New Featrue Request: Capture screenshot functionality. about robotium HOT 3 CLOSED

From [email protected] on October 15, 2010 19:34:32

The problem with adding this functionality is that a security tag is needed in the application under test that allows of saving the screenshot. So basically anyone who wants to use Robotium must add that security permission tag to the AndroidManifest.xml of the application under test. That is not something that we can require all Robotium users to do. Thus we have not included this feature into Robotium.

Status: WontFix

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From [email protected] on October 15, 2010 20:08:23

I actually control the build of my app and I am thinking writing small piece of code to do this.
Could you please point me to some code to do this.

Thanks a lot for quick updates.

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From [email protected] on January 06, 2012 03:18:07

Hi there i know the answer what i am posting was too late but it would help someone out there, i got the help form the link http://softteco.blogspot.com/2011/04/android-take-screenshot.html If you can't get to the link

just try the below code

// set your location
private static final String SCREEN_SHOTS_LOCATION = "/media/screenshots";

public static void takeScreenShot(View view, String name) throws Exception {
view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
view.buildDrawingCache();
Bitmap b = view.getDrawingCache();
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
File sddir = new File(SCREEN_SHOTS_LOCATION);
if (!sddir.exists()) {
sddir.mkdirs();
}
fos = new FileOutputStream(SCREEN_SHOTS_LOCATION + name + "_"

• System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg");
  if (fos != null) {
  b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, fos);
  fos.close();
  }
  } catch (Exception e) {
  }
  }

Call:

Utils.takeScreenShot(solo.getViews().get(0), getName());

cheers
RanjithkumarRagavan
Enterprise Mobile Developer
ProkarmaSoftech pvt.lt
Chennai

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