[TIMOB-2122] Android: Implement Video Recording

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	New Feature
Priority	Medium
Status	Closed
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2016-04-26T04:57:53.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	Release 6.0.0, Release 5.4.0
Components	Android
Labels	dr-list, parity, supportTeam, tbs-1.8.0
Reporter	Don Thorp
Assignee	Ashraf Abu
Created	2011-04-15T03:11:06.000+0000
Updated	2016-07-12T21:50:53.000+0000

Description

Comments

Jon Alter 2011-07-21

Associated Helpdesk Ticket
http://appc.me/c/APP-632317
ankur garha 2013-06-07

Is this feature still implemented for android or not???
Dan Peleg 2014-04-21

Solved here: [https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/5634]
Johan Chaves 2014-08-19

Hi, when is this going to be integrated?
Michael Gangolf 2016-03-15

@danpe iOS has startVideoCapture( ) and stopVideoCapture(). So renaming the android methods startRecording/stopRecording would help to add this to android

Michael Gangolf 2016-04-09

Started to work on a new PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/7929 Not ready yet but it's already working on a Nexus 4 (5.1.1) with native camera (with overlays and maxDuration) and the intent version! *Example:*

   var isRecording = false;
   var isPhoto = false; // photo or video mode
   
   var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
       backgroundColor: "#fff"
   });
   
   var btn_cam1 = Ti.UI.createButton({
       bottom: 10,
       title: "CAM INTENT"
   })
   
   var btn_cam2 = Ti.UI.createButton({
       bottom: 50,
       title: "CAM OVERLAY REAR",
       id: "cam_rear"
   })
   var btn_cam3 = Ti.UI.createButton({
       bottom: 90,
       title: "CAM OVERLAY FRONT",
       id: "cam_front"
   })
   
   var btn_cam4 = Ti.UI.createButton({
       bottom: 130,
       title: "PHOTO REAR",
       id: "photo_rear"
   })
   var btn_cam5 = Ti.UI.createButton({
       bottom: 170,
       title: "PHOTO FRONT",
       id: "photo_front"
   })
   
   var btnCamera = Ti.UI.createButton({
       title: 'RECORD',
       bottom: 10
   });
   
   var btnCameraClose = Ti.UI.createButton({
       title: 'CLOSE',
       top: 10
   });
   
   var overlay = Ti.UI.createView({
       top: 0,
       right: 0,
       bottom: 0,
       left: 0
   });
   
   var movie = Titanium.Media.createVideoPlayer({
       movieControlStyle: Titanium.Media.VIDEO_CONTROL_EMBEDDED,
       top: 0,
       height: 200,
       width: 200,
       backgroundColor: "#000",
       autoplay:false
   });
   
   
   overlay.add(btnCamera);
   overlay.add(btnCameraClose);
   
   btnCameraClose.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
       Titanium.Media.hideCamera();
   });
   
   btnCamera.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
       if (isPhoto){
           // photo mode
           Titanium.Media.takePicture();
       } else {
           // video mode
           if (!isRecording) {
               Titanium.Media.startVideoCapture();
               isRecording = true;
               btnCamera.title = "STOP";
           } else {
               Titanium.Media.stopVideoCapture();
           }
       }
   });
   
   function onClickCam(e) {
       // intent
       Ti.Media.showCamera({
           autohide: false,
           animated: false,
           allowEditing: false,
           saveToPhotoGallery: true,
           success: function(event) {
               movie.url = event.media.nativePath;
           },
           cancel: function(event) {
               console.log("error");
           },
           error: function(error) {
               alert('error');
           },
           mediaTypes: [Titanium.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO],
           videoMaximumDuration: 5000,
           videoQuality: Titanium.Media.QUALITY_HIGH
       });
   }
   
   
   function onClickCam2(e) {
       // native camera
       var which = Ti.Media.CAMERA_REAR;
       var type = Titanium.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
       var autohide = false;
       isPhoto = false;
       
       if (e.source.id == "cam_front") {
           which = Ti.Media.CAMERA_FRONT;
       }
       if (e.source.id=="photo_front") {
           which = Ti.Media.CAMERA_FRONT;
           type = Ti.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_PHOTO;
           isPhoto = true;
           autohide = true;
       }
       if (e.source.id=="photo_rear") {
           type = Ti.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_PHOTO;
           isPhoto = true;
           autohide = true;
       }
       
       console.log(type + " " + which);
       
