a midi pitch changer for keys applicationand i want to know if it works correctly guys ,

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Testing a midi application

Hi, I made a midi pitch changer for keys applicationand i want to know if it works correctly guys ,

11/17/20

Lee T. Davy, Lee T. Davy4

10/8/20

Even V1.0 Midi including WebMidi on Android 9 / Fire HD OS 7 - Chrome 83

I just looked at this reply and wonder what app you used with Pixel 3a ? I have same phone to

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Even V1.0 Midi including WebMidi on Android 9 / Fire HD OS 7 - Chrome 83

I just looked at this reply and wonder what app you used with Pixel 3a ? I have same phone to

10/8/20

Hamouda Adnen, Phil Burk2

9/8/20

i need help to change the midi pitch bend of a note

Hello Hamouda, This forum is for questions specific to MIDI on Android. Your Pitch Bend question is

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i need help to change the midi pitch bend of a note

Hello Hamouda, This forum is for questions specific to MIDI on Android. Your Pitch Bend question is

9/8/20

Shivaraj Sajjan, Phil Burk2

8/13/20

Delay in pressing button and sound(sf2) output from Android device

Are you using the com.sun.media.sound.SF2Soundbank? How are you doing that? The Java implementation

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Delay in pressing button and sound(sf2) output from Android device

Are you using the com.sun.media.sound.SF2Soundbank? How are you doing that? The Java implementation

8/13/20

P. R., Phil Burk2

7/17/20

Crash

Hello Patrick, I have seen this message reported but have not been able to reproduce it. Are you

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Crash

Hello Patrick, I have seen this message reported but have not been able to reproduce it. Are you

7/17/20

mor...@invisiblewrench.com

7/10/20

Error enumerating multiple devices connected at startup

Hi all. I'm facing an issue where class compliant USB MIDI devices are not listed correctly by

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Error enumerating multiple devices connected at startup

Hi all. I'm facing an issue where class compliant USB MIDI devices are not listed correctly by

7/10/20

LD, … Lee T. Davy3

7/6/20

MIDI 2.0 support

New USB Class compliance information to help Android Midi V2.0 implementation. On Saturday, February

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MIDI 2.0 support

New USB Class compliance information to help Android Midi V2.0 implementation. On Saturday, February

7/6/20

manuel Del Castillo

5/1/20

Midi not suppported

Hey guys, I've got a problem. Hope you can help. I got a Windows tablet, and i just installed

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Midi not suppported

Hey guys, I've got a problem. Hope you can help. I got a Windows tablet, and i just installed

5/1/20

Piotrek, … Phil Burk11

4/8/20

Problem with discovering devices/notes reader

I started collecting test results for some Android MIDI devices here. https://github.com/philburk/

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Problem with discovering devices/notes reader

I started collecting test results for some Android MIDI devices here. https://github.com/philburk/

4/8/20

Keith Nagle, Phil Burk3

8/27/19

BluetoothGatt issues on Chrome OS

Thanks Phil, Heres the link to the issue tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/140057001

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BluetoothGatt issues on Chrome OS

Thanks Phil, Heres the link to the issue tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/140057001

8/27/19

Ho YuanHou

7/3/19

Sonivox For Android 7/8/9

Hi All, I been using sonivox since Android 4, 5 and 6 As I try to compile the sonivox project with

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Sonivox For Android 7/8/9

Hi All, I been using sonivox since Android 4, 5 and 6 As I try to compile the sonivox project with

7/3/19

Flavio Antonioli

5/24/19

Android inter-app audio with Audioroute

Hi all, sorry if this is slightly off-topic, however many Android audio developers post to this group

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Android inter-app audio with Audioroute

Hi all, sorry if this is slightly off-topic, however many Android audio developers post to this group

5/24/19

Don Turner, Atsushi Eno2

4/20/19

Native MIDI API in Android Q beta 1

Hello, I had been trying to make use of this new toy in my Fluidsynth Android port (which now has

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Native MIDI API in Android Q beta 1

Hello, I had been trying to make use of this new toy in my Fluidsynth Android port (which now has

4/20/19

Andreas Grässer, … mario...@gmail.com11

3/30/19

BLE MIDI Peripheral mode?

Almost I have not exposed it to other apps via a MIDI service yet, I was consuming the stream inside

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BLE MIDI Peripheral mode?

Almost I have not exposed it to other apps via a MIDI service yet, I was consuming the stream inside

3/30/19

Andreas Grässer, Phil Burk6

3/26/19

USB MIDI Problems on Chrome OS

That's good news, thanks a lot. Hope it'll go live soon. On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 2:11:

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USB MIDI Problems on Chrome OS

That's good news, thanks a lot. Hope it'll go live soon. On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 2:11:

3/26/19

mario...@gmail.com, Phil Burk16

3/18/19

Connecting to a BLE Peripheral on linux - bluez

On the other hand, the parameters passed to the bluetooth stack are specific to BluetoothMidiDevice,

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Connecting to a BLE Peripheral on linux - bluez

On the other hand, the parameters passed to the bluetooth stack are specific to BluetoothMidiDevice,

3/18/19

Yonatan Doron

2/11/19

WebMIDI on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 - MIDI output device

I'm writing an Angular application using WebMIDI API, and want to test it on my Xiaomi Redmi Note

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WebMIDI on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 - MIDI output device

I'm writing an Angular application using WebMIDI API, and want to test it on my Xiaomi Redmi Note

2/11/19

raph...@gmail.com, Andreas Grässer2

1/27/19

Chromebook (Acer R11 / Samsung) - USB MIDI issue for Android App

This is obviously a bug in chrome os, as reported and discussed here : https://groups.google.com/

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Chromebook (Acer R11 / Samsung) - USB MIDI issue for Android App

This is obviously a bug in chrome os, as reported and discussed here : https://groups.google.com/

1/27/19

mario...@gmail.com, … Core Form9

1/14/19

BluetoothDevice and MidiDevice

In order to remove my errors from the equation I have used just the plain Midi+BTLE from Google Play.

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BluetoothDevice and MidiDevice

In order to remove my errors from the equation I have used just the plain Midi+BTLE from Google Play.

1/14/19