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+# This script captures MSKP files from RenderEngine in a connected device.
+# this only functions when RenderEngine uses the Skia backend.
+# it triggers code in SkiaCapture.cpp.
+
+# for a newly flashed device, perform first time steps with
+# record.sh rootandsetup
+
+# record all frames that RenderEngine handles over the span of 2 seconds.
+# record.sh 2000
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    printf 'Usage:\n    record.sh rootandsetup\n'
+    printf '    record.sh MILLISECONDS\n\n'
+    exit 1
+elif [ "$1" == "rootandsetup" ]; then
+  # first time use requires these changes
+  adb root
+  adb shell setenforce 0
+  adb shell setprop debug.renderengine.backend "skiagl"
+  adb shell stop
+  adb shell start
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+# name of the newest file in /data/user/ before starting
+oldname=$(adb shell ls -cr /data/user/ | head -n 1)
+
+# record frames for some number of milliseconds.
+adb shell setprop debug.renderengine.capture_skia_ms $1
+
+# give the device time to both record, and starting writing the file.
+# Total time needed to write the file depends on how much data was recorded.
+# the loop at the end waits for this.
+sleep $(($1 / 1000 + 2));
+
+# There is no guarantee that at least one frame passed through renderengine during that time
+# but as far as I know it always at least writes a 0-byte file with a new name, unless it crashes
+# the process it is recording.
+# /data/user/re_skiacapture_56204430551705.mskp
+
+# list the files here from newest to oldest, keep only the name of the newest.
+name=$(adb shell ls -cr /data/user/ | head -n 1)
+remote_path=/data/user/$name
+
+if [[ $oldname = $name ]]; then
+  echo "No new file written, probably no RenderEngine activity during recording period."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# return the size of a file in bytes
+adb_filesize() {
+    adb shell "wc -c \"$1\"" 2> /dev/null | awk '{print $1}'
+}
+
+mskp_size=$(adb_filesize "/data/user/$name")
+if [[ $mskp_size = "0" ]]; then
+  echo "Empty file, probably no RenderEngine activity during recording period."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+spin() {
+    case "$spin" in
+         1) printf '\b|';;
+         2) printf '\b\\';;
+         3) printf '\b-';;
+         *) printf '\b/';;
+    esac
+    spin=$(( ( ${spin:-0} + 1 ) % 4 ))
+    sleep $1
+}
+
+printf "MSKP captured, Waiting for file serialization to finish.\n"
+
+local_path=~/Downloads/$name
+
+# wait for the file size to stop changing
+
+timeout=$(( $(date +%s) + 300))
+last_size='0' # output of last size check command
+unstable=true # false once the file size stops changing
+counter=0 # used to perform size check only 1/sec though we update spinner 20/sec
+# loop until the file size is unchanged for 1 second.
+while [ $unstable != 0 ] ; do
+    spin 0.05
+    counter=$(( $counter+1 ))
+    if ! (( $counter % 20)) ; then
+        new_size=$(adb_filesize "$remote_path")
+        unstable=$(($new_size != $last_size))
+        last_size=$new_size
+    fi
+    if [ $(date +%s) -gt $timeout ] ; then
+        printf '\bTimed out.\n'
+        exit 3
+    fi
+done
+printf '\b'
+
+printf "MSKP file serialized: %s\n" $(echo $last_size | numfmt --to=iec)
+
+adb pull "$remote_path" "$local_path"
+if ! [ -f "$local_path" ] ; then
+    printf "something went wrong with `adb pull`."
+    exit 4
+fi
+adb shell rm "$remote_path"
+printf 'SKP saved to %s\n\n' "$local_path"
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