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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+syntax = "proto2";
+
+package com.android.launcher3.view;
+
+option java_outer_classname = "ViewCaptureData";
+
+message ExportedData {
+
+  repeated FrameData frameData = 1;
+}
+
+message FrameData {
+  optional int64 timestamp = 1;
+  optional ViewNode node = 2;
+}
+
+message ViewNode {
+  optional string classname = 1;
+  optional string id = 2;
+  optional int32 left = 3;
+  optional int32 top = 4;
+  optional int32 width = 5;
+  optional int32 height = 6;
+  optional int32 scrollX = 7;
+  optional int32 scrollY = 8;
+
+  optional float translationX = 9;
+  optional float translationY = 10;
+  optional float scaleX = 11 [default = 1];
+  optional float scaleY = 12 [default = 1];
+  optional float alpha = 13 [default = 1];
+
+  optional bool willNotDraw = 14;
+  optional bool clipChildren = 15;
+  optional int32 visibility = 16;
+
+  repeated ViewNode children = 17;
+}