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I am having difficulty loading a soundeffect The path is correct, the .xnb is set to androidassets in the project.

My Root is set to content and the folder structure looks like

  • Assets
    • Content
      • Fonts
      • Sounds

I'm getting the following error message:

UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null. 02-23 18:40:48.990 I/MonoDroid( 3967): Parameter name: path2

I already imported the xnb to the Content folder under assets.

this.playerCannonSound = this.Game.Content.Load<SoundEffect>("Sounds/PlayerFire"); //Works 
this.atdFont = this.Game.Content.Load<SpriteFont>(@"Fonts/ATDFont");
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Without seeing your code, I can't be sure. But it sounds like you're doing something like ContentManager.Load<Texture>(null).

I suggest you trace out (or better yet, debug) and figure out what value you're passing in to the Load method. Where are you calling this from?

Your assets path is correct. If you had a file called boom.mp3 under Sounds, you would need to call Load with "Content/Sounds/boom".

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I'm tracing out stuff and everything(I actualy haven't been able to setup the VS debugger to work with the android emulator if you know how or point me in the right direction it would be helpful) looks good kinda the problem if i place anything that is not a sound effect/song in the folder it loads fine but to make the example more vivid – Alfredo Alvarez Feb 24 at 4:34
@AlfredoAlvarez you should open another question. Debugging works fine for me -- open VS, hit Debug, and go through the prompts to launch and deploy to the Android emulator. – ashes999 Feb 24 at 14:34
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Found the solution to this had to upgrade from monogame 2.5 to 3.0 that got it running.

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Please use the edit link on your question to add additional information. The Post Answer button should be used only for complete answers to the question. – Sean Middleditch Feb 25 at 5:55

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