Procedure

1. Open Graphics Analyzer.
2. Click Open the Device Manager .
3. In the Android tab, choose which device you want to connect to.
4. Choose the application that you want to capture from the list of available options.
   Figure 3-1 Connect to your Android device in the Device Manager

   

   
   
   
5. Select the required API.
6. Click Start Capture.
   Results: Graphics Analyzer connects to your device and installs the layer driver and daemon application that it uses to communicate with it. When the connection is established, the Device Manager closes and the live capture is shown.
7. Optionally, select a preset configuration, or choose which API assets are captured.
   Figure 3-2 Trace Config dialog

   

   
   
   

   As you enable more asset types, the application runs slower, more memory is required, and the generated capture file is larger. See 3.4 Configure tracing assets for more information.

8. Perform your test scenario on the device. Graphics Analyzer displays the data it receives from the device.
9. When you see a problem area in the capture:
   • Use the pause, step, and play buttons to locate a frame that you want to analyze more closely. See 3.5 Pause, step frames, and resume.
   • To capture the framebuffer output at the current frame, click the camera icon. See 3.6 Capturing framebuffer content.
   • Capture extra frame data by enabling overdraw, shader map, or fragment count modes, then click the camera icon to collect the data. Learn more about these modes in Chapter 4 Analyzing your capture.
10. When you have captured the data you need, click Stop tracing .
    Results: The frames are listed in the Trace Outline view. To identify the type of frame capture you performed, an icon is shown next to the frames when you have captured extra data.
11. To show only the frames where you have captured extra data, select the Show Only Frames With Features Enabled check box.
    Figure 3-3 Show only frames with features enabled

    

    
    
    
12. Expand a frame to see the render passes and draw calls within it. Select frames, renderpasses, and draw calls to explore their data using the different data views. See Chapter 5 The Graphics Analyzer interface for more information about the views.