How to create a video recorder with CameraX in Android Studio Java tutorial

In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to build a video recorder android app using Android's CameraX library with Java. CameraX is a modern API introduced by Google, which simplifies camera development on Android devices, providing consistent behavior across various devices and versions of Android.
First we will setting up the project and integrating CameraX library into your Android application. Then we will add UI elements such as buttons and overlays. Then we will handle permissions to access the camera, audio and storage. Then we will configuring the camera preview using the Preview use case, allowing users to see what the camera captures in real-time. Then we will Implement the VideoCapture use case to capture high-quality videos with ease.
By the end of this video, you will learn how to create a fully functional video recorder app using Android's CameraX library.
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[@osamaghafoor3209]

Very informative video at all - I've facing many issue regarding camera-X , by this video these issue clear and successfully executed Thanks & keep it up !

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Glad it helped. Thank you for your feedback!

[@djimi9803]

Keep going java developper 💪💪💪

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Sure! Thank you for your support. 🤗

[@restolsarl]

very good, but I think something wrong with music playing louder than your voice halfway thru the video..

[@meenakshibariyekar3457]

Is their any way to save the recorded videos in a list instead of saving it in mobile device

[@systemuser528]

Love you. Dont Stop, one day you will be big.

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Thank you very much for you love and support! 🤗

[@AndroidDev-rj3oe]

nice tutorial buddy 👌👍

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Thanks ✌️

[@maximepillet4432]

Thank you for the video. How could I disable the autofocus of the camera while recording videos ?

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Below Camera camera = cameraProvider.bindToLifecycle(this, cameraSelector, preview, videoCapture); Add the following code: camera.getCameraControl().cancelFocusAndMetering();

[@addike_online7442]

Very organized and well understandable ☺️. Anyway I have a question. Can you teach me how to display a text view or image on the screen whiles recording a video. Thanks you

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Yeah! That's easy just add a text view or image view in the layout xml file and additionally add android:elevation="10sp" to your image view or text view element tag and then you are good to go.

[@addike_online7442]

@@EverydayProgrammer thank you so much. I'm most grateful. However, I actually wanted to capture the content display of the text view or image view in the recording. Any advice ? 🥳

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Now I get it. I'll make a tutorial on it ASAP.

[@addike_online7442]

@@EverydayProgrammer thank you once again. I know it would be a new project but I didn't know how to request for that. I really appreciate your time and support 🤝👏

[@EverydayProgrammer]

No problem, It's my pleasure! Thank you for your support!! Always feel free to ask for any tutorial you wish.

[@amandasjoberg463]

Unfortunately I could barely hear you over the music. How could I set up a video recording using a CameraController?

[@kx4407]

please how add timestamp in recording video

[@alangordon3980]

Thank you for this very good example of how to use CameraX to record video. This is the best and easiest one to follow. But I cannot get it to work because keep getting the error message "Error: java.io.IOException: Unable to create MediaStore entry." I have searched and tried a number of suggestions I found online but still get this error. Using both a real android phone or simulator. Is there a version dependency? What would you suggest to fix this?

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Hi, can you tell on which line this error occurs ?

[@alangordon3980]

@@EverydayProgrammer Using the code from your git repository to keep this simple, I only modified the Toast to "log.i" and added some log lines. I am using Android Studio Hedgehog 2023.1.1 When running I am asked for the permissions as expected and I respond with allow. The log shows the following sequence when press the red button: Start Capture Start Finalize Error: 5 java.io.IOException: Unable to create MediaStore entry. The code block that causes the error is below. recording = videoCapture.getOutput().prepareRecording(MainActivity.this, options).withAudioEnabled().start(ContextCompat.getMainExecutor(MainActivity.this), videoRecordEvent -> { if (videoRecordEvent instanceof VideoRecordEvent.Start) { Log.i("VIDEO_RECORD_TAG", "Start Capture"); capture.setEnabled(true); } else if (videoRecordEvent instanceof VideoRecordEvent.Finalize) { Log.i("VIDEO_RECORD_TAG", "Start Finalize"); if (!((VideoRecordEvent.Finalize) videoRecordEvent).hasError()) { String msg = "Video capture succeeded: " + ((VideoRecordEvent.Finalize) videoRecordEvent).getOutputResults().getOutputUri(); Log.i("VIDEO_RECORD_TAG", msg); //Toast.makeText(this, msg, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } else { recording.close(); recording = null; String msg = "Error: " + ((VideoRecordEvent.Finalize) videoRecordEvent).getError(); msg += " " + ((VideoRecordEvent.Finalize) videoRecordEvent).getCause(); Log.i("VIDEO_RECORD_TAG", msg); //Toast.makeText(this, msg, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } capture.setImageResource(R.drawable.round_fiber_manual_record_24); } });

[@alangordon3980]

Figured out the problem. Your example code is missing this "if" wrapper: if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.P) { contentValues.put(MediaStore.Video.Media.RELATIVE_PATH, "Movies/CameraX-Video"); } Put this in and now works with latest Android Studio. Thanks again for the example it has been very helpful. @@EverydayProgrammer

[@mretineh1172]

Thank you for this sire.

[@harshittathagat2030]

Can you tell me how can I add external USB camera support in this code?

[@oanmuhammad6121]

great video but i am getting 3gp formate of video. is there a way i can change that to mp4

[@pradeepbhadana-er6my]

in front camera facing mirror problem after recoding

[@kujmous]

Am I the only person who thought the music was too loud? There were explanations that were pointless.

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Will fix it.

[@addike_online7442]

Hello champion, hope you're doing great. Any updates from the request yet. I look forward to your kind support. Thank you

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Sorry I almost forgot, will definitely upload tomorrow.

[@addike_online7442]

@@EverydayProgrammer 🥳🥳🤝 thank you Soo much. I'll be waiting all day tomorrow 🕺🕺

[@mülayim-d7b]

hi, Is there a way to record video in the background even when I exit the application or navigate on the home screen?

[@EverydayProgrammer]

Hi, Camera X does not allow to record when the app is closed so it's likely not possible to do it. But it might work if implemented with a service with layout.

[@mülayim-d7b]

@@EverydayProgrammer What does a layout with service mean? can you give an example? I saw this application in the market, I wonder how it was done