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Using audio recorder at android simulator

I want to use an audio capture feature at my app. I followed this link at developer.android.com.
I'm using Android Studio 1.4 and a Nexus 5 with Api21 as virtual device. At developer.android it is descripted that it's not possible to use the audio capture feature with an simulator:
Note: The Android Emulator does not have the ability to capture audio, but actual devices are likely to provide these capabilities.
But is this an information that is up to date? I'm able to use the record button but the activity crashes after pressing stop. I can see the audiorecordtest.3gp file on the simulated device and if I save it to my computer I can play my recorded audio. The crash comes without any shown exception. If I ask for
context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_MICROPHONE);
I got back a true. It seems like the simulator is able to capture audio but can't handle correctly the stopping of it? Is there a way to get around?

One aspect of Tamper Checking involves testing for an Emulator running your app...
In THIS article (Paragraph 4.1), Emulator detection is described... The tests detect many emulators, but throw some "false positives", depending on the device.
False positives render some emulator test's, described in the article, not appropriate for production, but are fine in a test environment where you know your devices and their test responses.

Stream video from Android phone to Google glass

I have new task in hand wherein I have to work on Google Glass POC. My main intention is to access a video file sitting in your phone and access/play it on the connected Google glass.
Preferably I have to implement using JavaScript or special library WearScript.
I have done some R&D, the Eclipse and ADT is set. I am now facing following issues.
I am not getting any idea what should the architecture of the app. I think there must be a Glass companion app sitting on phone which will read the video file and act as a content provider to the app running on glass.
I do not have actual device (Google glass) and could not find any emulator that I can use with eclipse to install and debug the app.
is there any readymade frameworks that can help streaming videos from phone or directly from server. (video size is limited 30-40 mb)
It will be great and very helpful if anyone can guide me on above points. Thanks in advance. :)

Android capture video of connected device with ADT

Is there a possibility to capture a video of the screen of a connected Android device with ADT? Or is there a better possibility? I need it as a demo for the Play Store like a lot of other apps have it.

There is a tool called Android ScreenCast, it's open source and you can find it here : https://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/

Multimedia Application in Android

We have to developed an Multimedia Application, should record audio and playback and video as well,
i googled, and it seems, Audio capturing is not supported in Android Emulator,
Is this correct, Is there any way, i can test it on the Emulator.
Also i am starting with Samsung Galaxy Tab as an Android Virtual Machine, please let me know if this is correct way to start.

Recording a screencast of an Android app using the emulator

Unlike the iPhone simulator, the Android emulator doesn't look like an Android device.
If you have to create a screencast or promotional video of your Android application, the default skin of the emulator is no good.
Is there any way to configure the emulator to look like an Android device? If you have dealt with this already, what other things do you recommend taking into account to record an emulator screencast?
Not a programming question per se, but an useful question for Android developers.

You could use an Emulator skin, for example like found here for several devices.