Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Battle Drill: Grab Screenshots from the Emulator

Task: Grab a screenshot from the avd emulator running in Eclipse
Condition: Android SDK and ADT with Eclipse working, at least 1 instance of the avd emulator created
Standard: User gets a .png screenshot of the app running in the emulator

Procedure:
1. In Eclipse, go to Window -> Show View -> Other... (or use hotkey Alt+Shift+Q *release, pause* Q)
2. In the Show View box, under Android, select Devices
3. You should now have a Devices tab either floating on your workspace or docked
4. Press the Screen Capture button in the Devices view.  It will take a screen shot of what is showing in your emulator and open the Device Screen Capture window.
5.  Click Save

//End procedure

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