I would like to use cwac-cam2 to record video on a headless device. I was wondering if I could use this component to kick off video recording without a user interacting with the record button in the activity class?
Basically, using the library normally opens the VideoRecorderActivity activity which gives a user a button used to start/stop recording. What I'd like to do is to just call the function of that button directly since we do not have a screen. We interface with a user using hardware buttons that send broadcasts to the appropriate activity.
I was wondering if I could use this component to kick off video recording without a user interacting with the record button in the activity class?
No, sorry. That's outside the scope of this library.
Moreover, I fail to see what this library gives you in your situation, and I would be stunned if the library worked on your hardware. I would expect failures with respect to the TextureView used for previews, for example.
I do not know if Android and your hardware collectively support video recording, but if it does, you will need to work with MediaRecorder directly.