       Ti.Media.showCamera({
           overlay: overlay,
           autohide: autohide,
           animated: false,
           allowEditing: false,
           saveToPhotoGallery: true,
           whichCamera: which,
           success: function(event) {
               if (!isPhoto) movie.url = event.media.nativePath;
               isRecording = false;
               btnCamera.title = "RECORD";
           },
           cancel: function(event) {
               console.log("error");
           },
           error: function(error) {
               alert('error');
           },
           mediaTypes: [type],
           videoMaximumDuration: 5000,
           videoQuality: Titanium.Media.QUALITY_HIGH
       });
   }
   
   btn_cam1.addEventListener("click", onClickCam);
   btn_cam2.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
   btn_cam3.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
   btn_cam4.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
   btn_cam5.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
   
   win.add(btn_cam1);
   win.add(btn_cam2);
   win.add(btn_cam3);
   win.add(btn_cam4);
   win.add(btn_cam5);
   win.add(movie);
   win.open();

!http://www.migaweb.de/ti_video_example.png! Added documentation and extended the example

Michael Gangolf 2016-04-10

Tested on: * Nexus 4 (5.1.1) * HTC A9 (6.0.1) * Samsung Galaxy S2 (4.2.2)
Ashraf Abu 2016-04-26

PR by [~michael] https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/7929 Merged. Additional PR for minor code formatting: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/7965
Ashraf Abu 2016-04-26

Additional note: For android 6.0, for the Video to record sound as well, you would need to grant the permission android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO

Ashraf Abu 2016-04-27

Test app code including permission requests that is needed in Android 6.0:-

    var isRecording = false;
    var isPhoto = false; // photo or video mode
    
    var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
        backgroundColor: "#fff"
    });
    
    var btn_cam1 = Ti.UI.createButton({
        bottom: 10,
        title: "CAM INTENT"
    });
    
    var btn_cam2 = Ti.UI.createButton({
        bottom: 50,
        title: "CAM OVERLAY REAR",
        id: "cam_rear"
    });
    var btn_cam3 = Ti.UI.createButton({
        bottom: 90,
        title: "CAM OVERLAY FRONT",
        id: "cam_front"
    });
    
    var btn_cam4 = Ti.UI.createButton({
        bottom: 130,
        title: "PHOTO REAR",
        id: "photo_rear"
    });
    var btn_cam5 = Ti.UI.createButton({
        bottom: 170,
        title: "PHOTO FRONT",
        id: "photo_front"
    });
    
    var btnCamera = Ti.UI.createButton({
        title: 'RECORD',
        bottom: 10
    });
    
    var btnCameraClose = Ti.UI.createButton({
        title: 'CLOSE',
        top: 10
    });
    
    var overlay = Ti.UI.createView({
        top: 0,
        right: 0,
        bottom: 0,
        left: 0
    });
    
    var movie = Titanium.Media.createVideoPlayer({
        movieControlStyle: Titanium.Media.VIDEO_CONTROL_EMBEDDED,
        top: 0,
        height: 200,
        width: 200,
        backgroundColor: "#000",
        autoplay:false
    });
    
    
    overlay.add(btnCamera);
    overlay.add(btnCameraClose);
    
    btnCameraClose.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
        Titanium.Media.hideCamera();
    });
    
