I asked a couple of questions about the MediaRecorder a few weeks ago, and have finally gotten around to doing some more digging on the topic, actually testing out recording media myself. The goal is to record video without interrupting whatever else the user might be doing. One of the things I was able to discover about MediaRecorder is that the preview surface is not optional if you want to record video.
Earlier today I asked about getting a Surface without a foreground UI, and that apparently is a non-starter. So instead I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to make the MediaRecorder able to record video without access to a foreground UI. It seems like several different classes of application (time-lapse photograph taker or dashboard video camera, to name a pair of examples) could benefit from not needing to be onscreen while recording videos. What do you guys think? I have filed a feature request to track this issue. (http:// code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9570) -- James -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
