I know I can get the screenshot of the entire screen using Graphics.CopyFromScreen(). However, what if I just want the screenshot of a specific application?

Get a screenshot of a specific application

I am creating a Beta Testers reporting module so they can send in thier comments on my software, but I would like to have the option to include a screenshot with the report. How do I take a screenshot of the screen with Python on Windows? I have found several examples on Linux, but haven&#39;t had much luck on Windows.

Get screenshot on Windows with Python?

I want to [take screenshots](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7092613/take-screenshots-in-the-ios-simulator?rq=1) of my iOS apps running from Xcode in the iPhone Simulator and iPad Simulator.

However, when I take screenshots, only the screen is captured. The device frame (which *is* shown on my desktop surrounding the iOS Simulator window) is not included in the screenshot.

How can I take screenshots of Xcode&#39;s iOS Simulator app and include the bounding hardware device frame?

Take iOS Simulator screenshots including device frame?

I need a way to take screenshots of my functional tests. Right now I&#39;m using Selenium 2 with C# bindings. I pretty much want to take a screenshot at the end of the test to make sure the desired page is displayed. Are there any particular tools you guys know of that I can incorporate into my C# code that will trigger a screenshot? I couldn&#39;t find a built-in Selenium 2 solution (without looking it over). 

Best way to take screenshots of tests in Selenium 2?

Background
--
Android got a new API on Kitkat and Lollipop, to video capture the screen. You can do it either via the ADB tool or via code (starting from Lollipop).

Ever since the new API was out, many apps came to that use this feature, allowing to record the screen, and Microsoft even made its own Google-Now-On-tap competitor app.

Using ADB, you can use:

    adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/video.mp4 

You can even do it from within Android Studio itself.

The problem
--
I can&#39;t find any tutorial or explanation about how to do it using the API, meaning in code.

What I&#39;ve found
--
The only place I&#39;ve found is the documentations ([**here**][1], under &quot;Screen capturing and sharing&quot;), telling me this:

&gt; Android 5.0 lets you add screen capturing and screen sharing
&gt; capabilities to your app with the new android.media.projection APIs.
&gt; This functionality is useful, for example, if you want to enable
&gt; screen sharing in a video conferencing app.
&gt; 
&gt; The new `createVirtualDisplay()` method allows your app to capture the
&gt; contents of the main screen (the default display) into a Surface
&gt; object, which your app can then send across the network. The API only
&gt; allows capturing non-secure screen content, and not system audio. To
&gt; begin screen capturing, your app must first request the user’s
&gt; permission by launching a screen capture dialog using an Intent
&gt; obtained through the `createScreenCaptureIntent()` method.
&gt; 
&gt; For an example of how to use the new APIs, see the MediaProjectionDemo
&gt; class in the sample project.

Thing is, I can&#39;t find any &quot;MediaProjectionDemo&quot; sample. Instead, I&#39;ve found &quot;Screen Capture&quot; sample, but I don&#39;t understand how it works, as when I&#39;ve run it, all I&#39;ve seen is a blinking screen and I don&#39;t think it saves the video to a file. The sample seems very buggy.

The questions
--
How do I perform those actions using the new API:

1. start recording, optionally including audio (mic/speaker/both).
2. stop recording
3. take a screenshot instead of video.

Also, how do I customize it (resolution, requested fps, colors, time...)?

  [1]: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#UI

How to record screen and take screenshots, using Android API?

I have saved some screenshots in the iPhone Simulator running iOS 5, but I can&#39;t find them. 

I had this problem before, and it took me frickin&#39; ages to find them in the file system. Is this so simple that I am just a dullard, or does no-one use this feature or what?

I know I can get the screenshots off my real phone, but I don&#39;t want retina screenshots - I want normal screenshots.

Where are iOS simulator screenshots stored?

Google&#39;s &quot;Report a Bug&quot; or &quot;Feedback Tool&quot; lets you select an area of your browser window to create a screenshot that is submitted with your feedback about a bug.


![Google Feedback Tool Screenshot][1]
&lt;sub&gt;*Screenshot by Jason Small, posted in a [duplicate question][2].* &lt;/sub&gt;

How are they doing this?  Google&#39;s JavaScript feedback API is loaded from [here](https://ssl.gstatic.com/feedback/api.js) and [their overview of the feedback module](http://www.google.com/tools/feedback/intl/en/learnmore.html) will demonstrate the screenshot capability.

