There’s a pretty nifty background camera app for Android that is easy to install with obtrusive ads. Sometimes it fails to record or says its not recording when it really is (thereby resulting in me accidentally stopping the recording when i need it most.
Folding phone broadens my options and methodology a bit but even when all is going well, there is another caveat. The background video recorder does not have automatic image stabilization. This is an area where the stock Samsung camera app excells.
Good news, you can run the Samsung camera app in the background (sort of) if your device supports multi-window. Basically you launch the app by dragging it from the side-panel drawer to the center or the sceeen. Then you can switch to video mode, resize the app window, and iconify the app while it continues to run and record.
To iconify a running app and it myst be in “windowed mode”. From there you the double-arrows thst should appear facing each other diagonnaly in a button at the top of the floating app window.
Just started using. So far the biggest issue is that it will stop recoding if I fold the screen shut (from tablet-size to using the small outer screen). This could be prevented by starting the cam from the small screen which is probably the best idea. I can still run youtube on while recording!
As much as I had hoped to capitalize on the folding sceen because it allows me to aim the camera while the screen is folsed at 45-degrees, it may ultimately be best tl initiate the camera in small-sceen mode. This issue is irrelevant for people with out folding screens.