Re:Why is Android Studio's Emulator always listening to my m...
by juliangoldsmith on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:47PM
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The Android Studio Emulator emulates a full x86 system running Android, from the kernel up. There isn't a way to only listen if an app needs it, because the emulator doesn't work at that level.
What the emulator could do would be to add an "Emulate microphone" checkbox, but that probably isn't high on Google's priority list.
Re:Why is Android Studio's Emulator always listening to my m...
by newnewpdro on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:21PM
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Android Studio does or the emulator does?
If Android Studio does then I'd be more up in arms. For the emulator to do that, I'd assume it's just a matter of laziness on the part of the developers. The emulator probably just opens the audio junk at startup and doesn't bother with the rigamarole of opening and closing it as needed - it's a device emulator intended for development use, they probably don't expect it to be running constantly unattended on a developers workstation.
File a bug upstream, if it's closed with EWONTFIX, then break out the tinfoil hats and shout from the hill tops.
This isn't something that any other app needing microphone does.
Case in point: if you use Chrome, and start a Google Hangouts calls, the website will request mic access. Only then will it activate the mic, and it will deactivate after the call.