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/CDhEi.png
  [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6608327/google-style-send-feedback

Using HTML5/Canvas/JavaScript to take in-browser screenshots

I&#39;m working on web application that needs to render a page and make a screenshot on the client (browser) side. 

I don&#39;t need the screenshot to be saved on the local HDD though, just kept it in RAM and send it to the application server later.

I researched:

1. BrowserShots alike services...
2. Mechanized browsers...
3. wkhtmltoimage...
4. Python WebKit2PNG...

But none of those gives me all I need, which is:

1. Processing at browser side (generate screenshot of page). Don&#39;t need to be saved on HDD! Just...
2. ...send image to Server for further processing.
3. Capturing whole page (not only visible part)

Eventually I came upon Google&#39;s Feedback Tool (click &quot;feedback&quot; on YouTube footer to see this). It contains [JavaScript for JPG encoding](http://code.google.com/p/closure-library/source/browse/trunk/third_party/closure/goog/jpeg_encoder/jpeg_encoder_basic.js?spec=svn463&amp;r=440) and two other huge scripts which I can&#39;t determine what exactly they do... 

But it&#39;s processed on the Client side - otherwise there would be no point putting this huge JPEG encoder in the code!

Anyone have any idea how did they made it / how I can make it?

Here is an example of the feedback (report a bug on some screens)

![Feedback/report bug example][1]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/9Wj0x.jpg

How to screenshot website in JavaScript client-side / how Google did it? (no need to access HDD)

I&#39;m running Firefox on a Xvfb in a VPS. What I want to do is to take a full page screenshot of the page.

I can redirect Firefox to particular page using

    firefox http://google.com

and take a screenshot (inside X) using ImageMagick

    import root -window output.jpg

The problem is, most of the page need scrolling and I can&#39;t know the height beforehand.

The other way is to pick a very big height (like 4000px) and then process the image and remove the useless part. But that&#39;s unnecessary processing.

I found many Firefox add-ons, but I&#39;m looking for a solution that can be programmed using the Shell Command line.

Edit: I ended up writing my own [FireFox extension][1] for doing this.


  [1]: https://github.com/omarabid/CmdShots

Take a full page screenshot with Firefox on the command-line

I am making a screen capturing application and everything is going fine.  All I need to do is capture the active window and take a screenshot of this active window.  Does anyone know how I can do this?

Capture screenshot of active window?

I need to take screenshots of an android application running on an emulator in Eclipse Galileo.

Is there a built-in feature for this or do I have to download a plugin of some sorts?

How to take emulator screenshots using Eclipse?

Apparently, Apple documentation can&#39;t keep up with App Store changes. Until today, the biggest (optional) display size was a 5.8-Inch Super Retina Display with a resolution of 1125 x 2436 pixels. Currently, it is a 6.5-inch display, but the resolution is nowhere to be found (docs at https://help.apple.com/app-store-connect/#/devd274dd925 only mention 5.8-inch display). App store connect doesn&#39;t mention the resolution and error message &quot;The dimensions of one or more screenshots are wrong. Learn More.&quot; redirects to docs linked above.

What is App store screenshot size for 6.5&quot; display?

Is it possible to prevent the screen recording in Android Application?

I would like to develop an Android Secure Application. In that I need to detect screen recording software which are running background and kill them. I have used SECURE FLAG for prevent screenshots. But I dont know is it possible to prevent Video capturing of Android Screen also. Let me know how to prevent screen capturing (video / screenshots).

How to prevent Screen Capture in Android

I want a screenshot of the image on the screen saved into the saved photo library.


How to take a screenshot programmatically on iOS

The app [Snapchat][1], on the App Store, is an app that lets you share pictures with a self-destruct on them. You can only view the pics for X seconds. If you attempt to take a screenshot while the picture is showing using the home-power key combo, it will tell the sender you tried to take a screenshot.

What part of the SDK lets you detect that the user is taking a screenshot? I did not know this was possible.


  [1]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapchat/id447188370?mt=8

iOS Detection of Screenshot?

I am wondering how my iPhone app can take a screen shot of a specific `UIView` as a `UIImage`.

I tried this code but all I get is a blank image.

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(320,480));
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    [myUIView.layer drawInContext:context];
    UIImage *screenShot = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

&lt;code&gt;myUIView&lt;/code&gt; has dimensions 320x480 an it has some sub-views.
What is the correct way to do this?


