How can I take a screenshot of a selected area of phone-screen not by any program but from code?
Here is the code that allowed my screenshot to be stored on an SD card and used later for whatever your needs are:
First, you need to add a proper permission to save the file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
And this is the code (running in an Activity):
private void takeScreenshot() {
Date now = new Date();
android.text.format.DateFormat.format("yyyy-MM-dd_hh:mm:ss", now);
try {
// image naming and path to include sd card appending name you choose for file
String mPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/" + now + ".jpg";
// create bitmap screen capture
View v1 = getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView();
v1.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(v1.getDrawingCache());
v1.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
File imageFile = new File(mPath);
FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(imageFile);
int quality = 100;
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, quality, outputStream);
outputStream.flush();
outputStream.close();
openScreenshot(imageFile);
} catch (Throwable e) {
// Several error may come out with file handling or DOM
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
And this is how you can open the recently generated image:
private void openScreenshot(File imageFile) {
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(imageFile);
intent.setDataAndType(uri, "image/*");
startActivity(intent);
}
If you want to use this on fragment view then use:
View v1 = getActivity().getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView();
instead of
View v1 = getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView();
on takeScreenshot() function
Note:
This solution doesn't work if your dialog contains a surface view. For details please check the answer to the following question: