android - How to take a screenshot and share it programmatically

Question

I am making an application in Android in which I have to take screenshot of one of my activities and mail it as attachment.

I want to take screenshot of the current page and then share it via email, Bluetooth, Twitter or Facebook.

My code is as follows:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
  inflater.inflate(R.menu.menuselected1, menu);
  return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

  switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.ScreenShot:

    try {
        takeScreenShot(this);
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e);
    }

    return true;

    default:
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
  }
}

private static void savePic(Bitmap b, String strFileName) {
  FileOutputStream fos = null;
  try {
      fos = new FileOutputStream(strFileName);
      if (null != fos) {
        b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, fos);
        System.out.println("b is:"+b);
        fos.flush();
        fos.close();
      }
  } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
  }
}

public static void shoot(Activity a,String b) {
  //savePic(takeScreenShot(a), "sdcard/xx.png");
  savePic(takeScreenShot(a), b);
}

private static Bitmap takeScreenShot(Activity activity) {
  View view = activity.getWindow().getDecorView();
  view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
  view.buildDrawingCache();
  Bitmap b1 = view.getDrawingCache();
  Rect frame = new Rect();
  activity.getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(frame);
  int statusBarHeight = frame.top;
  int width = activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getWidth();
  int height = activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay()
               .getHeight();

  // Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(b1, 0, 25, 320, 455);
  Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(b1, 0, statusBarHeight, width, height
                                 - statusBarHeight);
  view.destroyDrawingCache();
  return b;
}

Answer 1

Try this for taking screenshot of current Activity:

Android 2.2 :

private static Bitmap takeScreenShot(Activity activity)
{
    View view = activity.getWindow().getDecorView();
    view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
    view.buildDrawingCache();
    Bitmap b1 = view.getDrawingCache();
    Rect frame = new Rect();
    activity.getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(frame);
    int statusBarHeight = frame.top;

    DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics(); 
    mContext.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);

    int width = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
    int height = displaymetrics.heightPixels;

    Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(b1, 0, statusBarHeight, width, height  - statusBarHeight);
    view.destroyDrawingCache();
    return b;
}
private static void savePic(Bitmap b, String strFileName)
{
    FileOutputStream fos = null;
    try
    {
        fos = new FileOutputStream(strFileName);
        if (null != fos)
        {
            b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, fos);
            fos.flush();
            fos.close();
        }
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    catch (IOException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}