How Do I Take a Screen Shot of a UIView?

Simple as the title states: Can you use only Java commands to take a screenshot and save it?  Or, do I need to use an OS specific program to take the screenshot and then grab it off the clipboard?

Is there a way to take a screenshot using Java and save it to some sort of image?

I&#39;m trying to get a screenshot of the phone screen as fast as possible.
Currently, I am doing:

    adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/screencap.png &amp;&amp; adb pull /sdcard/screencap.png         

However it is too slow and takes up to 3 seconds.
Is there any better way to do this? I intend to use this function with an unrooted phone.

Also what are the different arguments I can use for screencap?

 Thanks.

EDIT (extra information): I intend to use this method to be able to get a live feed of the screen onto my pc. The current method works however it is too slow. I can&#39;t use `adb shell screenrecord` because I won&#39;t be able to access the video file while it is being recorded.

Using ADB to capture the screen

Is there a one button way to save a screenshot directly to a file in Windows?

&lt;br&gt;
TheSoftwareJedi accurately answered above question for Windows 8 and 10.  Below original extra material remains for posterity.

&gt; This is a very important question as the 316K views shows as of 2021. 
&gt; Asked in 2008, SO closed this question around 2015 as being off-topic,
&gt; probably because of the last question below.

 
&gt; In Windows XP, one can press Alt-PrintScreen to copy an image of the
&gt; active window, or Ctrl-PrintScreen to copy an image of the full
&gt; desktop.
&gt; 
&gt; This can then be pasted into applications that accept images:
&gt; Photoshop, Microsoft Word, etc.
&gt; 
&gt; I&#39;m wondering: &lt;b&gt;Is there a way to save the screenshot directly to a
&gt; file?&lt;/b&gt;  Do I &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; have to open an image program, like
&gt; Paint.net or Photoshop, simply to paste an image, then save it?

How can I save a screenshot directly to a file in Windows?

I want to convert a UIView to an image and save it in my app. Can someone please tell me how to take screenshot of a view or convert it to an image and what is the best way to save it in an app (Not camera roll)? Here is the code for the view:

    var overView   = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.width/1.3, self.view.frame.height/1.3))
    overView.center = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.view.bounds),
    CGRectGetMidY(self.view.bounds)-self.view.frame.height/16);
    overView.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
    self.view.addSubview(overView)
    self.view.bringSubviewToFront(overView)

How to convert a UIView to an image

How can I take a screenshot of a selected area of phone-screen not by any program but from code?

How to programmatically take a screenshot on Android?

I want to take a screenshot of my iOS application when it is running in the simulator, and save the screenshot on my Mac. How can I do this?

Take screenshots in the iOS simulator

I want to take a screenshot via a python script and unobtrusively save it.

I&#39;m only interested in the Linux solution, and should support any X based environment.

Take a screenshot via a Python script on Linux

Currently I&#39;m trying to capture a screenshot using the Selenium WebDriver. But I can only obtain the whole page screen shot. However, what I wanted is just to capture a part of the page or perhaps just on specific element based on ID or any specific element locator. (For example, I wish to capture the picture with image id = &quot;Butterfly&quot;)

Is there any way to capture a screenshot by selected item or element?

How to capture the screenshot of a specific element rather than entire page using Selenium Webdriver?

Is there any way of taking a screenshot of a website in PHP, then saving it to a file?

Website screenshots

When posting an in-app purchase with Apple they ask for a screenshot to be included before going to review.

What kind of screenshots do they want?

My in-app purchase unlocks some of the lite version, I&#39;m not sure what Apple wants to see here.

iPhone in-app purchase screen shot

I&#39;ve found [this code][1]:

    func screenShotMethod() {
        //Create the UIImage
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(view.frame.size)
        view.layer.renderInContext(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext())
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        //Save it to the camera roll
        UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(image, nil, nil, nil)
    }

What do I need to do to get all the other elements, like the navigation bar, into the screenshots?


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25445629

How do I take a full screen Screenshot in Swift?

What I want to achieve is to get a website screenshot from any website in python.

Env: Linux


How can I take a screenshot/image of a website using Python?

I currently try to make a movie out of images, but i could not find anything helpful .

