Recording Media
As we've shown, there are many ways to play media from within Android. For recording, there are fewer options. The main workhorse of recording is the MediaRecorder class, which is used for both audio and video. In this section, we'll show you how to use MediaRecorder for both types of media. The other class for recording audio is AudioRecord, and we'll demonstrate this with another sample application. Sometimes you don't want to write code to accomplish something when an existing application can do it for you. So we'll also show you how to fire off an intent to record audio, as well as to capture still camera images using the Camera application.
Exploring Audio Recording with MediaRecorder
The Android media framework supports ...
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