Sound Recorder in Android Development

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This example shows how to record sound and save it to SD card it.
Algorithm:


1.) Create a new project by 

File-> 
New -> 
Android Project name it SoundRecorder.


2.) Write following into main.xml:

<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android=“http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
    android:layout_width=“fill_parent”
    android:layout_height=“fill_parent”
    android:orientation=“horizontal” >     <Button
        android:id=“@+id/start”
        android:layout_width=“wrap_content”
        android:layout_height=“wrap_content”
        android:text=“Start Recording”
        android:onClick=“startRecording” />
    <Button
        android:id=“@+id/stop”
        android:layout_width=“wrap_content”
        android:layout_height=“wrap_content”
        android:text=“Stop Recording”
        android:enabled=“false”
         android:onClick=“stopRecording”
        />
</LinearLayout>




3.) Write following into manifest file:

<manifest xmlns:android=“http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
    package=“com.example.soundrecorder”
    android:versionCode=“1”
    android:versionName=“1.0” >     <uses–sdk
        android:minSdkVersion=“8”
        android:targetSdkVersion=“15” />
    <uses–permission android:name=“android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE”/>
    <uses–permission android:name=“android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO” />
 
    <application
        android:icon=“@drawable/ic_launcher”
        android:label=“@string/app_name”
        android:theme=“@style/AppTheme” >
        <activity
            android:name=“.SoundRecorder”
            android:label=“@string/title_activity_sound_recorder” >
            <intent–filter>
                <action android:name=“android.intent.action.MAIN” />
                <category android:name=“android.intent.category.LAUNCHER” />
            </intent–filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

4.) Run for output.
Steps:


1.) Create a project named SoundRecorder and set the information as stated in the image.
Build Target: Android 4.0
Application Name: SoundRecorder
Package Name: com. example. SoundRecorder
Activity Name: SoundRecorder
Min SDK Version: 8


2.) Open SoundRecorder.java file and write following code there:

package com.example.soundrecorder; import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.media.MediaRecorder;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class SoundRecorder extends Activity {
        MediaRecorder recorder;
        File audiofile = null;
        private static final String TAG =“SoundRecordingActivity”;
        private View startButton;
        private View stopButton;
        @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                setContentView(R.layout.main);
                startButton = findViewById(R.id.start);
                stopButton = findViewById(R.id.stop);
        }
        public void startRecording(View view) throwsIOException {
                startButton.setEnabled(false);
                stopButton.setEnabled(true);
                File sampleDir =Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
                try {
                        audiofile =File.createTempFile(“sound”, “.3gp”, sampleDir);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        Log.e(TAG, “sdcard access error”);
                        return;
                }
                recorder = new MediaRecorder();
                recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
                recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
                recorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
                recorder.setOutputFile(audiofile.getAbsolutePath());
                recorder.prepare();
                recorder.start();
        }
        public void stopRecording(View view) {
                startButton.setEnabled(true);
                stopButton.setEnabled(false);
                recorder.stop();
                recorder.release();
                addRecordingToMediaLibrary();
        }
        protected void addRecordingToMediaLibrary() {
                ContentValues values = new ContentValues(4);
                long current = System.currentTimeMillis();
                values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.TITLE,“audio” + audiofile.getName());
                values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.DATE_ADDED, (int) (current/ 1000));
                values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.MIME_TYPE,“audio/3gpp”);
                values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.DATA, audiofile.getAbsolutePath());
                ContentResolver contentResolver =getContentResolver();
                Uri base =MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
                Uri newUri = contentResolver.insert(base, values);
                sendBroadcast(newIntent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, newUri));
                Toast.makeText(this, “Added File “ + newUri, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
}

3.) Compile and build the project.
Output



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