Here is my code so far:

    import time
    
    from PIL import  ImageGrab
    
    x =0
    
    while True:
        try:
            x+= 1
            ImageGrab().grab().save(&#39;img{}.png&#39;.format(str(x))
        except:
            movie = #Idontknow
            for _ in range(x):
                movie.save(&quot;img{}.png&quot;.format(str(_)))
    
    movie.save()



How to make a movie out of images in python

I want to capture the screen in my code to get an image - like using the &#39;print screen&#39; button on the keyboard .

Does anyone have an idea how to do this? I have no starting point.

Capture the Screen into a Bitmap

What are some utilities to obtain an image of a webpage?

Basically equivalent to taking a &quot;screenshot&quot; of the page after opening it.

Convert web page to image

Basically, I am doing what the heading states, attempting to save the contents of a div as an image.

I plan on making a small online application for the iPad.

One function that is a must is having a &#39;Save&#39; button that can save the full webpage as an image, and save that image to the iPad&#39;s camera roll. I wish to save the full contents of a div, not just the visible area.

I have searched briefly online, but couldn&#39;t find much documentation on anything. I found a lot on HTML5 Canvas. Here is some code I put together:

    &lt;script&gt;
    function saveimg()
    {
    	var c = document.getElementById(&#39;mycanvas&#39;);
    	var t = c.getContext(&#39;2d&#39;);
    	window.location.href = image;
    	
    	window.open(&#39;&#39;, document.getElementById(&#39;mycanvas&#39;).toDataURL());
    }
    &lt;/script&gt;
    
    &lt;div id=&quot;mycanvas&quot;&gt;
    This is just a test&lt;br /&gt;
    12344&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    
    &lt;button onclick=&quot;saveimg()&quot;&gt;Save&lt;/button&gt;

Although, I am getting this error:

    TypeError: c.getContext is not a function

This application will be built only with HTML, CSS and jQuery (or other Javascript libraries).

How to save the contents of a div as a image?

I have a page where we&#39;re positioning a bunch of elements using CSS, and changing their &quot;top and left&quot; positions using JS.

I&#39;ve had reports that these things have been misaligned, but a user has the motive to lie about this to &quot;cheat&quot;, so I&#39;m not exactly sure whether they&#39;re telling the truth. I&#39;m trying to find a way to figure out whether they&#39;re lying or not, and to have some &quot;proof&quot;.

I know that Canvas has a method to copy image information from an image element, or another canvas element (kind of a BitBlt operation).

Would it be possible to somehow, with Canvas (or with something else, Flash, whatever), take a &quot;picture&quot; of a piece of the page?  
Again, I&#39;m not trying to take information from an `&lt;image&gt;`. I&#39;m trying to copy what the user sees, which is comprised of several HTML elements positioned absolutely (and I care most about those positions) and somehow upload that to the server.

I understand this can&#39;t be done, but maybe I&#39;m missing something.

Any ideas?

Can you take a &quot;screenshot&quot; of the page using Canvas?

What is a good command line tool to create screenshots of websites on Linux? I need to automatically generate screenshots of websites without human interaction. The only tool that I found was [khtml2png][1], but I wonder if there are others that aren&#39;t based on khtml (i.e. have good JavaScript support, ...).


  [1]: http://khtml2png.sourceforge.net/

Command line program to create website screenshots (on Linux)

How do I obtain a `java.awt.Image` of a JFrame?

I want to obtain a screen shot of a `JFrame` (for later use within my application). This is presently accomplished using the robot to take a screen shot specifying the coordinates and dimensions of the `JFrame` involved.

However, I believe that there is a better way: Swing components, by default, render themselves as images into a double buffer prior to painting themselves onto the screen.

Is there a way to obtain these images from the component?


Swing: Obtain Image of JFrame

I need to prevent screen capture by users of my app, for security reasons.  The contents I display are confidential and should not be copied onto the device.  I saw [one answer on Stack Overflow, but for Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6764568/prevent-screen-capture-in-android-apps).

Is it possible somehow in iOS to prevent screen capture? 

While capturing the screenshot into the gallery by the click of few buttons is a very useful feature for the user, there is a limited requirement to prevent it too. Any pointers?

Prevent screen capture in an iOS app

How can I take a screenshot of the current screen using Win32?

How can I take a screenshot in a windows application?

I&#39;m trying to document a work flow with a series of screen shots.  At one point in the flow, a UAC prompt appears, and I&#39;d like to grab a bitmap of it to make my storyboard complete.  Because UAC prompts are on a virtual desktop (or something like that), the usual Alt+PrintScreen doesn&#39;t work.  Any suggestions?

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