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I have a requirement that I have to take a screenshot of the current window in android. This is the code am using, 

View rootView = getWindow().getDecorView().findViewById(android.R.id.content);
View screenView = rootView.getRootView();
screenView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(screenView.getDrawingCache());
screenView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

by using this I could get the application screen shot, but the status bar contents are missing (bluetooth icon, battery status etc). How can I take a screenshot of the current Android phone window programmatically (including status bar contents)? Is it possible?

Ronak Thakkar
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On Android 5.0+, use the media projection APIs to take a screenshot of the device screen. See this sample app, as the process is somewhat involved.

On older Android devices, there is no support for programmatic screenshots of the device screen.

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  • @AndroidDev: The media projection APIs definitely work on Android 8.0 and higher. – CommonsWare Dec 28 '19 at 14:42
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    @AndroidDev: Note that I updated the link to [a newer version of that sample](https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-omnibus/tree/FINAL/MediaProjection/andshooter), which I am fairly certain works on Android 8.0. – CommonsWare Dec 28 '19 at 14:55