title: Android: Two Activities Simultaneously
body: <p>After searching for similar questions here on StackOverflow, I've come to the understanding that you cannot run 2 activities simultaneously. Is there any way around this?
  I've read about <code>Services</code> and <code>Asynctasks</code>, but I'm still a little bit confused. </p>
  
  <p>I thought <code>Threading/Intents/Handlers</code> would work, but i'm finding that threading is a way to go from one activity to another (please correct me if I'm wrong) and not running two things at once.</p>
  
  <p>Let's say I wanted to combine an android <code>MediaPlayer</code> activity and a <code>video recording</code> activity, while still being able to have the two interact with each other, would it be possible in android? is it possible to have the camera running while having a video play/having a separate activity run within the same application? If so, How?</p>
  
  <p>I found a question here that addresses a similar issue(<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12021518/android-simultaneous-record-and-playback-different-sources">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12021518/android-simultaneous-record-and-playback-different-sources</a>), But it is unanswered.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions or advice will be greatly appreciated!</p>