Screen recording support

[arcxyz]

Android 4.4+ have a built-in support for screen recording:

shell@mako:/ $ screenrecord --help                                             
Usage: screenrecord [options] <filename>

Android screenrecord v1.2.  Records the device's display to a .mp4 file.

Options:
--size WIDTHxHEIGHT
    Set the video size, e.g. "1280x720".  Default is the device's main
    display resolution (if supported), 1280x720 if not.  For best results,
    use a size supported by the AVC encoder.
--bit-rate RATE
    Set the video bit rate, in bits per second.  Value may be specified as
    bits or megabits, e.g. '4000000' is equivalent to '4M'.  Default 4Mbps.
--bugreport
    Add additional information, such as a timestamp overlay, that is helpful
    in videos captured to illustrate bugs.
--time-limit TIME
    Set the maximum recording time, in seconds.  Default / maximum is 180.
--verbose
    Display interesting information on stdout.
--help
    Show this message.

Recording continues until Ctrl-C is hit or the time limit is reached.

[sorccu]

What kind of a feature are you looking for?

[arcxyz]

I usually record some app behaviour with this command. I am looking for something like the screenshots feature but for taking screencasts.

[gunta]

According to this, Android devices over 4.4 are just about 50%. In order to support this in older versions we will have to look for another way.

Currently you can use screenrecord from the Shell command, however you will not be able to download the file, for that follow this other issue #39.

[codeskyblue]

I make a continous screenshot button. I call it screen capture. If you feel that useful, I will make a pr or just ignore me.

[gunta]

@codeskyblue Sure, make a PR and we can evaluate it. It would be good if it's also implemented server-side and not only client side.

[codeskyblue]

Pull requested.

[Ashraf-Ali-aa]

it would be nice to record it to a video format or a gif

[skylve]

Any update on this feature ? I feel it would really help exchange between developer <-> QA.

[sorccu]

It does make sense, but unfortunately we have no time to implement it.

[codeskyblue]

Today, I think use ffmpeg to convert images to video is a better way.

[nanoscopic]

+1 on this. Having a way to start and stop video recording, and have video actually saved in h264 format would be useful. To work reasonably it would have to utilize raw video streaming features of android rather than hacking on top of the current minicap jpeg serving.