    btnCamera.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
        if (isPhoto){
            // photo mode
            Titanium.Media.takePicture();
        } else {
            // video mode
            if (!isRecording) {
                Titanium.Media.startVideoCapture();
                isRecording = true;
                btnCamera.title = "STOP";
            } else {
                Titanium.Media.stopVideoCapture();
            }
        }
    });
    
    function onClickCam(e) {
        // intent
        Ti.Media.showCamera({
            autohide: false,
            animated: false,
            allowEditing: false,
            saveToPhotoGallery: true,
            success: function(event) {
                movie.url = event.media.nativePath;
            },
            cancel: function(event) {
                console.log("error");
            },
            error: function(error) {
                alert('error');
            },
            mediaTypes: [Titanium.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO],
            videoMaximumDuration: 5000,
            videoQuality: Titanium.Media.QUALITY_HIGH
        });
    }
    
    
    function onClickCam2(e) {
        // native camera
        var which = Ti.Media.CAMERA_REAR;
        var type = Titanium.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
        var autohide = false;
        isPhoto = false;
    
        if (e.source.id == "cam_front") {
            which = Ti.Media.CAMERA_FRONT;
        }
        if (e.source.id=="photo_front") {
            which = Ti.Media.CAMERA_FRONT;
            type = Ti.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_PHOTO;
            isPhoto = true;
            autohide = true;
        }
        if (e.source.id=="photo_rear") {
            type = Ti.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_PHOTO;
            isPhoto = true;
            autohide = true;
        }
    
        console.log(type + " " + which);
    
        Ti.Media.showCamera({
            overlay: overlay,
            autohide: autohide,
            animated: false,
            allowEditing: false,
            saveToPhotoGallery: true,
            whichCamera: which,
            success: function(event) {
                if (!isPhoto) movie.url = event.media.nativePath;
                isRecording = false;
                btnCamera.title = "RECORD";
            },
            cancel: function(event) {
                console.log("error");
            },
            error: function(error) {
                alert('error');
            },
            mediaTypes: [type],
            videoMaximumDuration: 5000,
            videoQuality: Titanium.Media.QUALITY_HIGH
        });
    }
    
    btn_cam1.addEventListener("click", onClickCam);
    btn_cam2.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
    btn_cam3.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
    btn_cam4.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
    btn_cam5.addEventListener("click", onClickCam2);
    
    win.add(btn_cam1);
    win.add(btn_cam2);
    win.add(btn_cam3);
    win.add(btn_cam4);
    win.add(btn_cam5);
    win.add(movie);
    
    
    win.open();
    
    var permissionsToRequest = [];
    
    var audioPermission = "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO";
    var hasAudioPerm = Ti.Android.hasPermission(audioPermission);
    if (!hasAudioPerm) {
        permissionsToRequest.push(audioPermission);
    } 
    
    var cameraPermission = "android.permission.CAMERA";
    var hasCameraPerm = Ti.Android.hasPermission(cameraPermission);
    if (!hasCameraPerm) {
        permissionsToRequest.push(cameraPermission);
    }
    
    var storagePermission = "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE";
    var hasStoragePerm = Ti.Android.hasPermission(storagePermission);
    if (!hasStoragePerm) {
        permissionsToRequest.push(storagePermission);
    }
    
    if (permissionsToRequest.length > 0) {
        Ti.Android.requestPermissions(permissionsToRequest, function(e) {
            if (e.success) {
                Ti.API.info("SUCCESS");
            } else {
                Ti.API.info("ERROR: " + e.error);
            }
        });
    }

Lokesh Choudhary 2016-07-12

Verified the implementation. Video recording works as expected. Closing. Environment: Appc Studio : 4.7.0.201607111053 Ti SDK : 5.4.0.v20160712013704 Ti CLI : 5.0.9 Alloy : 1.9.1 MAC El Capitan : 10.11.5 Appc NPM : 4.2.8-1 Appc CLI : 5.4.0-31 Node: 4.4.4 Nexus 6 - Android 6.0.1

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[TIMOB-2122] Android: Implement Video Recording

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