Microphone not working

[hutauf]

Hi,

first of all: Really nice app!

I try to record audio and it fails, I assume I don't have the permissions to access to microphone(?).

Sample code:
import androidhelper
androidhelper.Android().recorderStartVideo(targetPath="/sdcard/temp.mpg", duration=1)

Error message:
python/projects/test/main.py" && exit <
java.lang.RuntimeException: setAudioSource
failed.

I tried the same with recorderStartMicrophone, same error message.

[hutauf]

I got it working using python-for-android and buildozer, and also using the Kivy Launcher app. Using the first, I can choose the permissions myself. Using the second, it already has the RECORD_AUDIO permission.

If you use SDK version<23, just add RECORD_AUDIO to your manifest. If you use SDK version >22, you will need to create some sort of runtime permission request, and make it available via some sort of API to the python world, which is way more complex.

I tried to build qpython myself using this repository, but failed so far, so I currently cannot test if this will work. But I am very sure my problem occurs because we don't have the RECORD_AUDIO permission. I also read that you also need WAKE_LOCK, so I would just add that one along, it's not dangerous like RECORD_AUDIO.