Use of Android's MediaRecorder with Titanium Hyperloop to record audio.

hyperloopMediaRedorder.js

// Please refer to Android's MediaRecorder documentation:
// https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder
 
var MediaRecorder = require('android.media.MediaRecorder');

var recorder = new MediaRecorder();

function recordAudio() {
	var recordPermission = "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO";
	var hasRecordPermission = Ti.Android.hasPermission(recordPermission);
	var permissionsToRequest = [];
	if (!hasRecordPermission) {
	    permissionsToRequest.push(recordPermission);
	}
	if (permissionsToRequest.length > 0) {
	    Ti.Android.requestPermissions(permissionsToRequest, function(e) {
	        if (e.success) {
	            console.log("SUCCESS");
	        } else {
	            console.log("ERROR: " + e.error);
	        }
	    });
	}

	var recordingsDir = Ti.Filesystem.getFile(Ti.Filesystem.applicationDataDirectory, 'recordings');
	if (!recordingsDir.exists()) {
		console.log('create dir')
		recordingsDir.createDirectory();
	}

	console.log(recordingsDir.exists());

	var recordingPathFile = recordingsDir.resolve();
	var recordingPath = recordingPathFile.slice(7) + '/testfile.m4a';
  
	console.log(recordingPath);
  
	recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
	recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.MPEG_4);
	recorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
	recorder.setOutputFile(recordingPath);
	recorder.prepare();
	recorder.start();
}
$.index.open();
$.start.addEventListener('click', recordAudio);
$.stop.addEventListener('click', function(e){
	recorder.stop();
  
	console.log('stop');
  
	recorder.reset();   // You can reuse the object by going back to setAudioSource() step
	recorder.release(); // Now the object cannot be reused
});

hyperloopMediaRedorder.xml

<Alloy>
	<Window class="container">
		<Label id="start">Start Recording</Label>
		<Label id="stop">Stop</Label>
	</Window>
</Alloy>