Android: AudioRecord Class Problem: Callback is never called

Question

My Android Java Application needs to record audio data into the RAM and process it. This is why I use the class \"AudioRecord\" and not the \"MediaRecorder\" (records only t

Answer 1

Here is my code used to find average noise. Notice that it is based on listener notifications so it will save device battery. It is definitely based on examples above. Those example saved much time for me, thanks.

private AudioRecord recorder;
private boolean recorderStarted;
private Thread recordingThread;
private int bufferSize = 800;
private short[][] buffers = new short[256][bufferSize];
private int[] averages = new int[256];
private int lastBuffer = 0;

protected void startListenToMicrophone() {
    if (!recorderStarted) {

        recordingThread = new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                int minBufferSize = AudioRecord.getMinBufferSize(8000, AudioFormat.CHANNEL_CONFIGURATION_MONO,
                        AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT);
                recorder = new AudioRecord(AudioSource.MIC, 8000, AudioFormat.CHANNEL_CONFIGURATION_MONO,
                        AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT, minBufferSize * 10);
                recorder.setPositionNotificationPeriod(bufferSize);
                recorder.setRecordPositionUpdateListener(new OnRecordPositionUpdateListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onPeriodicNotification(AudioRecord recorder) {
                        short[] buffer = buffers[++lastBuffer % buffers.length];
                        recorder.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
                        long sum = 0;
                        for (int i = 0; i < bufferSize; ++i) {
                            sum += Math.abs(buffer[i]);
                        }
                        averages[lastBuffer % buffers.length] = (int) (sum / bufferSize);
                        lastBuffer = lastBuffer % buffers.length;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onMarkerReached(AudioRecord recorder) {
                    }
                });
                recorder.startRecording();
                short[] buffer = buffers[lastBuffer % buffers.length];
                recorder.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
                while (true) {
                    if (isInterrupted()) {
                        recorder.stop();
                        recorder.release();
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        };
        recordingThread.start();

        recorderStarted = true;
    }
}

private void stopListenToMicrophone() {
    if (recorderStarted) {
        if (recordingThread != null && recordingThread.isAlive() && !recordingThread.isInterrupted()) {
            recordingThread.interrupt();
        }
        recorderStarted = false;
    }
}