Recorda allows you to monitor and record the application usage in the background while it is being used. It runs in the background and receives callbacks from the system when AccessibilityEvents are fired. Such events denote some state transition in the GUI, for example, a button has been clicked. This service can be toggled on or off from the Accessibility menu in the device’s setting After the service is turned on, a new file will be created in sdcard.
The following shows an example of the first
10 lines of a usage log from AnyMemo app.
[ {"eventText":"[AnyMemo Free]","isEnable":"false","scrollY":"null","className":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo.MainTabs","eventType":"TYPE_WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED","eventTime":"138884","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo"},
{"isEnable":"false","resource-id":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo:id\/recent_open_list","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","isPassword":"false","scrollY":"-1","eventType":"TYPE_VIEW_SCROLLED","toIndex":"6","scrollX":"-1","currentItemIndex":"-1","fromIndex":"0","isChecked":"false","eventText":"[]","className":"android.widget.ListView","eventTime":"139066"},
{"isEnable":"false","fromIndex":"-1","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","isChecked":"false","eventText":"[Quiz Bowl - Art.db, Total:39 New:33 Rev:6]","isPassword":"false","scrollY":"null","className":"android.widget.LinearLayout","eventType":"TYPE_VIEW_CLICKED","eventTime":"146436","toIndex":"-1","itemCount":"-1","currentItemIndex":"-1"},
{"isEnable":"false","resource-id":"noneId","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","eventText":"[Please wait..., Loading database...]","scrollY":"null","className":"android.app.ProgressDialog","eventType":"TYPE_WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED","eventTime":"146823"},
{"eventText":"[New:33 Rev:6 ID:1 ]","isEnable":"false","scrollY":"null","className":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo.cardscreen.MemoScreen","eventType":"TYPE_WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED","eventTime":"146931","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo"},
{"isEnable":"false","resource-id":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo:id\/layout_question","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","isPassword":"false","scrollY":"null","eventType":"TYPE_VIEW_CLICKED","toIndex":"-1","currentItemIndex":"-1","fromIndex":"-1","isChecked":"false","eventText":"[Painter of \"The Scream\" \n]","className":"android.widget.LinearLayout","eventTime":"149932","itemCount":"-1"},
{"isEnable":"false","resource-id":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo:id\/layout_answer","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","isPassword":"false","scrollY":"null","eventType":"TYPE_VIEW_CLICKED","toIndex":"-1","currentItemIndex":"-1","fromIndex":"-1","isChecked":"false","eventText":"[Edvard Munch \n]","className":"android.widget.LinearLayout","eventTime":"153675","itemCount":"-1"},
{"isEnable":"false","resource-id":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo:id\/answer","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","isPassword":"false","scrollY":"null","eventType":"TYPE_VIEW_CLICKED","toIndex":"-1","currentItemIndex":"-1","fromIndex":"-1","isChecked":"false","eventText":"[Edvard Munch \n]","className":"android.widget.TextView","eventTime":"154866","itemCount":"-1"},
{"isEnable":"false","resource-id":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo:id\/answer","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","isPassword":"false","scrollY":"null","eventType":"TYPE_VIEW_CLICKED","toIndex":"-1","currentItemIndex":"-1","fromIndex":"-1","isChecked":"false","eventText":"[Edvard Munch \n]","className":"android.widget.TextView","eventTime":"155575","itemCount":"-1"},
{"isEnable":"false","resource-id":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo:id\/question","packageName":"org.liberty.android.fantastischmemo","isPassword":"false","scrollY":"null","eventType":"TYPE_VIEW_CLICKED","toIndex":"-1","currentItemIndex":"-1","fromIndex":"-1","isChecked":"false","eventText":"[Painter of \"The Scream\" \n]","className":"android.widget.TextView","eventTime":"156159","itemCount":"-1"} ]Simply clone this project and run on your phone or simulator.
- Make sure a SD card is inserted.
- Turn on recorda service in Accessibility menu in the device’s setting.
- Start excercising a target application.
- Retrieve the
usagelog.txtbyadb pull /sdcard/recorda_log.txtor open the file directly.
Recorda is released under MIT license.