diff --git a/ci/firebase_testlab.py b/ci/firebase_testlab.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c66f58ed4025c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/firebase_testlab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import argparse
+import glob
+import re
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+buildroot_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(script_dir, '..', '..'))
+out_dir = os.path.join(buildroot_dir, 'out')
+bucket = 'gs://flutter_firebase_testlab'
+error_re = re.compile('[EF]/flutter')
+
+
+def RunFirebaseTest(apk, results_dir):
+  try:
+    # game-loop tests are meant for OpenGL apps.
+    # This type of test will give the application a handle to a file, and
+    # we'll write the timeline JSON to that file.
+    # See https://firebase.google.com/docs/test-lab/android/game-loop
+    # Pixel 4. As of this commit, this is a highly available device in FTL.
+    subprocess.check_output([
+        'gcloud',
+        '--project', 'flutter-infra',
+        'firebase', 'test', 'android', 'run',
+        '--type', 'game-loop',
+        '--app', apk,
+        '--timeout', '2m',
+        '--results-bucket', bucket,
+        '--results-dir', results_dir,
+        '--device', 'model=flame,version=29',
+    ])
+  except subprocess.CalledProcessError as ex:
+    print(ex.output)
+    # Recipe will retry return codes from firebase that indicate an infra
+    # failure.
+    sys.exit(ex.returncode)
+
+
+def CheckLogcat(results_dir):
+  logcat = subprocess.check_output([
+      'gsutil', 'cat', '%s/%s/*/logcat' % (bucket, results_dir)
+  ])
+
+  logcat_match = error_re.match(logcat)
+  if logcat_match:
+    print('Errors in logcat:')
+    print(logcat_match)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def CheckTimeline(results_dir):
+  du = subprocess.check_output([
+      'gsutil', 'du',
+      '%s/%s/*/game_loop_results/results_scenario_0.json' % (bucket, results_dir)
+  ]).strip()
+  if du == '0':
+    print('Failed to produce a timeline.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def main():
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument('--variant', dest='variant', action='store',
+      default='android_profile_arm64', help='The engine variant to run tests for.')
+  parser.add_argument('--build-id',
+      default=os.environ.get('SWARMING_TASK_ID', 'local_test'),
+      help='A unique build identifier for this test. Used to sort results in the GCS bucket.')
+
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+
+  apks_dir = os.path.join(out_dir, args.variant, 'firebase_apks')
+  apks = glob.glob('%s/*.apk' % apks_dir)
+
+  if not apks:
+    print('No APKs found at %s' % apks_dir)
+    return 1
+
+  git_revision = subprocess.check_output(
+      ['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'], cwd=script_dir).strip()
+
+  for apk in apks:
+    results_dir = '%s/%s/%s' % (os.path.basename(apk), git_revision, args.build_id)
+
+    RunFirebaseTest(apk, results_dir)
+    CheckLogcat(results_dir)
+    # scenario_app produces a timeline, but the android image test does not.
+    if 'scenario' in apk:
+      CheckTimeline(results_dir)
+
+  return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/ci/firebase_testlab.sh b/ci/firebase_testlab.sh
index 9bd8f10074a1f..38bb393626d22 100755
--- a/ci/firebase_testlab.sh
+++ b/ci/firebase_testlab.sh
@@ -4,45 +4,10 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
-set -e
-
-APP="$1"
-if [[ -z "$APP" ]]; then
-  echo "Application must be specified as the first argument to the script."
-  exit 255
-fi
-
-if [[ ! -f "$APP" ]]; then
-  echo "File '$APP' not found."
-  exit 255
-fi
+# TODO(dnfield): delete this script once recipes point to the python version.
 
-GIT_REVISION="${2:-$(git rev-parse HEAD)}"
-BUILD_ID="${3:-$SWARMING_TASK_ID}"
-
-# Run the test.
-# game-loop tests are meant for OpenGL apps.
-# This type of test will give the application a handle to a file, and
-# we'll write the timeline JSON to that file.
-# See https://firebase.google.com/docs/test-lab/android/game-loop
-# Pixel 4. As of this commit, this is a highly available device in FTL.
-gcloud --project flutter-infra firebase test android run \
-  --type game-loop \
-  --app "$APP" \
-  --timeout 2m \
-  --results-bucket=gs://flutter_firebase_testlab \
-  --results-dir="engine_scenario_test/$GIT_REVISION/$BUILD_ID" \
-  --device model=flame,version=29
+set -e
 
-errors=$(gsutil cat gs://flutter_firebase_testlab/engine_scenario_test/$GIT_REVISION/$BUILD_ID/\*/logcat | grep "[FE]/flutter" | true)
-if [[ ! -z $errors ]]; then
-  echo "Errors detected in logcat:"
-  echo "$errors"
-  exit 1
-fi
+CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-result_size=$(gsutil du gs://flutter_firebase_testlab/engine_scenario_test/$GIT_REVISION/$BUILD_ID/\*/game_loop_results/results_scenario_0.json | cut -d " " -f1)
-if [[ $result_size == "0" ]]; then
-  echo "Failed to produce a timeline."
-  exit 1
-fi
+python $CURRENT_DIR/firebase_testlab.py
diff --git a/testing/scenario_app/android/BUILD.gn b/testing/scenario_app/android/BUILD.gn
index 0cf5ae1fee033..e2acd01b58310 100644
--- a/testing/scenario_app/android/BUILD.gn
+++ b/testing/scenario_app/android/BUILD.gn
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import("//flutter/testing/scenario_app/runtime_mode.gni")
 
-action("android") {
+action("build_apk") {
   script = "run_gradle.py"
 
   inputs = [ "$root_out_dir/flutter.jar" ]
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ action("android") {
     "//flutter/testing/scenario_app:scenario_app_snapshot",
   ]
 }
+
+copy("android") {
+  sources = get_target_outputs(":build_apk")
+  outputs = [ "$root_out_dir/firebase_apks/scenario_app.apk" ]
+  deps = [ ":build_apk" ]
+}