Getting IllegalStateException in MediaPlayer when trying to getCurrentPosition
<p>I've been trying to make my trackbar work with the music player I just started working on. But when I press next, I get an Exception.
Here's my code:</p>

<pre><code>public class ThePlayer extends AppCompatActivity {

  private static final String TAG = "MyActivity";
  static MediaPlayer mp;
  int position;
  SeekBar mSeekBar;
  Button btnPlay, btnFF, btnFB, btnNext, btnPrev;
  int[] w2 = {R.raw.w2l01f01, R.raw.w2l01f03, R.raw.w2l01f04};
  ArrayList&lt;Integer&gt; mysongs;
  Thread updateSeekBar;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_the_player);
    position = 0;
    btnPlay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnPlay);
    btnPlay.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            if (mp.isPlaying()) {
                btnPlay.setText("&gt;");
                mp.pause();
            } else {
                btnPlay.setText("||");
                mp.start();
            }
        }
    });
    btnNext = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnNext);
    btnNext.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            mp.stop();
            mp.release();
            position = (position + 1) % w2.length;
            try {
                mp = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(), w2[position]);
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Unable to play audio queue do to exception: " + e.getMessage(), e);
            } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Unable to play audio queue do to exception: " + e.getMessage(), e);
            }
            mSeekBar.setMax(mp.getDuration());
            mp.start();
        }
    });

    btnPrev = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnPrev);

    if (mp != null) {
        mp.stop();
        mp.release();
    }
    mSeekBar = (SeekBar) findViewById(R.id.seekBar);
    updateSeekBar = new Thread() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            int currentPostion = 0;
            while (mp.isPlaying() &amp;&amp; mp != null &amp;&amp; mp.getCurrentPosition() &lt; mp.getDuration()) {
                try {
                    sleep(500);

                    currentPostion = mp.getCurrentPosition();

                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (IllegalStateException e) {

                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                mSeekBar.setProgress(currentPostion);
            }
        }

    };





    mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, w2[0]);
    mp.start();
    mSeekBar.setMax(mp.getDuration());
    updateSeekBar.start();
    mSeekBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress, boolean fromUser) {
        }
        @Override
        public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
            mp.seekTo(seekBar.getProgress());
        }

    });

}
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<p>}</p>

<p>Everytime I click on the button next (btnNext), I get this Error</p>

<pre><code>01-04 08:45:01.028 1567-1585/com.wizardarapiraca.wizardplayer E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-93
01-04 08:45:01.028 1567-1585/com.wizardarapiraca.wizardplayer E/AndroidRuntime: Process: com.wizardarapiraca.wizardplayer, PID: 1567
01-04 08:45:01.028 1567-1585/com.wizardarapiraca.wizardplayer E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.IllegalStateException
01-04 08:45:01.028 1567-1585/com.wizardarapiraca.wizardplayer E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.media.MediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition(Native Method)
01-04 08:45:01.028 1567-1585/com.wizardarapiraca.wizardplayer E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.wizardarapiraca.wizardplayer.ThePlayer$4.run(ThePlayer.java:107)
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