I doubt it exists, primarily because there is no user-level access to the frame-buffer. You got me curious though as to how fast one could export screenshot bitmaps out of the debug bridge over USB. If you choose to investigate this, a good starting point might be the NetBeans Android plugin which wraps this functionality - I seem to remember you're a NetBeans guy: http://kenai.com/projects/nbandroid/sources/mercurial/content/core/src/org/netbeans/modules/android/core/ui/DeviceNode.java?rev=179
/Casper On Apr 27, 10:32 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > So, you have developed an Android application. You'd like to prepare > some documentation to show how it can be used, and also some technical > posts. One of the most useful things I can figure out is a movie about > the application being used. But setting up a video-camera to capture > the real device interacting with a human finger is a PITA, at least > for me, as it requires a proper setup with a tripod, etc... (so it > can't be done in the random free time moments, which are the best to > write documentation and technical posts). > > I could of course record a regular screencast of my desktop using the > Android emulator, but 1) it's impossible to do things such as the > scrollable lists with inertia 2) you see a pointer, not a finger. > > So I wondered whether it exists an Android application that, when > activated, records a screencast *on the device*. Ok, it coulnd't > capture my fingers, but it could record user gestures in vectorial > form and a companion video post-processing tool could render fingers > and the phone keypad... I suppose such a thing doesn't exist yet, right? > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvWoSYACgkQeDweFqgUGxf1RACffiIOsAIgwS0S9VS3ka8qGhG1 > A7gAnR4f1oboKASzRO69OfY2t9FOFrpi > =EYy6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
