How to take emulator screen shots using Eclipse?

Question

I need to take screen shots 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?

Answer 1

You load the emulator with your app normally, through Eclipse, but you take the actual screenshot from DDMS, a tool that's included in your SDK, under the "tools" folder.

In DDMS, press Ctrl+S to take a screenshot.

Answer 2

You can take a screenshot if you open the Android view "devices" (under Window --> Show View --> Other... --> Android --> Devices). Click on the device or emulator you want to take a screen shot of, then click the "Screen Capture" button (it looks like a little picture, and it should be next to a stop sign button). Occasionally the device won't immediately load the picture; sometimes you have to close/reopen the screen capture window.

This is equivalent to taking a picture via DDMS, but you can do it in Eclipse instead of opening another application.

Answer 3

In the DDMS perspective in Eclipse there is a "Screen Capture" button. (Make sure you have your Android SDK and Eclipse plugin up to date, not sure this was always an option). Just press that button and a screenshot of whatever device you have DDMS connected to (either a real Android device or the emulator) will be created and opened in a new window where you can save it as a png.