Mark Murphy wrote: > Well, there's some way to get screen grabs off the device that DDMS > uses. I don't see an adb command for it, so off the top of my head I'm > not sure how it's done. But I think the DDMS source code is in the git > repository. > > In theory, one could use that technique to create a desktop program that > automatically refreshes an image of the device. I don't know how much > horsepower the screen-capture stuff takes, which would determine how > frequently you can refresh the image without slowing the device down too > much. It also implies you can connect the device to something with the > mini-USB cable, I imagine. > > It's far from the most elegant solution, but it's something...
I did a pinch more research and am logging some notes here: DDMS's screen shot dialog is cunningly disguised as ScreenShotDialog.java. The easiest way to get to it is by visiting: http://www.google.com/codesearch and searching for: ScreenShotDialog package:android The dialog itself is SWT-dependent, but the guts of the screen-capture logic appears to be more independent, mostly surrounding the Device and RawImage classes. The Swing-based hierarchyviewer also captures screens from the device/emulator, and it leverages the same Device and RawImage classes. Pretty much, once you figure out how to get a proper Device object, you call getScreenshot() and convert the RawImage into a BufferedImage. From there, it's standard Swing/AWT stuff to display it, such as: http://www.java-forums.org/awt-swing/6763-how-display-image.html I haven't hunted around yet to figure out how best to get the proper Device object, but with two reference uses (DDMS and hierarchyviewer), it can't be all that tough. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
