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Summary

Implements the clip parameter that was already declared in the OpenRPC spec for device.screenshot but never implemented. Clipping crops the screenshot to a rectangle given in screen points (the same units as dump.ui bounds), mapped to pixels using the device's reported screen width, and is applied before scale/maxSize.

  • mobilecli screenshot --clip x,y,width,height
  • JSON-RPC: device.screenshot with "clip": {"x", "y", "width", "height"} (matches the published OpenRPC spec)
  • Remote devices forward clip to the remote server
  • Rects partially outside the screen are clamped (UI hierarchy bounds can overhang); fully outside returns an error

Primary consumer: mobilewright's locator.screenshot(), which will pass element bounds as clip and drop its sharp dependency.

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  • New Features

    • Added optional screenshot clipping with --clip x,y,width,height.
    • Supports screen-point coordinates across supported devices and screenshot interfaces.
    • Applies cropping before resizing and encoding.
    • Automatically clamps partially out-of-bounds clipping regions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Invalid, incomplete, non-positive, or fully out-of-bounds clipping values now return errors.
    • Preserved existing screenshot behavior when clipping is not requested.

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Walkthrough

The screenshot workflow now accepts optional x,y,width,height screen-point coordinates. The rectangle travels through request handling and device layers. Image processing converts coordinates to pixels, clamps bounds, crops before resizing, and validates invalid rectangles.

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Screenshot clipping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Request parsing and propagation
cli/screenshot.go, cli/screenshot_test.go, server/server.go, commands/screenshot.go, devices/common.go, devices/ios.go, devices/remote.go, devices/simulator.go
The CLI and server accept clip rectangles. Commands validate screen dimensions and pass clipping options through device implementations.
Pixel cropping and resize ordering
utils/image.go, utils/image_test.go
ProcessScreenshot converts screen points to pixels, clamps bounds, crops before resizing, and validates invalid rectangles. Tests cover cropping, scaling order, clamping, and errors.
Android capture integration
devices/android.go, agents/android/java/Screenshot.java
Android dex capture accepts clip arguments. The Java screenshot tool parses, validates, clamps, and applies bitmap cropping before scaling.

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The screenshot cropping change is merge-ready after normal checks and review; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant ScreenshotCommand
  participant ScreenshotDevice
  participant ProcessScreenshot
  CLI->>ScreenshotCommand: x,y,width,height clip
  ScreenshotCommand->>ScreenshotDevice: Validated clip and screen width
  ScreenshotDevice->>ProcessScreenshot: Screenshot bytes and options
  ProcessScreenshot-->>ScreenshotDevice: Cropped and encoded image
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In `@cli/screenshot.go`:
- Line 36: Update the clip parsing around fmt.Sscanf in parseScreenshotClip to
reject any trailing fields or characters after the four comma-separated
coordinates, while still requiring exactly four completely parsed values. Extend
TestParseScreenshotClip with trailing-data cases such as an extra field and a
suffix character.

In `@devices/android.go`:
- Line 277: Update takeScreenshotWithDex to apply opts.Clip using
opts.ScreenWidthPoints before passing the screenshot through scaling and
max-size processing; ensure the existing opts.Format, opts.Quality, opts.Scale,
and opts.MaxSize behavior remains unchanged.
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Comment thread devices/android.go
return nil, err
}
return utils.ProcessScreenshot(data, opts.Format, opts.Quality, opts.Scale, opts.MaxSize)
return utils.ProcessScreenshot(data, opts.Format, opts.Quality, opts.Scale, opts.MaxSize, opts.Clip, opts.ScreenWidthPoints)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

ast-grep outline devices/android.go --items all --match 'takeScreenshotWithDex|TakeScreenshot'
rg -n -A80 -B10 'func \(d \*AndroidDevice\) takeScreenshotWithDex\b|opts\.Clip|ScreenWidthPoints|clip' devices/android.go

Repository: mobile-next/mobilecli

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- ScreenshotOptions and ProcessScreenshot bindings ---'
rg -n -A35 -B10 'type ScreenshotOptions|func ProcessScreenshot|ProcessScreenshot\(' --glob '*.go' .

printf '%s\n' '--- Embedded Screenshot implementation ---'
fd -i 'Screenshot' agents --type f -x sh -c 'echo "--- $1"; wc -l "$1"; rg -n -A100 -B15 "class Screenshot|--clip|clip|scale|max-size|quality|format" "$1"' sh {}

Repository: mobile-next/mobilecli

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Apply opts.Clip in the Dex screenshot path

takeScreenshotWithDex forwards only format, quality, scale, and max-size. Screenshot.main resizes immediately after capture and has no crop step. Successful Dex captures therefore ignore opts.Clip; apply the clip using ScreenWidthPoints before scaling and max-size processing.

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In `@devices/android.go` at line 277, Update takeScreenshotWithDex to apply
opts.Clip using opts.ScreenWidthPoints before passing the screenshot through
scaling and max-size processing; ensure the existing opts.Format, opts.Quality,
opts.Scale, and opts.MaxSize behavior remains unchanged.

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gmegidish merged commit 011dfb4 into main Sep 1, 2026
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gmegidish deleted the feat/screenshot-clip branch September 1, 2026 15:50
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