Screenshot Capture Examples

A step by step Screenshot Capture example.

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Let us look at a full Screenshot Capture Example below.

Step 1. Our Android Manifest

We will need to look at our AndroidManifest.xml.

(a). AndroidManifest.xml

Our AndroidManifest file.

Here we will add the following permission:

Our INTERNET permission.
Our WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Our READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

Here is the full Android Manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    package="com.alialfayed.testsharescreen">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />


    <application
          android:allowBackup="true"
          android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
          android:supportsRtl="true"
          android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
        tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning">
          <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
               <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
               </intent-filter>
          </activity>
     </application>

</manifest>

Step 2. Design Layouts

Let's create the following layouts:

(a). activity_main.xml

Our activity_main layout.

Inside your /res/layout/ directory create an xml layout file named activity_main.xml and add the following:

androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
TextView
Button

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     tools:context=".MainActivity">

     <TextView
          android:id="@+id/textView"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="Hello World!"
          app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
          app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
          app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
          app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

     <Button
          android:id="@+id/btnScreenShot"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
          android:text="ScreenShot"
          app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@+id/textView"
          app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/textView"
          app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Step 3. Write Code

Finally we need to write our code as follows:

(a). MainActivity.kt

Our MainActivity class.

Create a Kotlin file named MainActivity.kt.

We will then add imports from android SDK and other packages. Here are some of the imports we will use in this class:

Manifest from the android package.
Intent from the android.content package.
PackageManager from the android.content.pm package.
Bitmap from the android.graphics package.
Canvas from the android.graphics package.
Uri from the android.net package.
Bundle from the android.os package.
Log from the android.util package.
View from the android.view package.
AppCompatActivity from the androidx.appcompat.app package.
ActivityCompat from the androidx.core.app package.
ContextCompat from the androidx.core.content package.
* from the kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main package.

Next create a class that derives from AppCompatActivity and add its contents as follows:

We will be overriding the following functions:

onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?).

We will be creating the following methods:

saveBitmap(parameter) - Let's pass a Bitmap object as a parameter.
screenShot(parameter) - This function will take a View object as a parameter.
checkPermission(parameter) - This function will take a String object as a parameter.
takePermission().

(a). Our takePermission() function

Write the takePermission() function as follows:

    fun takePermission() {
        val arrayPermission = arrayOf(
            Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
            , Manifest.permission.INTERNET, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
        )
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, arrayPermission, PERMISSIONCODE)
    }

(b). Our screenShot() function

Write the screenShot() function as follows:

    private fun screenShot(view: View): Bitmap {
        val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.width, view.height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888)
        val canvas = Canvas(bitmap)
        view.draw(canvas)
        return bitmap
    }

(c). Our checkPermission() function

Write the checkPermission() function as follows:

    fun checkPermission(permission: String): Boolean {
        val check: Int = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission)
        return (check == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
    }

(d). Our saveBitmap() function

Write the saveBitmap() function as follows:

    private fun saveBitmap(bm: Bitmap): File {
//        val path: String =   Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().absolutePath.toString() + "/Screenshots"
        val path: String = this.getExternalFilesDir(null)!!.absolutePath.toString() + "/Screenshots"

        val dir = File(path)
        if (!dir.exists()) dir.mkdirs()
        val file = File(dir, "mantis_image.png")
        try {
            val fOut = FileOutputStream(file)
            bm.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, fOut)
            fOut.flush()
            fOut.close()
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            e.printStackTrace()
        }
        return file
    }

Here is the full code:

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.Manifest
import android.content.Intent
import android.content.pm.PackageManager
import android.graphics.Bitmap
import android.graphics.Canvas
import android.net.Uri
import android.os.Bundle
import android.util.Log
import android.view.View
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
import java.io.File
import java.io.FileOutputStream


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    private val PERMISSIONCODE: Int = 0


    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        btnScreenShot.setOnClickListener {
            if (checkPermission(Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
                || checkPermission(Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
                || checkPermission(Manifest.permission.INTERNET)
            ) {
                //            val view: View = this.window.decorView
                val bm: Bitmap = screenShot(this.window.decorView)
                val file: File = saveBitmap(bm)
                Log.i("chase", "filepath: " + file.absolutePath)
                val uri: Uri = Uri.fromFile(File(file.absolutePath))
                val shareIntent = Intent()
                shareIntent.action = Intent.ACTION_SEND
                shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Check out my app.")
                shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri)
                shareIntent.type = "image/*"
                shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
                startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "share via"))

            } else {
                takePermission()
            }

        }

    }

    private fun saveBitmap(bm: Bitmap): File {
//        val path: String =   Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().absolutePath.toString() + "/Screenshots"
        val path: String = this.getExternalFilesDir(null)!!.absolutePath.toString() + "/Screenshots"

        val dir = File(path)
        if (!dir.exists()) dir.mkdirs()
        val file = File(dir, "mantis_image.png")
        try {
            val fOut = FileOutputStream(file)
            bm.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, fOut)
            fOut.flush()
            fOut.close()
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            e.printStackTrace()
        }
        return file
    }

    private fun screenShot(view: View): Bitmap {
        val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.width, view.height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888)
        val canvas = Canvas(bitmap)
        view.draw(canvas)
        return bitmap
    }


    // Check checkPermission
    fun checkPermission(permission: String): Boolean {
        val check: Int = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission)
        return (check == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
    }


    // take Permission
    fun takePermission() {
        val arrayPermission = arrayOf(
            Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
            , Manifest.permission.INTERNET, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
        )
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, arrayPermission, PERMISSIONCODE)
    }


}

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Screenshot Capture Examples

Take And Share ScreenShot

Step 1. Our Android Manifest

Step 2. Design Layouts

Step 3. Write Code

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