Getting started
Installationโ
Install the CLI with:
curl https://get.flashlight.dev/ | bash
Simple usageโ
๐ Plug-in an Android device to your computer. Open any app.
Then the simplest way to get started is to use our Flipper plugin or use the measure
command:
1. Run the measure commandโ
flashlight measure
Do things in your app, then press w
.
A JSON file full of performance measures will be written for you.
2. Open the web reportโ
From this JSON file, you can generate a full web report with your performance score
flashlight report <your results.json>
See more on how to customize reports, generate comparison views... here .
Going furtherโ
You might have noticed that your performance score is completely dependent on how you use your app, and might change quite a bit.
Performance measures are usually not deterministic, the best way to combat this is to:
- run several iterations and average results
- automate user behavior
But let's face it, that's just super cumbersome to do!
Luckily we got you covered:
check out the test command to do this automatically for you!