Screenshot tool for BlackBerry?

Question

I am working on a web development project that I want to make sure works well on the BlackBerry browser. As part of both testing and documentation, I want to be able to take screenshots of my application and was wondering where to start.

I see there are a couple of pay applications on BlackBerry App World when I search for screenshot, but I am looking for recommendations or other options. Specifically, I have a Bold 9700 (v5.0.0.296, platform 5.1.0.83).

It appears this feature is built into the iPhone, according to the iPhone User Guide.

Take a screenshot of the iPhone display: Quickly press and release the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time.

Answer 1

If you have the developer tools installed, you can use "javaloader -u screenshot file.bmp" to capture a screenshot. Otherwise, the easiest way is to install a PC app called Master Control Program which has the capability to capture screenshots as well (as long as you have your device connected to your PC with a USB cable).

Answer 2

BBScreenShooter http://oppitronic.net/pb/ouiVC.php#BBScreenShooter

I've also heard of something called BB Stream that will actually stream the blackberry screen to your PC. Can't find it anywhere though.

Answer 3

I get BlackBerry screenshots in two ways:

-On real devices I connect them to my PC over USB and run javaloader -u screenshot image.bmp from the command line (as Marc says, it's included with the developer tools).

-The BlackBerry Simulator makes it easy to take screenshots by pressing F3 (or choosing Edit -> Save LCD Snapshot from the menu, note you can choose to save directly as a .png, which is handy). You can change which phone model to simulate based on the SDK you have installed. For the 9700 I think you will need the V5.0 OS SDK (I haven't tried that yet), which you can get from here.

Answer 4

You may want to write you're own app or service to make screenshots.

Use
Display.screenshot(Bitmap bitmap)
or
Display.screenshot(Bitmap bitmap, int x, int y, int width, int height)

Note: you should sign app to use this api