How can I take screen shots from running video in Android

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I have developed an application in android which contains videos. Now I want to take screen shots from that running video. Is anybody having any idea regarding this thing.

Pleas provide some example code or links.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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Try android-screenshot-library

these links may help you

it worked for me

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Jun 06 '12 at 11:24

Sachchidanand

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '12 at 09:22

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What you need is using MediaPlayer. Put SurfaceView to your layout and provide it to the MediaPlayer. After the playback is begun you will be able to get snapshot from SurfaceView.

answered Mar 15 '12 at 09:22

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 18 '13 at 06:13

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If you want to take the screenshot of your full screen (with status bar and all) you cannot do that programatically unless you have a rooted phone. If you want the screenshot of your app only, then you can. If you don't want it programatically, then you can-

Go to "Devices" view in eclipse and you have a screenshot (camera like) button there. You can find it from from Window -> Show View.

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Avadhani Y

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answered Mar 15 '12 at 09:23

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Thanks for the replay. i want do problematically please provide any code are links. – Chandu Mar 15 '12 at 09:35

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 15 '12 at 09:21

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Assume your video view is inside a linearlayout, you can try:

            linearlayout.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
            linearlayout.buildDrawingCache();
            Bitmap bm = linearlayout.getDrawingCache();

answered Mar 15 '12 at 09:21

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Tried and got only a black image. Videos wont display using this method. Works great for images and text. – Curious Mind Dec 21 '17 at 18:33

How can I take screen shots from running video in Android

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