Take screenshot of device screen like home screen,menu screen in android

Asked Aug 17 '16 at 12:58

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I have used this code to take screenshot of my layout:

public static Bitmap screenshot(View v){

    Bitmap b=Bitmap.createBitmap(v.getWidth(),v.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas c=new Canvas(b);
    v.draw(c);
    return b;
}

But it takes screenshot of views only.So my question how can I take screenshot of device screen e.g. home screen,menu screen,etc.I had searched about it but all is about taking screenshot of a view.how can I take screenshot of outside my app.

asked Aug 17 '16 at 12:58

Sandeep Moolya

Possible duplicate of [How to programmatically take a screenshot in Android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2661536/how-to-programmatically-take-a-screenshot-in-android) – Bryan Aug 17 '16 at 13:03
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Use [the media projection APIs](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/projection/MediaProjectionManager.html) on Android 5.0+. – CommonsWare Aug 17 '16 at 13:03
This is not possible to do this using regular API – Vyacheslav Aug 17 '16 at 13:04
@Bryan hi I had gone through these questions these codes can take screenshot within the app only not device screen – Sandeep Moolya Aug 17 '16 at 13:10
@CommonsWare hi This is actually a better way but my minimum api is 17 and it requires 23 – Sandeep Moolya Aug 17 '16 at 13:10
The media projection APIs are available starting with API Level 21. There is no means of doing this prior to API Level 21, outside of rooted devices. – CommonsWare Aug 17 '16 at 13:11
ok is it possible to use media projection api in app having minimum api17 – Sandeep Moolya Aug 17 '16 at 13:12
No, the media projection APIs are only available starting with API Level 21. – CommonsWare Aug 17 '16 at 13:12
so are there any other solution – Sandeep Moolya Aug 17 '16 at 13:14

Take screenshot of device screen like home screen,menu screen in android

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