How to Take Screenshot Programmatically in Android?

26 Feb, 2021
In every android phone, we have feature to take screenshots of screens. In this article, we are going to explain how to take screenshots programmatically. A sample GIF is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article. Note that we are going to implement this project using the Java language. 
Step 1: Create a New Project
To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. Note that select Java as the programming language.
Step 2: Add permission to the AndroidManifest.xml file
Add the following permissions to the AndroidManifest.xml file
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE”/>
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE”/>
Step 3: Working with the activity_main.xml file
Navigate to the app > res > layout > activity_main.xml and add the below code to that file. Below is the code for the activity_main.xml file. 
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><LinearLayout    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"    android:layout_width="match_parent"    android:layout_height="match_parent"    android:gravity="center"    android:orientation="vertical"    tools:context=".MainActivity">      <TextView        android:layout_width="wrap_content"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:text="Click on button to take screenshot"        android:textColor="#000"        android:textSize="20dp"        android:textStyle="bold" />      <Button        android:id="@+id/clickme"        android:layout_width="wrap_content"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"        android:background="@color/colorPrimary"        android:text="Click Me" />  </LinearLayout>
Step 4: Add an audio file to the Raw folder
Please refer to the Resource Raw Folder in Android Studio and add an audio file to the Raw folder. 
Step 5: Working with the MainActivity.java file
Go to the MainActivity.java file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.java file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
Java
import android.Manifest;import android.app.Activity;import android.content.pm.PackageManager;import android.graphics.Bitmap;import android.media.MediaPlayer;import android.os.Bundle;import android.os.Environment;import android.view.View;import android.widget.Button;import android.widget.Toast;  import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;  import java.io.File;import java.io.FileNotFoundException;import java.io.FileOutputStream;import java.io.IOException;import java.util.Date;  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      Button click;    private static final int REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGe = 1;    private static String[] permissionstorage = {Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE};      @Override    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);        click = findViewById(R.id.clickme);        verifystoragepermissions(this);                  // adding beep sound        final MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.beep);        click.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {            @Override            public void onClick(View v) {                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You just Captured a Screenshot," +                        " Open Gallery/ File Storage to view your captured Screenshot", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();                screenshot(getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView(), "result");                  mediaPlayer.start();            }        });    }      protected static File screenshot(View view, String filename) {        Date date = new Date();                  // Here we are initialising the format of our image name        CharSequence format = android.text.format.DateFormat.format("yyyy-MM-dd_hh:mm:ss", date);        try {            // Initialising the directory of storage            String dirpath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "";            File file = new File(dirpath);            if (!file.exists()) {                boolean mkdir = file.mkdir();            }                          // File name            String path = dirpath + "/" + filename + "-" + format + ".jpeg";            view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);            Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getDrawingCache());            view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);            File imageurl = new File(path);            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(imageurl);            bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 50, outputStream);            outputStream.flush();            outputStream.close();            return imageurl;          } catch (FileNotFoundException io) {            io.printStackTrace();        } catch (IOException e) {            e.printStackTrace();        }        return null;    }      // verifying if storage permission is given or not    public static void verifystoragepermissions(Activity activity) {                  int permissions = ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);                  // If storage permission is not given then request for External Storage Permission        if (permissions != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity, permissionstorage, REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGe);        }    }}
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