Android taking Screen shots through code.

In this blog i ll show you how to take screen shots Pragmatically (Through Code) without using DDMS view.

Screen 1) When you click this Munch Screen Button the whole view of this Activity will save into BittmapDrawab

 Screen 2) Final Screen shots

/** layout */

screen_shots.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"
    >
<Button
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/munch"
    android:id="@+id/munchscreen"
    />
  <ImageView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/screenshots"
    android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"
    />
 
</LinearLayout>

/** Activity Class */

CaptureScreenShots.java

package com.screen.shots;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

public class CaptureScreenShots extends Activity {
    LinearLayout L1;
    ImageView image;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.screen_shots);
         L1 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.LinearLayout01);
            Button but = (Button) findViewById(R.id.munchscreen);
            but.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
               
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    View v1 = L1.getRootView();
                    v1.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
                    Bitmap bm = v1.getDrawingCache();
                    BitmapDrawable bitmapDrawable = new BitmapDrawable(bm);
                    image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.screenshots);
                    image.setBackgroundDrawable(bitmapDrawable);
                }
            });
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.screen_shots, menu);
        return true;
    }

}

/** values/strings.xml */

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources>

    <string name="app_name">ScreenShots</string>
    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
    <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
    <string name="munch">Munch Screen</string>

</resources>

You can download Source code here