How to: Take Screenshots on Android Phone
18. Jul, 2010 
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After I made the tutorial on how to configure the Android to accept external emails, I figured I’d post another article on how I took the screen-shots of the screen while going through the process.
First of all, if you own (or have owned) an iPhone, the steps needed to take a screenshot on the Android does take a bit more effort; albeit…a LOT more effort and setup, but once you get things setup the first time, the process isn’t that painful down the road.
Requirements
- Android Phone (I’m using the HTC Droid ERIS)
- Android SDK (Software Development Kit)
- Compatible Operating System (Windows, Linux or Mac OS X (Yes, I’m a PC…for now)
- Patience…
Configure Your Android to Enable USB Debugging
- From your Android, go to Settings –> Applications –> Development
- Ensure that ‘USB Debugging’ is checked
Software Installation Steps (For Windows Install)
- Download and unzip the Android SDK package
- Open the newly unzipped contents and run “SDK Setup.exe”
- Plug Android into USB post and install the driver from the ‘usb_driver’ folder
- Ensure that Java is installed on your system
- Execute the ‘ddms.bat’ file with the Android SDK folder under ‘Tools’
- Once the ‘Dalvik Debug Monitor’ is open, ensure it can read your Droid
- To take a screenshot of your Droid, click on ‘Device –> Screen capture’
As long as everything went well, a screenshot of the current view on your Droid should popup like so:
Thanks for reading and let me know how it goes!
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