Android Oboe Library: 2 streams recording from 2 recording devices possible?

Question

• Device: HUAWEI P smart
  
  
• Android-Version: 8.0.0
  
  
• Generic Application:
  RecDev1 -> PlayDev1
  RecDev2 -> PlayDev2
  \"simult

Answer 1

** according to Don Turner's answer: "Android does not allow you to open input (ie recording) audio streams to more than one audio device at the same time. This use case is not supported."

** More clearly:
- Android does NOT support recording from more than ONE input devices at the same time.
- Android does NOT support playback to more than ONE output devices at the same time.
- and for sure, the combination of the 2 points above does NOT work either.

** This can be easily tested e.g. by running 2 instances of this AAudio Sample in parallel and selecting different output devices. This will just NOT work!

** This VERY IMPORTANT CONSTRAINT is not mentioned anywhere in the official documentation!!!

** Therefore, the following "example use case" is NOT supported by Android (oboe, aaudio, opensl es):

USB-Audio-In ---> In-line-speaker
and at the same time
Mic ----> USB-Audio-Out

** I am quite disappointed, I spent time and money to start something based on this, assuming this was "basic" functionality...now I have to give up :-(

** If I find the right place, then I will enter a "request" to support this "feature", e.g. in AAudio.

** Hope this helps other people before they invest too much time in something beyond the current capabilities offered by Android and the corresponding libraries.

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** A possible workaround indicated by donturner would be instead using a special USB-soundcard with 2 inputs and 2 outputs which are just separate channels in the same device. Unfortunately, this does not really work for me because I was targeting a low-cost solution without additional hardware (using the headset interface).

Answer 2

Android does not allow you to open input (ie recording) audio streams to more than one audio device at the same time. This use case is not supported.

Perhaps if you explain why you want to record from different built-in microphones at the same time I could suggest a workaround.

Update: The term Audio Device refers to a device capable or receiving or sending audio. An audio device can have multiple microphones and/or speakers attached to it, and these are represented as different channels.