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Animated GIFs are useful for documentating animations. Here’s how to make them:
Capturing video of an Android device
This feature is available on KitKat and later.
Make sure to launch the app using
flutter run --release
for faster performance.Start recording video by running this command on the command line:
adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/recording.mp4
Interact with the app. When you are done you can terminate the recording with CTRL+c.
Pull the recording off the device and onto your local hard drive:
adb pull /sdcard/recording.mp4 ~/Downloads/
Capturing video of the iOS simulator
- Move the iOS simulator above your other applications
- Launch the "QuickTime Player" app
- Select “New Screen Recording” from the File menu
- Draw a box around the Simulator and click "Start Recording"
- When you're finished, click on Stop Recording on the Menu Bar.
- If needed, trim your recording using "Trim" from the "Edit" menu.
- Save the recording
Converting the recording to GIF
- Go to http://ezgif.com/video-to-gif and upload the video.
- If further trimming is needed, select the start and end times for your GIF.
- Select an appropriately small size for the GIF (recommended: 320xAUTO).
- Select a high framerate for the GIF (the max is 20) for smoothest animation
- Convert to GIF and download the GIF file