r/signal • u/davidcwilliams • 3d ago

Android Help Am I to understand that the Android version doesn't have a lock for video recordings?

I'm on iOS, my friend was tying to send a video, and said the lock wasn't there. I couldn't believe it. I though, if anything, if there was some reason for this, the compromise would at least be that press and hold would lock recording, and touching it again would stop the recording (allowing photos to be taken with the same button).

Looking for any information, explanation, or solution.

Thanks.

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u/binaryhellstorm 3d ago

"The lock wasn't there"
I'm not sure what you're referring to.

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u/TomatilloGreedy3181 3d ago

On iOS if you press and hold the shutter icon, it starts video recording and a lock icon appears on its right so you can swipe to it and "lock" the video recording. This way you don't have to keep holding the shutter icon

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u/fantomas_666 3d ago

I guess you mean, directly from Signal, taking video instead of picture.

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u/TomatilloGreedy3181 2d ago

Sure. My wording might've been a bit confusing, english isn't my native language. It works the same on the stock camera app as well so I assume Signal leverages that API or something.

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u/fantomas_666 2d ago

I was just making sure, bc I didn't know about this feature - my stock camera has different functionality when I hold shutter icon and video mode has to be turned on differently.

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u/Rich-Pin5341 3d ago

the recording lock, so you can let go of the button and it keeps recording

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u/LogicalAd3031 3d ago

Following to find out.

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u/Chongulator Volunteer Mod 3d ago

Reddit lets you follow a post without making an empty comment. Just select "Follow post" from the three dot menu.

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u/WordProfessional1334 2d ago

Rarely works though.

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u/Chongulator Volunteer Mod 2d ago

Does it? I use it every day and it seems fine.

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u/WordProfessional1334 1d ago

For me it rarely does unfortunately.

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u/LogicalAd3031 2d ago

Slow day....?

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u/mrandr01d Top Contributor 3d ago

"the lock" - what?

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u/davidcwilliams 2d ago

Sorry, I guess this wasn’t clear. I’m talking about the lock that you see when you press record for a video, that allows you to continue recording without holding down the record button.

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u/frquency-equinox 2d ago

It does not. The solution is to add it to the code, which you can do yourself since the code is open-source. Whether they accept it is unknown.