Android Video Capture Sample App

Question

Is there a stand-alone sample code for video capturing in Android ?

Answer 1

Here is what I provide to my students: Camcorder Source

Answer 2

Not sure why I didn't think of this sooner. If you're just looking to capture a video so you can take that video and upload it to a server (or do something similar) you can use the native camera app extremely easily using intents.

Launch the intent, capture the video, then return to your activity, and access the video via onActivityResult.

// Setup a result flag for your video capture
int ACTION_TAKE_VIDEO = 100;

// Launch an intent to capture video from MediaStore
Intent takeVideoIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(takeVideoIntent, ACTION_TAKE_VIDEO);

// Obtain the file path to the video in onActivityResult
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

    if (requestCode == ACTION_TAKE_VIDEO) {

        Uri videoUri = data.getData();
        String filePath = getPath(videoUri);
        Log.d("LOGCAT", "Video path is: " + filePath);
    }
}

More at http://developer.android.com/training/camera/videobasics.html