Record the screen
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You can record video and audio from the Android Emulator and save the recording
to a WebM or animated GIF file.
The screen recording controls are in the Record and Playback tab of the
Extended Controls window.
Tip: You can open the screen recording controls by
pressing Control+Shift+R
(Command+Shift+R on macOS).
- To begin screen recording, click the Start recording button in the
Record and Playback tab.
- To stop recording, click Stop recording.
To save the recorded video:
- Controls for playing and saving the recorded video are at the bottom of the
Record and Playback tab.
- Choose WebM or GIF from the menu at the bottom of the tab.
- Click Save.
You can also record and save a screen recording from the emulator using the
following command on the command line:
adb emu screenrecord start --time-limit 10 [path to save video]/sample_video.webm
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Last updated 2025-07-23 UTC.
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