[General Questions and Answers] xchris00:
Hello there

I'm a newbie in programming and I wanna build a sound recording application.

I have this code which is recording sound and puts a timestamp :

package com.tsop.tsp_recorder;

import android.R.layout;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.HorizontalScrollView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams;
import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.media.MediaRecorder;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class MainActivity extends Activity
{
private static final String LOG_TAG = "AudioRecordTest";
private static String mFileName = null;

private RecordButton mRecordButton = null;
private MediaRecorder mRecorder = null;

private PlayButton mPlayButton = null;
private MediaPlayer mPlayer = null;

private void onRecord(boolean start) {
if (start) {
startRecording();
} else {
stopRecording();
}
}

private void onPlay(boolean start) {
if (start) {
startPlaying();
} else {
stopPlaying();
}
}

private void startPlaying() {
mPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
try {
mPlayer.setDataSource(mFileName);
mPlayer.prepare();
mPlayer.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "prepare() failed");
}
}

private void stopPlaying() {
mPlayer.release();
mPlayer = null;
}

private void startRecording() {
mRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
mRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
mRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
mRecorder.setOutputFile(mFileName);
mRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);

try {
mRecorder.prepare();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "prepare() failed");
}

mRecorder.start();
}

private void stopRecording() {
mRecorder.stop();
mRecorder.release();
mRecorder = null;
}

class RecordButton extends Button {
boolean mStartRecording = true;

OnClickListener clicker = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
onRecord(mStartRecording);
if (mStartRecording) {
setText("Stop recording");
} else {
setText("Start recording");
}
mStartRecording = !mStartRecording;
}
};

public RecordButton(Context ctx) {
super(ctx);
setText("Start recording");
setOnClickListener(clicker);
}
}

class PlayButton extends Button {
boolean mStartPlaying = true;

OnClickListener clicker = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
onPlay(mStartPlaying);
if (mStartPlaying) {
setText("Stop playing");
} else {
setText("Start playing");
}
mStartPlaying = !mStartPlaying;
}
};

public PlayButton(Context ctx) {
super(ctx);
setText("Start playing");
setOnClickListener(clicker);
}
}

public MainActivity() {

theDate date = new theDate();
String sDate = date.curDate();
String sTime = date.curTime();
mFileName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
mFileName += "/TSP_Recordings/Date_"+sDate+"_Time_"+sTime+".3gp";
}

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);

LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(this);
mRecordButton = new RecordButton(this);
ll.addView(mRecordButton,
new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,

0));
mPlayButton = new PlayButton(this);
ll.addView(mPlayButton,
new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
0));
setContentView(ll);
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
if (mRecorder != null) {
mRecorder.release();
mRecorder = null;
}

if (mPlayer != null) {
mPlayer.release();
mPlayer = null;
}
}
}

package com.tsop.tsp_recorder;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class theDate {
static Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

public static String curDate() {
int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
String sDate = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + "-"
+ month
+ "-" + c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
return sDate;
}

public static String curTime() {
String sTime = c.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)
+ "-" + c.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + "-"
+ c.get(Calendar.SECOND);
return sTime;
}

public static long duration() {
long dur = c.getTimeInMillis();
return dur;
}
}

I need to change it and make it messure the sound levels.I'll use the getMaxAmplitude method,but this method returns only the last result,before it was called.I think I should use a loop,but the start method is capturing and encoding continuously.

How can I get the current amplitude,for example in a period of 1 second,on my recording?

Thanks