Handily, Android has a way to show touch events on the screen, and these would be picked up by the screen recording software. Seeing exactly where they were clicking would be useful for making sure that elements have a large enough touch target which isn’t missed by users. We have the video from the USB webcam, but the image will be mostly of the user’s hands and the angle of the webcam could also affect our perception of where users are touching. One thing that the DIY method was missing was a more precise way of seeing where a user was touching. Overall you get a pretty comprehensive recording of how someone is using your mobile product for very little cost.

Allows the emulator screen and audio to be recorded and saved in either WebM or. This error can be resolved by following the below steps: Make sure that the device is connected via USB and Debug mode is enabled. In Barry’s setup the mobile device’s screen is shared with a laptop running screen recording software, the laptop’s front-facing camera catches the nearby user’s expressions, and a cheapo USB webcam on a bendy stick records what the user’s fingers and thumbs were doing. Developing Android 9 Apps Using Android Studio 3.3, Java and Android.

Barry Briggs ( gave a great talk yesterday evening at Manchester FRED about low-cost mobile testing with a DIY rig.

Android studio emulator screenshot