There is droidex that tunnels your attached device screen to the computer, where you could then record the screencast.
http://github.com/commonsguy/droidex http://groups.google.com/group/droidex It is sort of unsupported now and Mark recommends to use the newer droidatscreen https://gems.codaset.com/jens-riboe/droidatscreen/wiki which basically does the same thing.. That should do the trick.. manfred > 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. > -- 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.
