Rendering to file
It would be a nice feature to render the shader output to a file (only an image, or even a video). It is possible to capture the output with screenshot or screen recording but with low-fps shaders the video will be lagging.
Good idea. Images are probably simple because the thumbnails are generated from shader output already. Have a look at ShaderRenderer::saveThumbnail(). So that would require only some UI.
To capture video output, an additional library would be required (like jcodec). And it probably will have an impact on performance too. But it's still a nice idea.
Oh, I just learned MediaMuxer is available from API level 18. That may be an interesting option too.
That's great news! It would be nice to set a length for the rendering too (seconds or frames).
How is this issue going? Will there be any news on this?It would be a really nice feature!
Yes, I know, but unfortunately I didn't had the time yet. It's still on the list.