Android "Video Instagram" project Phase II

This is PhaseII of an Android application that is essentially a "Video Clip" version of Instagram. Similar to a Viddy for iPhone. I worked with a freelancer on Phase I to get the basic infrastructure in place and a "shaky" bare-bones prototype up and running. In Phase II I have the following Goals/Requirements: 1) Streamline app by refactoring code so that basic functions - video recording, playback, upload, social-networking functions, run smoothly, errors are handled efficiently, etc. Basically - clean-up the current codebase/database/etc. and take app to the next level of production rediness. 2) Add some basic video editing functions. I want video to be recorded and played back in a standard aspect ratio across all phones (the way all instagram pictures are perfectly square). I also want to start to build video editing capabilities into the app including the ability to "choose a thumbnail image" to represent the video, and the ability to crop the video. Ultimately, I would like more advanced video editing features, but that will be Phase III. For the time being, I want the app to run clean and smooth with some very basic video editing functionality.