Start Video Recording using android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE

In this exercise, when user click on the "Recording Video using Intent" button, it will start activity with android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE to ask Android system to start a app helping record video.
When user click on the "Playback" button, the video will be played on the VideoView if exist.



To ask video recording using android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE, simple call startActivityForResult() method with Intent of android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE.

In onActivityResult() call-back function, check resultCode and requestCode. If both valid and match, the uri of the recorded video file can be retrieved using data.getData().

package com.exercise.AndroidIntentVideoRecording;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class AndroidIntentVideoRecording extends Activity {

final static int REQUEST_VIDEO_CAPTURED = 1;
Uri uriVideo = null;
VideoView videoviewPlay;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      Button buttonRecording = (Button)findViewById(R.id.recording);
      Button buttonPlayback = (Button)findViewById(R.id.playback);
      videoviewPlay = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoview);
    
      buttonRecording.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

 @Override
 public void onClick(View arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
  startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_VIDEO_CAPTURED);
 }});
    
      buttonPlayback.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

 @Override
 public void onClick(View arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  if(uriVideo == null){
   Toast.makeText(AndroidIntentVideoRecording.this,
     "No Video",
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
     .show();
  }else{
   Toast.makeText(AndroidIntentVideoRecording.this,
     "Playback: " + uriVideo.getPath(),
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
     .show();
   videoviewPlay.setVideoURI(uriVideo);
   videoviewPlay.start();
  }
 }});
  }

  @Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(resultCode == RESULT_OK){
 if(requestCode == REQUEST_VIDEO_CAPTURED){
  uriVideo = data.getData();
  Toast.makeText(AndroidIntentVideoRecording.this,
    uriVideo.getPath(),
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
    .show();
 }
}else if(resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED){
 uriVideo = null;
 Toast.makeText(AndroidIntentVideoRecording.this,
   "Cancelled!",
   Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
   .show();
}
}
}

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  >
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="@string/hello"
  />
<Button
  android:id="@+id/recording"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Recording Video using Intent"
  />
<Button
  android:id="@+id/playback"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Playback"
  />
<VideoView
  android:id="@+id/videoview"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
</LinearLayout>

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Related article:
- CamcorderProfile: predefined camcorder profile settings for camcorder applications
- A simple exercise of Video Capture using MediaRecorder
- Using MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT specify target file for MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE