feat(#1247): live level meter on the voice recording strip (#1416)

app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/ui/chat/ChatScreen.kt

@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ fun ChatScreen(
                 isListening = mediaLaunchers.isListening || state.isTranscribingVoiceNote,
                 isRecordingVoice = mediaLaunchers.isRecordingVoice,
                 isVoiceNoteLocked = mediaLaunchers.isVoiceNoteLocked,
+                amplitudeProvider = mediaLaunchers.amplitudeProvider,
                 onStopGeneration = { viewModel.interruptSession() },
                 isAgentTyping = state.isAgentTyping,
                 canInterrupt = state.canInterrupt,

app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/ui/chat/components/ChatComposer.kt

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ fun ChatInputBar(
     onMicLock: () -> Unit = {},
     isVoiceNoteLocked: Boolean = false,
     isRecordingVoice: Boolean = false,
+    amplitudeProvider: () -> Float = { 0f },
     onStopGeneration: () -> Unit = {},
 ) {
     // Allow sending while the agent is mid-turn or awaiting approval: the
@@ -440,6 +441,7 @@ fun ChatInputBar(
                                     slideProgress = voiceSlideProgress,
                                     locked = isVoiceNoteLocked,
                                     onCancel = onMicHoldCancel,
+                                    amplitude = amplitudeProvider,
                                     modifier = Modifier.matchParentSize(),
                                 )
                             }
@@ -490,20 +492,21 @@ fun ChatInputBar(
                 }
             }
         }
-        // Zero-height anchor so the tooltip and lock icon float above the
-        // card, over the message list, like Telegram's lock control. It sits
-        // outside the animated card because AnimatedVisibility clips its
-        // children to the animation bounds.
+        // Anchor at the BOTTOM-end — directly above the mic button the thumb
+        // is holding. The earlier top-of-card anchor sat ~130 dp away from the
+        // thumb and read as unrelated decoration, so the lock affordance went
+        // unnoticed. The content grows upward (wrapContentHeight(Bottom,
+        // unbounded)) and the offset lifts it clear of the button top.
         Box(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().height(0.dp)) {
             VoiceNoteLockHintOverlay(
                 visible = isRecordingVoice && !isVoiceNoteLocked,
                 showTextHint = !voiceLockHintDone && voiceSlideProgress.value >= 0.8f,
                 modifier =
                     Modifier
-                        .wrapContentHeight(align = Alignment.Top, unbounded = true)
-                        .align(Alignment.TopEnd)
-                        .offset(y = (-42).dp)
-                        .padding(end = 12.dp),
+                        .wrapContentHeight(align = Alignment.Bottom, unbounded = true)
+                        .align(Alignment.BottomEnd)
+                        .offset(y = (-54).dp)
+                        .padding(end = 6.dp),
             )
         }
     }
@@ -543,18 +546,30 @@ private fun VoiceNoteLockHintOverlay(
             )
             Spacer(modifier = Modifier.width(6.dp))
         }
-        Box(
-            modifier =
-                Modifier
-                    .size(36.dp)
-                    .background(palette.control, RoundedCornerShape(8.dp)),
-            contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
-        ) {
-            Icon(
-                imageVector = Icons.Filled.Lock,
-                contentDescription = null,
-                tint = palette.placeholder,
-                modifier = Modifier.size(18.dp),
+        Column(horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally) {
+            Box(
+                modifier =
+                    Modifier
+                        .size(36.dp)
+                        .background(palette.control, RoundedCornerShape(8.dp)),
+                contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+            ) {
+                Icon(
+                    imageVector = Icons.Filled.Lock,
+                    contentDescription = null,
+                    tint = palette.placeholder,
+                    modifier = Modifier.size(18.dp),
+                )
+            }
+            // The track: a short line from the lock circle down toward the mic
+            // button — the affordance reads as "the thing above your thumb",
+            // and the direction of the gesture is implied by where it sits.
+            Box(
+                modifier =
+                    Modifier
+                        .width(1.5.dp)
+                        .height(12.dp)
+                        .background(palette.placeholder.copy(alpha = 0.6f)),
             )
         }
     }

app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/ui/chat/components/ChatMediaLaunchers.kt

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.Date
 import java.util.Locale
+import kotlin.math.sqrt
 
 class ChatMediaLaunchers(
     val isListening: Boolean,
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ class ChatMediaLaunchers(
     val onMicHoldEnd: () -> Unit = {},
     val onMicHoldCancel: () -> Unit = {},
     val onMicLock: () -> Unit = {},
+    /** Normalized 0–1 mic level while recording; read fresh at draw time. */
+    val amplitudeProvider: () -> Float = { 0f },
 )
 
 @Composable
@@ -334,6 +337,23 @@ fun rememberChatMediaLaunchers(
         }
     }
 
+    // Mic-level feed for the recording blob (VoiceMicBlob). MediaRecorder's
+    // maxAmplitude is the PEAK since the last read, so this poller must stay
+    // the ONLY caller while recording. sqrt compression spreads speech
+    // dynamics the way Telegram's RMS/1800 normalization does.
+    val recordingAmplitude = remember { mutableStateOf(0f) }
+    LaunchedEffect(isRecordingVoice) {
+        if (isRecordingVoice) {
+            while (isRecordingVoice) {
+                recordingAmplitude.value =
+                    sqrt(voiceNoteRecorder.currentAmplitude().coerceAtLeast(0) / 32767f)
+                delay(AMPLITUDE_POLL_MS)
+            }
+        } else {
+            recordingAmplitude.value = 0f
+        }
+    }
+
     val onCameraTap: () -> Unit = {
         try {
             val timeStamp =
@@ -380,6 +400,10 @@ fun rememberChatMediaLaunchers(
             onMicHoldEnd = onMicHoldEnd,
             onMicHoldCancel = onMicHoldCancel,
             onMicLock = onMicLock,
+            amplitudeProvider = { recordingAmplitude.value },
         )
     }
 }
+
+/** Telegram samples their amplitude pipeline roughly this fast. */
+private const val AMPLITUDE_POLL_MS = 60L

app/src/main/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/ui/chat/components/VoiceNoteRecordingPanel.kt

@@ -10,15 +10,21 @@ import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
 import androidx.compose.foundation.Canvas
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxWithConstraints
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.IntrinsicSize
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.heightIn
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.offset
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.requiredWidth
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
 import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.CircleShape
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.material3.minimumInteractiveComponentSize
@@ -26,13 +32,15 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.State
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateListOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.snapshotFlow
+import androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.SnapshotStateList
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.alpha
-import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clipToBounds
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Path
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.StrokeCap
@@ -62,7 +70,9 @@ import kotlin.math.roundToInt
  * and forth, and slides left and fades as the gesture drags toward cancel
  * ([slideProgress] runs 1 → 0 across that drag). Once the gesture slides up to
  * lock, the hint is replaced by a bold tappable "CANCEL" and the action button
- * submits the note.
+ * submits the note. Behind the hint, a live mic-level meter (bars from the
+ * original #1250 build, restored) shows the recording level — louder speech
+ * makes the bars visibly climb; flat bars mean the mic hears silence.
  */
 @Composable
 internal fun VoiceNoteRecordingPanel(
@@ -70,6 +80,7 @@ internal fun VoiceNoteRecordingPanel(
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
     locked: Boolean = false,
     onCancel: () -> Unit = {},
+    amplitude: () -> Float = { 0f },
 ) {
     val palette = composerPalette()
     val density = LocalDensity.current
@@ -82,6 +93,19 @@ internal fun VoiceNoteRecordingPanel(
             delay(200)
         }
     }
+    // Level meter: rolling window of the last [VOICE_NOTE_BARS] samples. The
+    // provider emits at the 60 ms poll cadence with Telegram's smoothing
+    // already applied; equal values do not re-emit, so silence writes nothing
+    // (Compose stays idle for instrumented tests).
+    val levels = remember { mutableStateListOf<Float>() }
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+        snapshotFlow { amplitude() }.collect { level ->
+            levels.add(level)
+            while (levels.size > VOICE_NOTE_BARS) {
+                levels.removeAt(0)
+            }
+        }
+    }
     // Telegram blinks the record dot on a 1200 ms cycle.
     val blink = rememberInfiniteTransition(label = "voice_dot")
     val dotAlpha by
@@ -126,11 +150,13 @@ internal fun VoiceNoteRecordingPanel(
             fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
             color = palette.placeholder,
         )
+        Spacer(modifier = Modifier.width(10.dp))
+        LevelMeter(levels = levels, tint = palette.placeholder)
+        Spacer(modifier = Modifier.weight(1f))
         BoxWithConstraints(
             modifier =
                 Modifier
-                    .weight(1f)
-                    .clipToBounds(),
+                    .weight(1f),
             contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
         ) {
             val containerWidthPx = with(density) { maxWidth.toPx() }
@@ -149,15 +175,21 @@ internal fun VoiceNoteRecordingPanel(
                             }.testTag("voice_note_cancel_button"),
                 )
             } else {
+                // requiredWidth(intrinsic): the hint lays out at its natural
+                // width even when the meter leaves it tight, and the removed
+                // border clip lets the nudge and the cancel drag overflow the
+                // box instead of being cut at its edges — the fade carries it.
                 Row(
                     modifier =
                         Modifier
+                            .requiredWidth(IntrinsicSize.Max)
                             .offset {
                                 val shift = -containerWidthPx * 0.25f * (1f - progress)
                                 val nudge = nudgeDp * density.density * progress
                                 IntOffset((shift + nudge).roundToInt(), 0)
                             }.alpha(progress),
                     verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+                    horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.Center,
                 ) {
                     CancelChevron(tint = palette.placeholder)
                     Spacer(modifier = Modifier.width(6.dp))
@@ -172,6 +204,39 @@ internal fun VoiceNoteRecordingPanel(
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * The live mic-level meter from the original #1250 build: a row of small
+ * vertical bars, oldest left, newest right; each bar's height tracks its
+ * sample (4–22 dp). Silences stay flat, loud speech climbs — the immediate
+ * level feedback the blob could not give.
+ */
+@Composable
+private fun LevelMeter(
+    levels: SnapshotStateList<Float>,
+    tint: Color,
+) {
+    Row(
+        modifier = Modifier.height(22.dp),
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+        horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(2.dp),
+    ) {
+        val filler = VOICE_NOTE_BARS - levels.size
+        repeat(VOICE_NOTE_BARS) { index ->
+            val level = if (index < filler) 0f else levels[index - filler]
+            Box(
+                modifier =
+                    Modifier
+                        .width(3.dp)
+                        .height((4f + 18f * level).dp)
+                        .background(tint, RoundedCornerShape(2.dp)),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** Number of level-meter bars in the recording panel. */
+private const val VOICE_NOTE_BARS = 14
+
 /** "Slide to cancel" with the cancel word carrying the visual emphasis. */
 @Composable
 private fun slideToCancelText(palette: ComposerPalette) =