feat: scale screenshots natively via mobilecli, drop sips/imagemagick by gmegidish · Pull Request #418 · mobile-next/mobile-mcp

gmegidish · 2026-09-01T13:59:39Z

mobilecli screenshot now supports --max-size, --scale, --format and --quality, so image scaling/conversion happens natively on-device instead of shelling out to sips or ImageMagick.

Changes

Robot.getScreenshot accepts optional ScreenshotOptions (format, quality, scale, maxSize); MobileDevice passes them through to mobilecli. Legacy robots ignore the options and return a full-size png (detected by magic bytes).
mobile_take_screenshot: new optional maxSize (default 1024) and scale params. Removed the device.info scale-based downscaling.
mobile_save_screenshot: new optional maxSize and scale params (no default, full size). Saves an actual jpeg when the filename ends with .jpg/.jpeg.
Deleted src/image-utils.ts — no more sips/ImageMagick dependency.

Test plan

build + lint pass
unit tests pass (device-integration failures pre-exist on main)
verified on iPhone 17 Pro simulator: take_screenshot defaults to 1024 jpeg; save_screenshot full-size jpeg; save_screenshot with maxSize=128 → 59x128 jpeg

- add maxSize/scale/format/quality options to Robot.getScreenshot, passed through to mobilecli screenshot (--max-size, --scale, --format, --quality) - mobile_take_screenshot: new maxSize (default 1024) and scale params, remove device.info scale-based downscaling - mobile_save_screenshot: new maxSize and scale params, saves real jpeg when filename is .jpg/.jpeg - delete image-utils.ts (sips/imagemagick no longer needed)

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The public screenshot API now accepts format, quality, scale, and maximum-size options. Mobile devices forward these options, including explicit zero values. Server handlers validate the options, apply maximum-size precedence and defaults, and validate JPEG or PNG responses. Screenshot size telemetry fields were removed.

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Screenshot capture now forwards format, quality, scale, and maximum-size options to native mobile handling, including explicit zero values. The stated build, lint, unit, and screenshot behavior checks indicate no outstanding merge-readiness risk.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary changes: native screenshot scaling through mobilecli and removal of sips/ImageMagick.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the screenshot API changes, native scaling and conversion, removed image utilities, compatibility behavior, and test results.
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In `@src/mobile-device.ts`:
- Around line 162-163: Update the option checks in the relevant
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scale, and maxSize, so explicitly supplied zero values are forwarded. Add
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- Around line 74-75: Update the getScreenshot documentation and return contract
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behavior accurately reflects the supported output transformations.

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- Line 741: Update the screenshot-saving flow around robot.getScreenshot to
inspect the returned image signature before writing; when the requested saveTo
path ends in .jpg or .jpeg but the data is PNG, throw an ActionableError
instructing the caller to use a .png path, while preserving valid JPEG and PNG
handling.
- Around line 730-731: Update both screenshot tool schemas in src/server.ts at
lines 730-731 and 754-755 to validate maxSize as strictly positive and scale
within the exclusive lower bound 0 and inclusive upper bound 1. Apply the
constraints to both corresponding schema definitions so invalid values cannot
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coderabbitai · 2026-09-01T14:04:27Z

+	 * Robots that support it may honor options (format, quality, scale);
+	 * others ignore them and return a full-size PNG.


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Update the getScreenshot return contract.

Line 74 omits maxSize. The preceding documentation still promises a full-size PNG. JPEG, scaling, and maximum-size options invalidate that promise.

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- Line 731: Align sizing behavior between mobile_save_screenshot and
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mobile_take_screenshot downscales by default since mobile-next#418 but returned only the image. A model reads a position off the smaller image and taps it in full-size screen coordinates, so every screenshot-derived tap lands short. The tool result now carries a text block ahead of the image that states the screenshot size, the screen size, and the multiplier to apply before tapping. When both agree it says so. When either size is unknown the text is omitted rather than risk a wrong instruction. Screenshot dimensions are read from the image bytes: png through the existing PNG class, jpeg through a small SOF-marker parser (baseline and progressive). Screen dimensions come from getScreenSize, which is already the space taps use, so iOS points vs pixels needs no special casing. Closes #29, closes mobile-next#163.

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gmegidish mentioned this pull request Sep 1, 2026

fix: resolve mobilecli binary from scoped @mobilenext packages #419

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fix: forward explicitly supplied zero-valued screenshot options

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mobile-kevin mentioned this pull request Sep 10, 2026

fix: return coordinate mapping with every screenshot #440

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		* others ignore them and return a full-size PNG.

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