How to take a good quality screenshot on emulator?

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I don't have a tablet but I wanted to take screenshots from the emulator for display in Google Play. I did that using Eclipse (using the method given in the top answer here How to take emulator screenshots using Eclipse?) but the screenshots are not good quality: the image is broken (some areas are kind of shifted) in at least one spot each time I take a screenshot.

Is there any better way to do it?

try deleting the avd and create a new one – Raghunandan Oct 23 '13 at 14:27 — Raghunandan, Oct 23 '13 at 14:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 14:26

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I would use the DDMS shipped with ADT (also listed as Debug monitor) and choose the device and app, then click that camera icon. It creates very good looking screenshots.

I also got some rendering errors with the emulator... It's best with actual devices. You can also try if other images/emulators perform better.

answered Oct 23 '13 at 14:26

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That's what I did but it had problems described. – Szymon Oct 23 '13 at 14:28
Download GenyMotion Software you will have the real device effect for android emulator – Venkatesh S Oct 23 '13 at 14:31
Not sure, on the real device I took screenshots using other methods (I have Samsung galaxy and take screenshots by pressing home and power). That works well. – Szymon Oct 23 '13 at 14:32
@Szymon: Try the emulator I linked to. Even though it requires registration (what for?) and is a bit slower than the ADT emulator for me, it got some cool features. It's worth a try! – tilpner Oct 23 '13 at 14:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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According to this answer that is an emulator issue. To solve this, you need to enable the 'use host GPU' setting when creating an emulator, according to another answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Oct 23 '13 at 14:29

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How to take a good quality screenshot on emulator?

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