Android Debug Bridge Recorder (adbr)

The adbr.sh is a small bash script that allows you to easily record Android device/emulator screen. You can take many screen recording by just pressing a key in the terminal.

Features

• Take a screen recording from connected device/emulator with one key press
• Specify an output directory for the recordings
• Automatically clean the temporary recording from the device

Sample

See the sample of the recording process:

Usage

• -o Specify output directory for recordings, e.g. adbr -o ~/Desktop/test_dir
• -h Print help
• -v Print version

Once the program is running, press any key to start/stop recording, or 'q' to exit.

Installation (Linux and MacOS)

1. Make sure you have ADB in your path. You can add it to your shell config file (.bash_profile, .zshrc, etc.):

# Your ADB might be different, these are just common locations.

# Linux
export PATH=${PATH}:$HOME/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/

# MacOS
export PATH=${PATH}:$HOME/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/

2. Make sure you have ffmpeg installed:

# MacOS
brew install ffmpeg

# Debian/Ubuntu
apt-get install ffmpeg

#Arch
pacman -S ffmpeg

3. Check that you have a device/emulator connected to the ADB by running adb devices. Output should look like this:

List of devices attached
emulator-5554   device 

4. You can simply download adbr.sh and use it however you like. This is simpler example for nicer integration and easier updates:

# Clone adbr repo to your home directory.
git clone https://github.com/skoric/adbr.git ~/adbr

# Create alias in your shell config file ('.bash_profile', '.zshrc', etc.).
echo "alias adbr=\"sh $HOME/adbr/adbr.sh\"" >> ~/.zshrc

# Reload configuration.
source ~/.zshrc

# Start taking screenshots.
adbr

If you've used the git repo in your setup, you can update by simply calling git pull in local repo directory.