Recreate SpeechRecognizer every time the mic button is pressed (fixes #115)

+ Update dependencies

Author: Kaljurand

app/src/main/java/ee/ioc/phon/android/speak/ServiceLanguageChooser.java

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class ServiceLanguageChooser {
     private final String mAppId;
     private final int mKeyCurrentCombo;
     private int mIndex;
-    private SpeechRecognizer mSpeechRecognizer;
     private Intent mIntent;
     private String mLanguage = null;
     private ComponentName mRecognizerComponentName = null;
@@ -87,9 +86,16 @@ public ServiceLanguageChooser(Context context, SharedPreferences prefs, int keys
         update();
     }
 
-
+    /**
+     * If the stored recognizer component name does not refer to an existing service on the device then we use
+     * the default service. This can happen if services get removed or renamed.
+     * TODO: improve
+     */
     public SpeechRecognizer getSpeechRecognizer() {
-        return mSpeechRecognizer;
+        if (mRecognizerComponentName == null || !IntentUtils.isRecognitionAvailable(mContext, mRecognizerComponentName)) {
+            return SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(mContext);
+        }
+        return SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(mContext, mRecognizerComponentName);
     }
 
     public int size() {
@@ -139,10 +145,12 @@ public String getCombo() {
         return mCombosAsList.get(mIndex);
     }
 
+    // TODO: can return null, but some callers expect non-null
     public String getLanguage() {
         return mLanguage;
     }
 
+    // TODO: can return null, but some callers expect non-null
     public ComponentName getService() {
         return mRecognizerComponentName;
     }
@@ -156,14 +164,6 @@ private void update() {
             language = splits[1];
         }
 
-        // If the stored combo name does not refer to an existing service on the device then we use
-        // the default service. This can happen if services get removed or renamed.
-        if (mRecognizerComponentName == null || !IntentUtils.isRecognitionAvailable(mContext, mRecognizerComponentName)) {
-            mSpeechRecognizer = SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(mContext);
-        } else {
-            mSpeechRecognizer = SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(mContext, mRecognizerComponentName);
-        }
-
         // TODO: support other actions
         mIntent = Utils.getRecognizerIntent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH, mCallerInfo, language);
         mLanguage = language;

app/src/main/java/ee/ioc/phon/android/speak/view/SpeechInputView.java

@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ private void showMessageArrow(int numOfChars, String dash) {
     }
 
     private static String selectFirstResult(List<String> results) {
-        if (results == null || results.size() < 1) {
+        if (results == null || results.isEmpty()) {
             return null;
         }
         return results.get(0);

build.gradle

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.3.0'
         classpath 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.9.0'
     }
 }

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip