App-driven profiling

   dependencies {
       implementation("androidx.tracing:tracing-ktx:2.0.5")
       implementation("androidx.core:core:1.19.1")
   }
   

   dependencies {
       implementation 'androidx.tracing:tracing-ktx:2.0.5'
       implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.19.1'
   }
   

@RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.VANILLA_ICE_CREAM)
@Composable
fun ProfiledScreen(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
    // Use the application context: requestProfiling resolves the ProfilingManager
    // system service from it, so there's no reason to hand it a short-lived Activity.
    val appContext = LocalContext.current.applicationContext
    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()

    Button(
        onClick = {
            // Run the orchestration off the main thread. Profiling a heavy operation
            // on the UI thread would freeze the UI (ANR) and distort the very metrics
            // you're trying to capture.
            //
            // Note: this scope is tied to composition. If the user leaves this screen
            // mid-session, the coroutine is cancelled and stopSignal.cancel() might not
            // run, but setDurationMs() acts as a safety net and ends the profile.
            scope.launch(Dispatchers.Default) {
                val callbackExecutor = Dispatchers.IO.asExecutor()
                val resultCallback = Consumer<ProfilingResult> { profilingResult ->
                    if (profilingResult.errorCode == ProfilingResult.ERROR_NONE) {
                        Log.d("ProfileTest", "Result file: ${profilingResult.resultFilePath}")
                    } else {
                        // errorMessage explains the failure (e.g., rate limiting); keep it.
                        Log.e(
                            "ProfileTest",
                            "Profiling failed errorCode=${profilingResult.errorCode} " +
                                "errorMessage=${profilingResult.errorMessage}"
                        )
                    }
                }

                val stopSignal = CancellationSignal()
                val requestBuilder = SystemTraceRequestBuilder().apply {
                    setCancellationSignal(stopSignal)
                    setTag("FOO") // Caller-supplied tag for identification.
                    setDurationMs(60000) // Hard cap: ends the session if cancel() never fires.
                    setBufferFillPolicy(BufferFillPolicy.RING_BUFFER)
                    setBufferSizeKb(32768)
                }

                // 1. Start the session. This is asynchronous system IPC. The tracing
                //    engine takes a moment to start and allocate buffers.
                requestProfiling(appContext, requestBuilder.build(), callbackExecutor, resultCallback)

                // 2. The API exposes no "profiling started" signal, so pad with a short,
                //    best-effort delay before running the code you care about. This is
                //    approximate. Increase it on slower or heavily loaded devices.
                delay(STARTUP_PADDING_MS)

                // 3. The session is already recording every thread in your app. This slice
                //    doesn't scope what's captured. It just labels this region of the
                //    timeline so heavyOperation() is easier to find. trace { } closes the
                //    section even if the block throws.

                trace("MyApp:HeavyOperation") {
                    heavyOperation()
                }

                // 4. Stop recording. Until this fires or the setDurationMs() cap is
                //    reached (whichever comes first), the session keeps capturing app-wide
                //    activity.

                stopSignal.cancel()
            }
        }
    ) {
        Text("Run & Profile Heavy Operation")
    }
}

// Best-effort wait for the system trace engine to initialize before profiling.
// There is no deterministic start callback; tune this for your target devices.
private const val STARTUP_PADDING_MS = 100L

fun heavyOperation() {
    // Background computations to profile.
}
ProfilingManagerKotlinSnippets.kt

void sampleRecordSystemTrace(Context context) {
  // Use the application context: requestProfiling resolves the ProfilingManager
  // system service from it, so there's no reason to hand it a short-lived Activity.
  Context appContext = context.getApplicationContext();

  // Run the orchestration off the main thread. Profiling a heavy operation
  // on the UI thread would freeze the UI (ANR) and distort the very metrics
  // you're trying to capture.
  profilingExecutor.execute(() -> {
    Executor callbackExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
    Consumer<ProfilingResult> resultCallback = profilingResult -> {
      if (profilingResult.getErrorCode() == ProfilingResult.ERROR_NONE) {
        Log.d("ProfileTest", "Result file: " + profilingResult.getResultFilePath());
      } else {
        // errorMessage explains the failure (e.g., rate limiting); keep it.
        Log.e(
            "ProfileTest",
            "Profiling failed errorCode=" + profilingResult.getErrorCode()
                + " errorMessage=" + profilingResult.getErrorMessage());
      }
    };

