Autostart recording in MediaStore

Question

I managed to record audio by sending intent with action MediaStore.Audio.Media.RECORD_SOUND_ACTION. But is there a way to tell MediaStore application to automatically start recording without the need for user to press record button? I don't see relevant parameters nor MediaStore.Audio.Media nor in MediaStore.

And same question for video...

Answer 1

You can directly use the MediaRecorder object to record. This way you can control when and how to start the voice recording.

recorder = new MediaRecorder();
recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
recorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
recorder.setOutputFile(path);
recorder.prepare();
recorder.start();