Android: Play camera shutter sound programmatically

Question

I want to play camera shutter sound programmatically. I'm not using ShutterCallback which automatically plays that sound, so I need to do it in some other way. Anyone knows the solution?

Possible duplicate of [How to play native camera sound on Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2364892/how-to-play-native-camera-sound-on-android) — Hrishikesh Kadam, May 14 '19 at 18:50

score 26 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 10:59

MediaActionSound from API 16.

AudioManager audio = (AudioManager) getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
    switch( audio.getRingerMode() ){
        case AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL:
            MediaActionSound sound = new MediaActionSound();
            sound.play(MediaActionSound.SHUTTER_CLICK);
        break;
        case AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_SILENT:
        break;
        case AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE:
        break;
    }

Respect vibrate/silent mode in Android.

MediaActionSound is built to already respect the ringer mode if it is on vibrate or silenced so this switch case should be able to be removed. — kjanderson2, Feb 24 '20 at 21:29

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '12 at 13:58

his resource explains how to play audio files

http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidMedia/article.html

You'll probably have to provide your own shutter sound effect.

If the system file is there, you can use it like this:

public void shootSound()
{
    AudioManager meng = (AudioManager) getContext().getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
    int volume = meng.getStreamVolume( AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION);

    if (volume != 0)
    {
        if (_shootMP == null)
            _shootMP = MediaPlayer.create(getContext(), Uri.parse("file:///system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg"));
        if (_shootMP != null)
            _shootMP.start();
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 15 '23 at 18:53

You can use this function:

private fun shuttleVolume() {
    val sound = MediaActionSound()
    sound.play(MediaActionSound.SHUTTER_CLICK)
}

Sample code:

imageCaptureButton.setOnClickListener {
    shuttleVolume()
    takePhoto()
}

Call it when you needed, for example before taking a photo!

Android: Play camera shutter sound programmatically

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