Preserve buffered speech through the stop tap

[JadenJSJ]

Summary

• timestamp the exact stop tap and drain only audio captured at or before it
• discard post-tap samples using the AudioRecord monotonic frame clock
• keep audio draining off the keyboard/UI thread
• apply behavior to both Gboard and floating-mic paths
• expose enable/disable and 100-1000 ms maximum drain timeout in app settings
• sync settings into the LSPosed Gboard process

Verification

• Blacksmith release build runs in this PR
• device verification should compare final words with the preservation setting enabled/disabled

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added an option to preserve audio captured immediately before tapping stop.
  • Added a configurable pre-tap buffer drain timeout from 100–1000 ms.
  • Added controls for both settings in the app’s preferences screen.
  • Synchronized these preferences across the app’s recording components.
  • Improved recording finalization to apply precise stop timing before transcription.

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• app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/AudioRecorderController.kt

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The recording flow now supports precise stop-tap cutoffs, optional pre-tap audio preservation, configurable drain timeouts, asynchronous finalization, and synchronized settings across local and remote configuration.

Changes

Audio cutoff and preservation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preservation settings and synchronization app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/Prefs.kt, app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/MainActivity.kt, app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/XposedRemoteAuthSync.kt	Adds preferences for pre-tap audio and drain timeout. Exposes both settings in the UI and synchronizes them to remote preferences.
Frame-based recording cutoff app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/AudioRecorderController.kt	Limits PCM output to a frame cutoff derived from the stop timestamp. Uses AudioRecord timestamps when valid and elapsed monotonic time otherwise.
Asynchronous capture finalization app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/OverlayService.kt	Finalizes capture asynchronously, validates operation state, delays streaming completion until PCM is ready, and cancels finalization during cleanup.
Remote capture configuration app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/xposed/BetterFlowXposedModule.kt	Loads and clamps the new settings, captures the shutdown timestamp, and passes the settings to stopAndGetPcm.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bd356

This change preserves buffered speech after stopping, but cancellation or teardown can race recorder finalization and disrupt capture, while timestamp validation can include speech made after the stop tap. Both issues should be corrected before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant MainActivity
  participant Prefs
  participant XposedRemoteAuthSync
  participant BetterFlowXposedModule
  participant OverlayService
  participant AudioRecorderController
  User->>MainActivity: Configure preservation and drain timeout
  MainActivity->>Prefs: Save recording preferences
  Prefs->>XposedRemoteAuthSync: Synchronize preference values
  BetterFlowXposedModule->>OverlayService: Stop recording with configured options
  OverlayService->>AudioRecorderController: Finalize PCM at stop timestamp
  AudioRecorderController-->>OverlayService: Return cutoff PCM
  OverlayService->>BetterFlowXposedModule: Continue transcription or fallback

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving buffered speech captured before the stop tap.
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Inline comments:
In `@app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/AudioRecorderController.kt`:
- Around line 120-124: Prevent concurrent stopAndGetPcm and stopAndDiscard calls
from operating on the same AudioRecord by claiming audioRecord and worker under
the monitor in AudioRecorderController’s first synchronized block; only the
caller that successfully claims them may stop, join, and release the device. In
OverlayService.kt lines 539-544 and BetterFlowXposedModule.kt lines 547-551,
keep the existing calls unchanged because the ownership claim makes subsequent
callers return early.
- Line 161: Reduce the timestamp skew tolerance used by the check in
AudioRecorderController’s capture loop from the current two-second
MAX_TIMESTAMP_SKEW_FRAMES value to a tolerance close to the capture buffer size,
while preserving rejection when the device frame counter does not reset.

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• app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/AudioRecorderController.kt
• app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/MainActivity.kt
• app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/OverlayService.kt
• app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/Prefs.kt
• app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/XposedRemoteAuthSync.kt
• app/src/main/java/com/jadenjsj/betterflow/xposed/BetterFlowXposedModule.kt

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