Record Android screen straight to GIF

giffify.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  shot_path=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S).mp4
else
  shot_path="$*"
fi

# Enable show taps on screen
adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:show_touches --bind value:i:1

adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command enter
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e mobile show -e datatype lte -e level 4
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command battery -e level 100 -e plugged false
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e wifi show -e level 4
# Tweak this if you want the clock to changed
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command clock -e hhmm 0900
# Remove this if you want notifications to be availalbe
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command notifications -e visible false

echo "When finished press CTRL-C"

adb shell screenrecord --bit-rate 6000000 /sdcard/Movies/$shot_path

echo "** Trapped CTRL-C"
echo "** Downloading screencast"
sleep 2

adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit

# Disable show taps on screen
adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:show_touches --bind value:i:0

adb pull /sdcard/Movies/$shot_path .
adb shell rm /sdcard/Movies/$shot_path

giffify.py $shot_path -f 15 -dh 700
rm $shot_path

adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit

echo "Finished!"

Note this needs giffify from http://bit.ly/get-giffify to work :)