AndroidRecording

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Java
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Created
Nov 11, 2013
Updated
Feb 3, 2018 (Retired)
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Steelkiwi Inc. (steelkiwi)
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Android Recording Library

Android Recording library offers convenient tools for audio/video recording and playback.

For audio it uses:

  • AudioRecord to capture and save audio signal from microphone
  • MediaPlayer with MediaController to play recorded audio
  • custom Visualizer (like bar chart) to represent audio signal on screen while recording and during playback

For video it uses:

  • Camera and MediaRecorder to record a video of specified resolution
  • MediaPlayer with MediaController to play recorded video
  • custom SurfaceView with adjustable size to properly display Camera preview and recorded video (in portrait and landscape modes)

Record audio: how to use

  1. Setup VisualizerView

    <com.skd.androidrecording.visualizer.VisualizerView
     android:id="@+id/visualizerView"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="100dp" >
    </com.skd.androidrecording.visualizer.VisualizerView>
    visualizerView = (VisualizerView) findViewById(R.id.visualizerView);
    setupVisualizer();
    
    ...
    
    private void setupVisualizer() {
     Paint paint = new Paint();
     paint.setStrokeWidth(5f);                     //set bar width
     paint.setAntiAlias(true);
     paint.setColor(Color.argb(200, 227, 69, 53)); //set bar color
     BarGraphRenderer barGraphRendererBottom = new BarGraphRenderer(2, paint, false);
     visualizerView.addRenderer(barGraphRendererBottom);
    }

2. Start recording thread

    ```java
    private void startRecording() {
     recordingThread = new AudioRecordingThread(fileName, new AudioRecordingHandler() { //pass file name where to store the recorded audio
      @Override
      public void onFftDataCapture(final byte[] bytes) {
       runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
         if (visualizerView != null) {
          visualizerView.updateVisualizerFFT(bytes); //update VisualizerView with new audio portion
         }
        }
       });
      }
    
      @Override
      public void onRecordSuccess() {}
    
      @Override
      public void onRecordingError() {}
    
      @Override
      public void onRecordSaveError() {}
     });
     recordingThread.start();
    }
    ```

3. When done, stop recording

    ```java
    private void stopRecording() {
     if (recordingThread != null) {
      recordingThread.stopRecording();
      recordingThread = null;
     }
    }
    ``` 

Play audio: how to use
------------------------

1. Setup VisualizerView

2. Setup AudioPlaybackManager. It will attach MediaPlayer to a VisualizerView

    ```java
    playbackManager = new AudioPlaybackManager(this, visualizerView, playbackHandler);
    playbackManager.setupPlayback(fileName); //pass file name of the recorded audio
    ``` 

3. Use onscreen MediaController to play/pause/stop/rewind audio


Record video: how to use
------------------------

1. Setup custom SurfaceView (AdaptiveSurfaceView)

    ```xml
    <com.skd.androidrecording.video.AdaptiveSurfaceView
     android:id="@+id/videoView"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    ``` 

2. Setup RecordingManager

    ```java
    videoView = (AdaptiveSurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
    recordingManager = new VideoRecordingManager(videoView, recordingHandler); //pass reference to custom SurfaceView
    ``` 

3. Choose desired video resolution and pass it to RecordingManager, it will adjust size of AdaptiveSurfaceView to properly display Camera output

    ```java
    recordingManager.setPreviewSize(videoSize);
    ``` 

4. To start recording use

    ```java
    recordingManager.startRecording(fileName, videoSize)
    ``` 

5. To stop recording use

    ```java
    recordingManager.stopRecording()
    ``` 

Play video: how to use
------------------------

1. Setup custom SurfaceView (AdaptiveSurfaceView)

2. Setup VideoPlaybackManager. It will attach MediaPlayer to a VisualizerView

    ```java
    playbackManager = new VideoPlaybackManager(this, videoView, playbackHandler);
    playbackManager.setupPlayback(fileName); //pass file name of the recorded video
    ``` 

3. Use onscreen MediaController to play/pause/stop/rewind video


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For more details, please, see the demo project.