How to Record Audio Files in Android
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The android multimedia frameworks performs a remarkable job with recording and playing a variety of media files. By using this scalable framework you can enrich your applications with audio integration.
Depending on your device hardware, you can use the MediaRecorder API to record audio stream from mic. Recording of audio is a fairly simple process. You would be using the MediaRecorder API to record audio.
So here is what you have to do to record audio files in android.
First you have to add some permissions to your Androidmanifest.xml file. The application needs to have the permission to write to external storage
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> * <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
Next you have to import the required classes and functions
import android.app.Activity; import android.widget.LinearLayout; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.Environment; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.widget.Button; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.content.Context; import android.util.Log; import android.media.MediaRecorder; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import java.io.IOException;
Create an instance of the Android.media.MediaRecorder.
private void startRecording() {
mRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
Next you have to set the source for the audio input, in most of the cases you would be using the MIC of your android device to give audio input to your application for recording audio files in android. In this case you would have to set audio source to : MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC
mRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
Next you have to define the output format for your recorder file. Android supports a variety for formats for audio. For this you have to use MediaRecorder.SetOutputFormat(); function.
mRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
Now you have to name a file which will hold your audio recording in your specified format. For that you have to use MediaRecorder.SetOutputfile() function.
mRecorder.setOutputFile(mFileName);
Now set the audio encoder using MediaRecorder.setAudioEncoder() function.
mRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
To preapre your application for recording the audio input call MediaRecorder.prepare()
mPlayer.prepare();
mPlayer.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "prepare() failed");
}
}
Now everything is set up and ready, all you have to do is initiate the audio capturing process. For that you will have to do this: MediaRecorder.start();
class RecordButton extends Button {
boolean mStartRecording = true;
OnClickListener clicker = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
onRecord(mStartRecording);
if (mStartRecording) {
setText("Stop recording");
} else {
setText("Start recording");
}
mStartRecording = !mStartRecording;
}
};
public RecordButton(Context ctx) {
super(ctx);
setText("Start recording");
setOnClickListener(clicker);
}
}
To stop the recording, call MediaRecorder.stop()
At the end, when you are done with recording you have to release the resources byt calling MediaRecorder.release()
mPlayer.release();
Below is an example of application that records an audio and then plays it back.
package com.android.audiorecordtest;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.media.MediaRecorder;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import java.io.IOException;
public class AudioRecordTest extends Activity
{
private static final String LOG_TAG = "AudioRecordTest";
private static String mFileName = null;
private RecordButton mRecordButton = null;
private MediaRecorder mRecorder = null;
private PlayButton mPlayButton = null;
private MediaPlayer mPlayer = null;
private void onRecord(boolean start) {
if (start) {
startRecording();
} else {
stopRecording();
}
}
private void onPlay(boolean start) {
if (start) {
startPlaying();
} else {
stopPlaying();
}
}
private void startPlaying() {
mPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
try {
mPlayer.setDataSource(mFileName);
mPlayer.prepare();
mPlayer.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "prepare() failed");
}
}
private void stopPlaying() {
mPlayer.release();
mPlayer = null;
}
private void startRecording() {
mRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
mRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
mRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
mRecorder.setOutputFile(mFileName);
mRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
try {
mRecorder.prepare();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "prepare() failed");
}
mRecorder.start();
}
private void stopRecording() {
mRecorder.stop();
mRecorder.release();
mRecorder = null;
}
class RecordButton extends Button {
boolean mStartRecording = true;
OnClickListener clicker = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
onRecord(mStartRecording);
if (mStartRecording) {
setText("Stop recording");
} else {
setText("Start recording");
}
mStartRecording = !mStartRecording;
}
};
public RecordButton(Context ctx) {
super(ctx);
setText("Start recording");
setOnClickListener(clicker);
}
}
class PlayButton extends Button {
boolean mStartPlaying = true;
OnClickListener clicker = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
onPlay(mStartPlaying);
if (mStartPlaying) {
setText("Stop playing");
} else {
setText("Start playing");
}
mStartPlaying = !mStartPlaying;
}
};
public PlayButton(Context ctx) {
super(ctx);
setText("Start playing");
setOnClickListener(clicker);
}
}
public AudioRecordTest() {
mFileName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
mFileName += "/audiorecordtest.3gp";
}
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(this);
mRecordButton = new RecordButton(this);
ll.addView(mRecordButton,
new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
0));
mPlayButton = new PlayButton(this);
ll.addView(mPlayButton,
new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
0));
setContentView(ll);
}
@Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
if (mRecorder != null) {
mRecorder.release();
mRecorder = null;
}
if (mPlayer != null) {
mPlayer.release();
mPlayer = null;
}
}
}
Courtesy: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/audio-capture.html
1 Comment
I want to record 2 audio streams at once but I cannot run 2 instances of Android’s MediaRecorder.
Does anyone know a way to fool the firmware into allowing this?
Alternative, does anyone know of alternatives to Android’s MediaRecorder (so I can use that to record the 2nd stream)?