Internal Audio Screen recording causes instant freeze

🧩 Bug Title:

Minecraft (Android 14, Apex 5G) completely freezes when recording internal audio — even in menus

📱 Platform Details:

• Device: Stylo Apex 5G

• Android Version: 14

• RAM: 12 GB

• Minecraft Version: Bedrock 1.21.120

• Recording Apps Tested: Built-in recorder, ADV Screen Recorder, XRecorder, Mobizen

• Reproducibility: 100 %

🧠 Summary:

When any screen-recording app is used with internal/game audio enabled, Minecraft Bedrock Edition instantly freezes, including in the main menu.
Using mic-only recording works normally.
This shows a conflict between Android’s AudioPlaybackCapture API and Minecraft’s OpenSL ES sound engine, causing the whole app to hang until force-closed.

🔁 Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch Minecraft (Bedrock 1.21.120).

2. Open any screen recorder.

3. Select audio source → “Internal Audio.”

4. Start recording.

5. Switch back to Minecraft or load a world.

💥 Observed Behavior:

• Immediate freeze of UI and gameplay.

• No response from touch or buttons.

• Audio engine locks and GPU render drops to zero.

• Requires force-close to recover.

✅ Expected Behavior:

Game should run normally and allow internal audio recording without freezing.

🔬 Technical Details:

• Deadlock between Minecraft’s OpenSL ES audio thread and Android’s AudioPlaybackCaptureConfiguration.

• Recorder and game compete for the same audio buffer; render thread waits indefinitely.

• Mic-only mode avoids this since it does not tap the same buffer.

📎 Additional Notes:

• Happens with all tested recorders and settings.

• Persists after reinstall and cache clear.

• Occurs on stock firmware, no root mods.

🧭 Impact:

Blocks players from recording or streaming Minecraft with in-game audio on Android, affecting creators and content production.

💡 Proposed Fix:

Update Minecraft’s audio engine to support concurrent use with AudioPlaybackCaptureConfiguration (Android 10+), or add a toggle to enable a safe recording-compatible audio session mode.