    CancellationSignal stopSignal = new CancellationSignal();
    SystemTraceRequestBuilder requestBuilder = new SystemTraceRequestBuilder();
    requestBuilder.setCancellationSignal(stopSignal);
    requestBuilder.setTag("FOO"); // Caller-supplied tag for identification.
    requestBuilder.setDurationMs(60000); // Hard cap: ends the session if cancel() never fires.
    requestBuilder.setBufferFillPolicy(BufferFillPolicy.RING_BUFFER);
    requestBuilder.setBufferSizeKb(32768);

    // 1. Start the session. This is asynchronous system IPC. The tracing
    //    engine takes a moment to start and allocate buffers.
    Profiling.requestProfiling(
        appContext, requestBuilder.build(), callbackExecutor, resultCallback);

    // 2. The API exposes no "profiling started" signal, so pad with a short,
    //    best-effort delay before running the code you care about. This is
    //    approximate. Increase it on slower or heavily loaded devices.
    try {
      Thread.sleep(STARTUP_PADDING_MS);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
      stopSignal.cancel();
      return;
    }

    // 3. The session is already recording every thread in your app. This slice
    //    doesn't scope what's captured. It just labels this region of the
    //    timeline so heavyOperation() is easier to find. try/finally closes the
    //    section even if heavyOperation() throws.
    Trace.beginSection("MyApp:HeavyOperation");
    try {
      heavyOperation();
    } finally {
      Trace.endSection();
    }

    // 4. Stop recording. Until this fires or the setDurationMs() cap is
    //    reached (whichever comes first), the session keeps capturing app-wide
    //    activity.
    stopSignal.cancel();
  });
}

// Best-effort wait for the system trace engine to initialize before profiling.
// There is no deterministic start callback; tune this for your target devices.
private static final long STARTUP_PADDING_MS = 100L;

// Single background thread that runs the profiling orchestration.
private final ExecutorService profilingExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();

void heavyOperation() {
  // Background computations to profile.
}
ProfilingManagerJavaSnippets.java

val profilingManager = context.getSystemService(ProfilingManager::class.java)

// Pass a Bundle to customize the capture, or pass null for default settings.
val config = Bundle().apply {
    putInt("KEY_DURATION_MS", 15000) // 15 seconds
    putInt("KEY_SIZE_KB", 20480) // 20 MB buffer size

    // Collect sampled CPU call stacks alongside the system trace.
    putBoolean("KEY_COLLECT_STACK_SAMPLING", true)
    putInt("KEY_FREQUENCY_HZ", 100) // Sampling frequency in Hz
    // Optional: Set KEY_SAMPLE_BINDER_ONLY to true to sample only binder calls.
}
profilingManager?.requestProfiling(
    ProfilingManager.PROFILING_TYPE_SYSTEM_TRACE,
    config,
    "trace-with-callstacks",
    null,
    callbackExecutor,
    resultCallback
)
ProfilingManagerKotlinSnippets.kt

ProfilingManager profilingManager = context.getSystemService(ProfilingManager.class);
if (profilingManager == null) return;

// Pass a Bundle to customize the capture, or pass null for default settings.
Bundle config = new Bundle();
config.putInt("KEY_DURATION_MS", 15000); // 15 seconds
config.putInt("KEY_SIZE_KB", 20480); // 20 MB buffer size

// Collect sampled CPU call stacks alongside the system trace.
config.putBoolean("KEY_COLLECT_STACK_SAMPLING", true);
config.putInt("KEY_FREQUENCY_HZ", 100); // Sampling frequency in Hz
// Optional: Set KEY_SAMPLE_BINDER_ONLY to true to sample only binder calls.

profilingManager.requestProfiling(
    ProfilingManager.PROFILING_TYPE_SYSTEM_TRACE,
    config,
    "trace-with-callstacks",
    null,
    callbackExecutor,
    resultCallback
);
ProfilingManagerJavaSnippets.java

val heapDumpRequest = JavaHeapDumpRequestBuilder()
    .setTag("memory-leak-check")
    .build()

requestProfiling(
    appContext,
    heapDumpRequest,
    callbackExecutor,
    resultCallback
)
ProfilingManagerKotlinSnippets.kt

ProfilingRequest heapDumpRequest = new JavaHeapDumpRequestBuilder()
    .setTag("memory-leak-check")
    .build();

Profiling.requestProfiling(
    getApplicationContext(),
    heapDumpRequest,
    callbackExecutor,
    resultCallback
);
ProfilingManagerJavaSnippets.java